Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] do not [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | … let us see what the statement of claim alleges , or rather does not allege . |
| 2 | Where , by contrast , the relationship between subject and type of work is more pluralistic , that possibility does not exist ; or rather does not exist in theory . |
| 3 | That point was elaborated upon by the then Secretary of State for Scotland , the right hon. and learned Member for Edinburgh , Pentlands ( Mr. Rifkind ) who now runs — or rather does not run — our railway system . |
| 4 | The Greeks did not react — or rather did not go beyond the surface of Roman life — until they found themselves faced with a first-class power which had defeated the Greek armies of Pyrrhus on the open field . |
| 5 | It might be that the individual does not see the value of climbing a mountain ; or perhaps does not have the confidence to set about the task . |
| 6 | There is , I have found , some gentle entertainment to be had in discussion with publishers ' representatives , observing the wide-eyed eagerness with which they greet potentially saleable ideas , and their clenched , wary , glazed-eyes response to proposals they feel negative about , or perhaps do not understand . |
| 7 | Apparently , not everyone agreed , or perhaps did not get what they considered to be their fair share , for eventually the Backless baron was transported to Australia , no doubt to become another ‘ Wild Colonial Boy ’ . |
| 8 | When we consider the nature of many items that only the state uses ( or hopefully does not use ! ) |
| 9 | If the upper part had been true as to intervals it would have been in B major , and of course the tonal results would have been chaotic : organ Whether intervals are true or false does not matter to listeners , who can not easily distinguish the difference . |
| 10 | One group of investigators have argued that the inclusion of asymptomatic recurrences in the analysis of ulcer relapse trials should be discouraged , because these silent ulcers are clinically irrelevant ; however , such optimism ( based on findings made in a small group of patients with asymptomatic ulceration followed up for between 1 and 13 months ) is probably misguided , because one third of DU patients presenting with perforation and up to 60% admitted with haematemesis/or melaena , or both do not give a history of previous ulcer pain . |
| 11 | The other partners are only safe if the individual who acted had no authority in fact and the party with whom he dealt either knew about the absence of authority or else did not know or believe the individual to be a partner . |
| 12 | The stewards established there had been interference , but it was accidental and had taken place before the second last and thereby did not count under the rules . |
| 13 | Roy 's Dream had won the Town Arms and Ladhope Inn Novices ' Chase , so his owner pocketed £2,788 prize-money and presumably did not feel harshly treated either . |
| 14 | Long , graduated tails , in which all but the outermost feathers are elongated , generate the same lift as normal tails ( because maximum span is set by the outermost feathers and so does not change ) but substantially more drag , as elongation adds considerably to tail area . |
| 15 | The ribbed vault is a lighter construction and so does not place the same enormous stress upon the walls and arcades supporting it . |
| 16 | Molten copper oxidises in air and so does not flow well in enclosed moulds . |
| 17 | It is primarily an explanatory one , it connects problems and explains why they are problems , and who for , and so does not set up bite-sized problems for the reformer to tackle one by one . |
| 18 | Always Defect , as we have seen , can not benefit from clustering , and so does not enjoy this higher-order stability . |
| 19 | However , he or she is not legally the owner of any shares and so does not receive dividends , and can not vote . |
| 20 | Taken together , the evidence assembled under the four points of assessment rather suggests that the conventional model of responsible party government is at odds with the facts and so does not provide an adequate explanation for party politics and the making of public policy . |
| 21 | As signalled by at all , however , this use also suggests a negative bias on the part of the speaker against the existence of any real need to borrow money , and so does not belong in a separate category from the others at all : it is just as non-assertive as all the rest . |
| 22 | But drafting for a fellow-barrister , though desirable for experience , does not bring one into contact with the instructing solicitor , and so does not nurture one 's own practice . |
| 23 | This type of inefficiency arises because workers and management are often ill-equipped or lacking in motivation and so do not perform to the best of their abilities . |
| 24 | The remedies have been grouped for easier comparison and so do not appear alphabetically . |
| 25 | After all , elections only occur once every 5 years , and the parties can only attend to the broad lines of policy and so do not represent particular interests in any meaningful way . |
| 26 | Also they do not pay rates and so do not contribute to the upkeep of the area in which they live . |
| 27 | There are many types of reading test currently used in primary schools ; most of them , however , are norm-referenced rather than criterion-referenced , and so do not relate directly to the levels of attainment described above . |
| 28 | But these distinctions and considerations were not expressly addressed in the Convention 's negotiating process and so do not feature explicitly in its text . |
| 29 | ( It should be emphasized that these terms are just labels : quarks are much smaller than the wavelength of visible light and so do not have any color in the normal sense . |
| 30 | Many of the dichotomies traditionally employed in this area — for example between constraints operating through reasons and constraints due to other factors — are formulated with individual subjects in mind , and so do not apply , while others , which were originally intended to apply to only some properties of individuals and collectives , must bear extra weight . |