Example sentences of "[vb infin] [coord] do not [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They argue that it is misguided to pretend that these proscribed organisations ( like Sinn Fein ) either do not exist or do not carry massive popular support . |
| 2 | When I first became a Member of the House , I learned that one should never speak about things that one does not know or does not understand . |
| 3 | In fact , at the time when Macmillan 's advice was sought he had ceased to be Prime Minister and it is the more odd that the Queen on this occasion should have , in Macmillan 's words , said that ‘ she did not need and did not intend to seek any other advice but mine ’ . |
| 4 | The unit will not corrode and does not have the sharp beam pattern cut off of modern halogen lights . |
| 5 | She pushed the dress back into the running water of the stream above the basin , where the soap did not film the water , and mourned the disappearance of his sweet milk ; his pleasure had frightened her , it was true , at first when he did not speak and did not ask or explain . |
| 6 | This is not to suggest that life in a large mental handicap hospital is a fulfilling experience ; on the contrary , it has already been established that such places should not ideally exist and do not represent a suitable home for mentally handicapped people . |
| 7 | Clearly , in comparison with the British system , much greater energy and frustration will be expended by the President , for there is no guarantee that any proposal he makes will pass at all , let alone free of amendments that he does not want and does not like . |
| 8 | did not dare or did not care |
| 9 | Distracting thoughts will occur but do not worry about them . |
| 10 | From the point of view of explanation , moral and ideological features of social life can be treated as legitimizing devices which may facilitate but do not account for what is really going on . |
| 11 | The problem with the old board was that it did not innovate and did not concern itself with exporting English hops . |
| 12 | References to the settlor 's spouse in these provisions include any wife whom he may marry but do not include his widow ( Vestey 's Executors v IRC ( 1949 ) 31 TC 1 ) . |
| 13 | If you do not return to work , or if you do return but do not stay for at least three months , the twelve weeks at payment will be recovered . |
| 14 | Would we say that Uruguay was not neutral unless the help that it could have and did not give Ethiopia was equal to the help that it could have and did not give Somalia ? |
| 15 | Would we say that Uruguay was not neutral unless the help that it could have and did not give Ethiopia was equal to the help that it could have and did not give Somalia ? |
| 16 | This is obviously a safer course than renewing the writ although it was said in Sisknys v Hanley ( 1982 ) The Times , 26 May that the fact that the plaintiff 's solicitor could have but did not use this substituted service procedure was not a good reason for refusing renewal . |
| 17 | Central government knew this would happen but did not want to admit to it in its plans . |
| 18 | This one simple example had shown the woman in question , and the group , that people could change and did not have to be slaves to their anxiety . |
| 19 | In two of the five cases it was the informal carer ( a husband , and a wife ) who refused help , saying that they could manage and did not need assistance . |
| 20 | If you can not afford or do not want new furniture , then start to attack the soft furnishings . |
| 21 | The work group in a school may exercise detrimental or divisive pressures , a school may have a history of tolerating poor standards , working conditions may be dispiriting and , after long neglect , may indicate that the manager does not notice or does not care . |
| 22 | Such general concerns do not belong and do not fit into the straitjacket of a system of pressure-group lobbying and organization . |
| 23 | If the reader is invited to be suspicious , and is nudged towards a defamatory explanation which the writer " did not care or did not dare to express in direct terms " the publication will be capable of carrying a defamatory imputation . |
| 24 | Some people can not spell and do not care about it . |
| 25 | ‘ They do not visit and do not know their neighbours . |
| 26 | Please contact Hilary if you can help and do not worry if you only have one to offer . |
| 27 | Holly stepped into the slow-moving queue , took his pace from those who went before and after him , did not close and did not widen the gaps . |
| 28 | Or a puny man who would kill but did not choose to use too much force . |