Example sentences of "which do [not/n't] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The problem , which did not affect domestic subscribers , would be considerably reduced by the end of this year . |
| 2 | The substance upon which Longivex was based was scarce — located so far on only two worlds of the surveyed systems — and it had proved impossible to manufacture a synthetic substitute which did not possess deadly side effects . |
| 3 | The young blacks may be able to convince the policeman that the fight was a friendly brawl which did not involve intent to injure or steal . |
| 4 | They dealt with cases which did not involve statutory tenants . |
| 5 | Nevertheless the proportion for whom payment was thought to have been something of a problem was 7 per cent of all those in old people 's homes ( 15 per cent for private ones , 6 per cent for others ) and 17 per cent of those in nursing homes — further differences which did not reach statistical significance . |
| 6 | Among those in residential homes the frequency with which bad temper was reported was 31 per cent when the respondent was a relative , friend or neighbour , 45 per cent when he or she was a staff member — a difference which did not reach statistical significance . |
| 7 | Initial alkaline phosphatase concentration showed a weak inverse correlation with survival ( r=-0.3 ) which did not reach statistical significance ; a rising titre after diagnosis may predict a poorer prognosis but numbers are small . |
| 8 | Throughout the post-war period the case for a high degree of centralised planning was weakening because there was no serious attempt to address the problem of an allocative mechanism which did not give free reign to market prices and collective bargaining . |
| 9 | We know he will enjoy watching the sports programmes despite the fact that Bristol Rovers football team have not quite made it on to Sky TV yet ! is well know for being a keen supporter of Bristol Rovers , a fact which did not go unrecognised by who presented him with a beautiful jugglers top hat in his favourite team 's colours . |
| 10 | When they did employ this form it was , as at the Pantheon , a dome set upon circular walls which did not present great constructional problems ( 127 , 128 and 129 ) . |
| 11 | The sales department refused to accept any cars from the factory which did not meet rigid quality guidelines . |
| 12 | Any criminology which did not devote considerable effort explaining and publicizing corporate crime would , in his view , have failed in its scientific duty . |
| 13 | Bennett , 47 , described as an " abrasive " conservative , had served as Education Secretary within the Reagan administration before being chosen by Bush to become the country 's first " drugs tsar " , a post which did not carry full Cabinet rank . |
| 14 | The classic story is that of the blues singer Ma Rainey , contracted to a company which did not have electrical recording when it became publicized in 1926 . |
| 15 | What had previously been gossip only within a small circle had become widely known throughout the world , excepting however that substantial part of the British public which did not have international Contacts . |
| 16 | A mini which did not have good on-line facilities just would not survive . |
| 17 | This review included deaths in more than 30 hospitals , most of which did not have paediatric pathology services . |
| 18 | Even colonies which did not have direct religious origins would have religious commitments ; Virginia had been launched in as secular-minded a mood as almost any colony but it remained firmly attached to the forms of the Church of England , though the lack of regular episcopal organization made its clergy more responsive to the wishes of their congregations than was usually the case in England . |
| 19 | Figures compiled by Touche Ross , which did not include personal bankruptcies and corporate liquidations , showed that the number of companies passing into receivership or liquidation fell by 10% in 1992 . |
| 20 | What conclusions could have been usefully drawn from sales which did not include major works by Jackson Pollock , Willem de Kooning , Jasper Johns , Robert Rauschenberg , Francis Bacon and other masters by whom its temperature is usually gauged ? |
| 21 | Similarly , areas within a seceding union republic which were populated predominantly by an ethnic group forming a minority in the republic , but which did not enjoy regional autonomy , might be allowed , subject to a referendum and negotiation , to remain within the Soviet Union . |
| 22 | Meanwhile , a bank emergency had been declared on Jan. 1 in Rhode Island , where the state authorities had closed 45 local banks which did not enjoy FDIC protection . |
| 23 | Haagen-Dazs was different , seen as spontaneous , informal and casual which did not need overt luxury imagery . |
| 24 | The force of SSAPs resided primarily in the fact that under the ICAEW 's auditing standards , a true and fair view was generally defined as one which did not contravene extant SSAPs ; and that any noncompliance had to be stated and its effect quantified . |
| 25 | A junior Defence Minister attempted to explain that a bomb might easily be planted in a barracks : ‘ Anyone could walk in as long as they were carrying a package which did not look suspicious . ’ |
| 26 | We parted company , he to wait for light on Bowfell , which did not look likely , while I headed down The Band for Hodge Close and an impatient climbing partner . |
| 27 | They were therefore keen to demonstrate the board 's usefulness tot hose they represented and this may have made them reluctant to accept a model of training which did not produce immediate and tangible results . |
| 28 | ( Mitterrand was widely interpreted at the conference as having warned that francophone African states which did not adopt multiparty democracy would be less favourably considered in France 's future allocation of aid . ) |
| 29 | It was estimated that the move , which did not require congressional approval , would increase the disposable income of the average tax payer by $350 , and would create a stimulus to the economy totalling $25,000 million . |
| 30 | The second is that of people , and they included Pope Paul himself and most of the Council fathers , who greatly welcomed what had been done and desired its effective implementation , but saw it as all in all a daring and radical reform which had gone beyond anything they sought when the Council began and which did not require significant further development . |