Example sentences of "that [noun] do [not/n't] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 It 's disappointing that Butman does n't ask these questions , let alone provide answers .
2 He also admitted that resellers did not know enough about Uniplex products .
3 Serum pepsinogen A and C concentrations were measured only in the basal samples , because it has been shown that feeding does not change these .
4 It always seems odd , looking back on a turning-point in life , that bells did not ring and warning hooters go .
5 Moreover , they have no hesitation in stressing the point that builders do not operate or think in terms familiar to planners ; instead they look to ‘ market signals ’ .
6 ‘ And now we hear that Steiner did n't die , ’ Schellenberg said .
7 But after initiation into an exhilarating world of sex , drugs and high-stakes risk , Michael finds that rewards do n't come cheap and Alex is a difficult friend to lose .
8 That conclusion arose from a mathematical fact ( that operators did not commute ) , via rather abstract arguments involving the idea that the eigenstates of hermitean operators are the state vectors corresponding to the precise measurement of the observables the operators represent .
9 Of course , this does not mean that lecturers do not have stereotypes of , and views about , other disciplines which may be well or less well informed .
10 There is a presumption used by the courts when construing statutes that Parliament does not intend to legislate contrary to the principles of international law , and , as far as possible , a statute will be interpreted in a way which avoids conflict .
11 The judges ' function is also to do justice in accordance with certain settled principles of law in a free society ; and they are entitled to assume that Parliament does not intend to subvert these principles , unless there is a clear statement that it does .
12 Further , both Conservative and Labour Governments have sought to restrict increases in MPs ' pay so that Parliament does not give a bad example to the country and encourage more inflation .
13 It can be argued that there is a clear difference between finding that Parliament has failed to follow its own procedural rules and from saying that Parliament does not have the power to legislate in a particular way .
14 That is not to say that Parliament does not have a significant influence on the pattern of public expenditure , but it is exercised in various indirect ways at the formative stage of determining the pattern of public expenditure , and not through variations in the government 's proposals once they have been laid before the House .
15 The fact that no part of the fine was payable to an individual damaged was regarded as evidence that Parliament did not intend the statute to give rise to an action .
16 A statute passed to remedy what is perceived by Parliament to be a defect in the existing law may in actual operation turn out to have injurious consequences that Parliament did not anticipate at the time the statute was passed ; if it had , it would have made some provision in the Act in order to prevent them .
17 The frequency with which controversial legislation is amended by Parliament itself ( as witness the Act of 1974 which was amended in 1975 as well as in 1976 ) indicates that legislation , after it has come into operation , may fail to have the beneficial effects which Parliament expected or may produce injurious results that Parliament did not anticipate .
18 Was not the reason why the House thought it not plain that their lordships believed that Parliament did not have this situation in mind and would have cut down the wording if it had ?
19 Taylor says he does not want to get involved in emotional situations — but football is about emotion , and it disappoints me that Taylor does not want to show his .
20 Olsen hopes that Taylor does not go all the way with the long ball game and play big , powerful strikers like Brian Deane and David Hirst .
21 Jonas also states that ‘ equipotent doses of triazolam and other hypnotics show that triazolam does not produce more amnesia or behavioural medical events than other benzodiazepines . ’
22 Trent is not alone among regions ; it is merely that Trent does not conceal its statistics .
23 Environment Secretary Michael Howard commented : " The government remains determined that contamination does not give rise to unacceptable risks to health and safety , to groundwater and the environment . "
24 Lord Scarman ( 1981 ) , in providing the social background to the Brixton disorders of 10–12 April 1981 , was at pains to point out that deprivations do not justify attacks on the police or excuse such disorders .
25 He added : ‘ Councillor Andrew should realise that cyclists do not kill pedestrians but cars kill cyclists and pedestrians .
26 The biggest problem is that loggers do not replace the felled trees with new saplings ; the option of creating plantations is largely ignored .
27 Corporation tax is based on an imputation system , which means that in most cases the liability to corporation tax is the same whether the firm pays dividends or not , and that shareholders do not face double taxation on their dividends .
28 INDUSTRIAL fasteners group TT is to pay a second interim dividend on March 31 for the year ended last December to ensure that shareholders do not lose out following the recent Budget changes .
29 The Panel has introduced new rules trying to make sure that shareholders do not sell out too cheaply due to lack of independent advice and information .
30 However , it is often the case that shareholders do not participate actively in this process .
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