Example sentences of "we do not [verb] that " in BNC.

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1 It is legitimate to speculate about the Devil as long as we do not assume that our speculations have the solidity of holy writ .
2 It is therefore possible to argue that an analogy with child protection is misleading , since we do not assume that children should look after themselves .
3 Provided that we do not assume that all renewal cases warrant more procedural protection than all initial application cases , irrespective of the nature of the substantive area under scrutiny , then such ranking is both necessary and helpful .
4 We do not expect that he perused every word of the book .
5 Provision has been made to include a general , but we do not specify that the general should be a particular Orc or Goblin warlord , the chieftain of a powerful tribe , or any given individual .
6 While we do not suggest that they are applicable to or practicable in other countries , we believe that they have features that are worthy of consideration elsewhere .
7 We do not suggest that discourse analysts should spend their time looking for potential alternative meanings in what speakers say in a conversation , but we do suggest that the analyst should not simply assume that there is a single , static ‘ topic of conversation ’ in any conversational fragment .
8 We do not suggest that the Conservative Government has been responsible for that , we doubt that a Labour Government would have done any better .
9 Similarly , when we say that all biologists nowadays believe in Darwin 's theory , we do not mean that every biologist has , graven in his brain , an identical copy of the exact words of Charles Darwin himself .
10 If the relationship between two variables entirely disappears when a causally prior variable is brought under control , we say that the original relationship was spurious ; by this we do not mean that the bivariate effect did not really exist , but rather that causal conclusions drawn from it would be incorrect .
11 When we say , ‘ I feel a pain in my foot ’ we do not mean that we have observed or witnessed something , and hence we do not mean that we have observed or witnessed something as being in a certain place .
12 When we say , ‘ I feel a pain in my foot ’ we do not mean that we have observed or witnessed something , and hence we do not mean that we have observed or witnessed something as being in a certain place .
13 When we say that individuals have a right to be protected against assault , we do not mean that this protection must be achieved through some particular scheme we already have in mind .
14 Crystals grow , but we do not feel that salt is alive .
15 However , we have not included a poetry strand in the statements of attainment because we do not feel that any pupil should be required to write a poem in order to achieve a particular level of attainment .
16 We do not feel that Emily 's List addresses the real problems of the lack of women representatives .
17 However , there is irrefutable evidence that there will be a shortfall , and if we do not ensure that that gap is identified and ascertain where the resources to meet that gap will come from , not only will the people who are currently seeking community care be disadvantaged , but , more importantly , future generations who might seek care in the community will not receive the resources that at present they believe that they will get .
18 We do not think that local authorities will , generally speaking , take bold steps to provide facilities for the study of non-vocational subjects .
19 But the ear bones of toothed whales are heavy and quite rudimentary , and we do not think that they are very important in transmitting received ultrasounds .
20 In spite of all this , we do not think that anyone who has chosen to work in a job where he is paid weekly should have monthly payment imposed on him against his will .
21 Well — the argument goes — it must be because we do not think that behind the parrot 's utterance is the thought ‘ I 'm going to the bank ’ .
22 we do not think that this is a question which can be left to the Commission to solve , solely within the Supplementary Benefits scheme .
23 We do not think that any particular content in philosophy can be identified as female .
24 We do not think that the decision bears any wider interpretation , and that it does not was also the view of Lloyd L.J .
25 We do not think that reduced fetal growth is associated with death from cardiovascular disease merely through an association with adverse influences acting in the adult lives of people of low social class .
26 We do not think that they should have been put to this trouble we defend the status quo in the Scottish Bus Group .
27 We do not think that that is good enough .
28 We do not think that regular pouch surveillence is necessary after operation in polyposis even though polyps have been reported in the small bowel , because their malignant potential is very low .
29 He said : ‘ We do not think that there should be any change in the law but there is a definite shift in the way it is interpreted and these guidelines reflect that movement towards a more compassionate interpretation of the law .
30 Thus , we do not think that protein deprivation had any effect on CD4 counts .
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