Example sentences of "they do not [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unlike advertising , however , they could be excluded from a definition of mass media because by twentieth-century standards they did not spread their messages quickly and simultaneously , nor to audiences that were large in relation to the communities within which they circulated . |
| 2 | Yet , significant as many of these developments were , the majority seem chiefly remarkable for the wealth they did not generate . |
| 3 | She had thought the quantities of gilt ( never did she credit that it might be real gold ) an evidence of shocking vulgarity , had sneered at the bad taste of the ornate picture frames , at the ridiculous excesses of the pictures themselves , and had felt a solid , suburban scorn for the frayed and patched tapestry chair seats and the faded hangings : she had wondered why , if so rich , they did not throw out their tatty Persian coverings , and buy themselves a good bit of fitted Wilton or Axminster in a good plain colour . |
| 4 | Despite their new-found power , however , they did not succeed in totally obliterating what had been before . |
| 5 | Although the American team eventually achieved good control , various circumstances curtailed the project and they did not succeed in eradicating the anophelines . |
| 6 | Although the Dwarfs often tried to recapture Karak Eight Peaks they did not succeed until about the Imperial year 2470 , when Belegar established a fortified bridgehead in the old citadel . |
| 7 | In the course of these operations they killed and wounded more than 500 people , but even with these drastic measures they did not succeed in doing what they had set out to do . |
| 8 | Although they did not succeed in holding much territory , they proved their ability to penetrate deep into SOC-held territory . |
| 9 | The US and UK press gave prominence to reports that officials in both countries might ask Group of Seven ( G-7 ) and European Community ( EC ) countries to impose commercial sanctions against Libya ( additional to the existing US and EC sanctions ) if they did not succeed in having Megrahi and Fhimah extradited . |
| 10 | So the policy makers , the planners ( and the academics ? ) all sought to make sure that they did not influence the situation in Dunrossness . |
| 11 | When the ancestors of whales reinvaded the sea , they did not acquire fins by hybridizing with fish . |
| 12 | By hybridizing different varieties of peas , Mendel had shown that some characters are inherited as units on an ‘ all or nothing ’ basis — they did not blend together as Darwin and almost everyone else assumed . |
| 13 | So they gave excuses of shortage of time or involvement in other activities to explain why they did not register for the rural party cell . |
| 14 | They did not register the existence of the Jews . |
| 15 | One of the TUC 's two great general secretaries , George Woodcock — the other was Walter Citrine — warned them that they would lose influence if they did not reform themselves . |
| 16 | They did not sit on the floor . |
| 17 | The girls looked from McQuaid to Moran and back to McQuaid again but they did not speak . |
| 18 | They did not speak Jove 's language ; they went to war clad only in shields and were , as Plato sternly put it , ‘ given to excess in drink . ’ |
| 19 | They did not speak of permanent hostilities between sections or lineages , but they did speak of peaces between lineages . |
| 20 | They were on exactly the same wavelength as Massim d'Azeglio who said , after Italy had been politically unified : ‘ We have made Italy , now we have to make Italians ’ , that is out of the inhabitants of the peninsula who had all sorts of identities , but not one based on a language they did not speak , and a state that had come into existence over their heads . |
| 21 | They did not speak again until he was dressed and ready to leave . |
| 22 | For a long time they did not speak . |
| 23 | They did not speak . |
| 24 | At first they did not speak to each other . |
| 25 | They did not speak until they came out into a busy , noisy street . |
| 26 | They did not speak of what lay behind France 's bitter enmity , though it was always present in their minds , a spot too sore to touch on lightly . |
| 27 | 6 people were removed from the country when they signed a paper agreeing to leave the country voluntarily , however due to the fact that they did not speak English they were unaware of what they were signing . |
| 28 | In fact they did not speak French either , they spoke a sort of fractured German . |
| 29 | Not only did the other men not speak ; they did not move . |
| 30 | They did not move . |