Example sentences of "do not [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I do not apologise to you , nor to the murderous bastard next to you ! |
| 2 | This type of inefficiency arises because workers and management are often ill-equipped or lacking in motivation and so do not perform to the best of their abilities . |
| 3 | ‘ You do not speak to me like that . |
| 4 | ‘ Do not speak to me of proof . |
| 5 | Do not speak to him . |
| 6 | Southern protestants do not appear to be particularly oppressed by the state ( White 1975 : 169 ) , but they would clearly change aspects of the constitution and legislation if they were in a position to do so . |
| 7 | Inside Cambodia , Khmer Rouge guerrillas do not appear to be planning any big offensives against the towns . |
| 8 | Therefore , the day-by-day changes in the timing of rhythms seen in the aged do not appear to be due to day-by-day irregularities of habits , and this suggests an internal cause due to the body clock . |
| 9 | In Numbers 11 certainly the people do not appear to be faced with starvation . |
| 10 | But about 4 p.c. of Down 's syndrome children are born with either mosaic Down 's syndrome or inherited Downs and these conditions do not appear to be covered on the policy . |
| 11 | Some differences have been noted which do not appear to be trivial . |
| 12 | Some of the earliest plants do not appear to be the most primitive , and vice versa . |
| 13 | Thus in the Framingham Study , triglycerides do not appear to be an independent risk factor . |
| 14 | The theory seems to have a middle class bias in that it assumes that all criminal and rule-breakers accept and cherish middle-class goals , but many delinquent activities do not appear to be aiming for material gains . |
| 15 | Certainly , organised , structured delinquent gangs do not appear to be the norm in Britain today . |
| 16 | The examples described below illustrate all these , though as yet there do not appear to be many instances of disasters in the management of which GIS has played a significant part . |
| 17 | However , those two qualities — innocence and a sense of responsibility — do not appear to be so much in demand in children 's stories if we are to believe a booklet published by the Evangelical Alliance . |
| 18 | Today , service , seniority , and experience do not appear to be considered at all , your religion or creed appear to be an important factor in regulating your progress in the Service … ’ |
| 19 | The digestive enzymes , however , do not appear to be the main agents producing bone modification , and it is the level of acidity combined with the length of time the food is in the stomach that are the main determining factors . |
| 20 | If you compare a striped object with one that has a different kind of black and white pattern , they do not appear to be the same size even if , in reality , they are identical . |
| 21 | Though pedestrians and cyclists are to be ‘ encouraged to use the facilities provided for them ’ there do not appear to be any facilities other than the traditional footpath . |
| 22 | There do not appear to be any negative affects on the plants . |
| 23 | The secret is to arrange the stripes so that they do not appear to be in regular order and this can be done in a number of ways . |
| 24 | Those which grow near silty areas do not appear to be strong plants . |
| 25 | As a contribution to the development of sources of geothermal energy , an attempt is being made to establish credible gas geothermometry for the East African Rift , for conventional models do not appear to be applicable . |
| 26 | Its main function is to attract a female : male cuckoos do not appear to be territorial since the areas over which males sing often overlap as do the egg-laying ranges of females . |
| 27 | The same calculation for sharing a bed ( 22% ) should be viewed with caution since the ethnically specific relative risks associated with this factor do not appear to be homogeneous . |
| 28 | The prisons do not appear to be full to overflowing as in so many European countries . |
| 29 | But there are differences in that they are not owned by family dynasties , are not as rigidly organized through central holding companies and do not appear to be as dominant in specific industries . |
| 30 | Many relinquishing mothers ( little work has been done on fathers ) do not appear to be reconciled to the adoption — 62 per cent of birth parents ' referrals to the PAC concerned a search for their child . |