Example sentences of "do not do [adv] " in BNC.

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1 Black kids go to school ill-equipped to do well and , of course , the majority do not do well academically .
2 By this reasoning the things which they do not do well become part of the ‘ syndrome ’ .
3 The work of Clarricoates shows that when boys do not do well , the tendency is to explain it in terms of their ‘ independence ’ and their ‘ free spirits ’ ; their wrong answers are an indication of their ‘ divergent thinking ’ ; their failure to follow the rules as evidence of their intellectual non-conformity .
4 It is submitted that in these circumstances they do not do well enough with the written word .
5 Clients where anxiety is secondary to another major problem , e.g. a formal mental illness , clinical depression , major marital dysfunction , or an eating disorder are not suitable and , in our experience , do not do particularly well in this type of group .
6 ‘ The only problem is that we will kill your daughter if you do not do exactly as you are told . ’
7 In fact , they do not do very much at all .
8 Geometrical demonstrations which prove something to be true of all triangles do not do so by proving it to be true of an abstract triangle to which all triangles correspond .
9 But they do not do so in the wild , so the species remain distinct .
10 The fact that there may be others in society who do not do so well need not even occur to the individual .
11 You do not do so in any other circumstance .
12 If you do not do so , you may be left in some doubt as to when a constructive dismissal occurs .
13 He seems to be saying that we should open ourselves up to this possibility , and that if we do not do so , we may miss something that may ultimately be much more important to us than all that science is able to capture in its net .
14 When skilled maintenance staff carry out actions , such as fault detection , testing , diagnosing and repair , they do not do so by solving sets of mathematical equations .
15 The need to carry out ‘ proper ’ audits has been spelled out to firms , and those that do not do so run the serious risk of losing their right to act as company auditors .
16 Families which operate in this way might be expected to break up but they usually do not do so .
17 Conditions that do not do so are irrelevant to its functions .
18 The rules stipulate clubs must field the strongest team available , but the FA turns a blind eye as the top teams clearly do not do so .
19 However , they do not do so directly , as earlier writers in the ‘ great divide ’ tradition did .
20 Such theories at least attempt to cope with the reality of the female presence , even if they do not do so accurately .
21 The solution lies in removing from the fourth head the bulk of cases which are charitable in spite of the fact that a particular group is primarily benefited , namely gifts in relief of distress , and thereby making possible a more limited definition of the general sections which can be regarded as benefiting the community and a more sweeping rejection of gifts which though benefiting the community do not do so directly .
22 It will be usual practice for information which the Social Work Department receives after 1st April 1989 to be shared in a responsible and sensitive way , with the client to whom it relates , UNLESS the person providing it specifically requests that we do not do so .
23 It has been argued , for a long time now , that the reason girls do not do so well at mathematics is that females , from at least adolescence onwards , have poorer spatial visualisation ability than males .
24 It is simply too expensive in resources to attempt to eliminate all risks of premature death , and in fact we do not do so .
25 Is it not time that the Government stood up and were counted by telling the Turkish Government to remove their troops from occupied Cyprus and saying that if they do not do so the British Government will veto any attempt by Turkey to join the EC ?
26 Those of us who believe that our future and national interest lie in such a course do not do so in a spirit of emotional faith or constitutional adventurism ; rather , we take a hard-headed view of where our economic interests lie and where the money will come from in the years ahead .
27 Is my right hon. Friend aware that my constituents , whether farmers , industrialists or citizens , who obey the law will be delighted that those who do not do so will in future be fined for that failure ?
28 I commend it to Ministers , but , bearing in mind our debates in Committee , I confess that I do not do so with any great hope that they will see sense for once and will accept this sensible recommendation .
29 If presented as a guide , not a rule book , and project leaders are free to reject any of its provisions , they do not do so irresponsibly .
30 You may think you stand on your own , or have your own choices , or make your own fate , but you do not do so .
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