Example sentences of "do not [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A favourite plant in the frescoes is the papyrus , treated in various decorative ways : but the papyrus did not , as far as we know , grow in Crete in the Minoan period , so the frescoes do not factually depict the Cretan landscape . |
| 2 | However , it is important to realise that they are used only if the main table numbers do not adequately classify the document . |
| 3 | ‘ Working class ’ , ‘ middle class ’ and ‘ upper class ’ are common terms , but they do not adequately express the complexities of social class in Britain . |
| 4 | The Revenue has become aware that some schemes have been registered which do not adequately observe the strict requirements of the legislation . |
| 5 | Traditional legal processes do not adequately serve the needs of the extended welfare state , hence the escalating growth of administrative law , where no pretence is even made to place state agencies on an equal footing with ordinary citizens . |
| 6 | They are artificial and do not adequately measure the students ' ability to use the complex information tools available and thereby gain the information that would be of use for their studies . |
| 7 | There was insufficient recognition that some of the voluntary organisations who helped with the plans do not adequately consult disabled people . |
| 8 | Theorists of postmodernism relying on political economy explanations still do not adequately explain why sections of the middle class are engaging in this new way of life . |
| 9 | Even fish remains are rather local , and do not adequately reflect the abundance of a group that has occupied the seas for more than 400 million years . |
| 10 | Your suspects are likely to be opposed to one another in different ways ( if they are not , you have chosen people who do not adequately reflect different aspects of your theme ) and if they are opposed it is not unlikely that they will quarrel , again about your theme . |
| 11 | They mostly do not adequately safeguard pupils against a casual , almost literalist , understanding of symbol . |
| 12 | Such estimates of unmet demand , the report points out , do not adequately incorporate the growing numbers of sexually active youths or those discouraged from family planning by poor quality of services . |
| 13 | First , the department has a role at the executive-director level by being present at the board 's review of the plans from the business units and by highlighting where these plans do not adequately address certain strategic issues . |
| 14 | In addition , many existing tests are decontextualised approaches which do not adequately assess children 's understanding of meaning . |
| 15 | In this instance , I do not particularly welcome this debate , because I regret having to make these points tonight in this way . |
| 16 | The parents do not particularly choose the kind of games their children should play , they are left free to indulge in any games that appeal to them , providing , of course , that the game is not injurious to their health . |
| 17 | No-one loves a winner , they are saying , and everyone knows Neath do not particularly wish to be loved . |
| 18 | She argues that if you have been assisted by relatives yourself , this imposes a strong obligation to provide similar support for others , even if that means giving a temporary home to someone whom you do not particularly like ( p. 89 ) . |
| 19 | Police administrative districts do not neatly coincide with local-government wards , but the 1981 |
| 20 | Interests in the North Side , then , do not neatly fit into neighbourhood units which dovetail into the geographic space of the area . |
| 21 | We do not need to reach firm answers to these questions to see that the realities of British politics — both the process of electing a parliament and the relation of that elected body to those who actually form and control the machinery of state — certainly do not neatly correspond to or embody the original notion of government by the people or the people 's representatives . |
| 22 | An important point about this analysis is that , , do not otherwise occur finally in the syllable . |
| 23 | I share AA Miller 's sense of outrage at the crimes he lists ( Points of View , today ) , but I do not thereupon throw reason out of the window . |
| 24 | Fortunately , tribunals do not altogether ignore the interests of the affected employee when adjudicating upon the fairness or otherwise of a company 's actions . |
| 25 | It is important that we do not altogether ignore videodiscs aimed at the consumer market . |
| 26 | I do not altogether share her regret at the loss of such places . |
| 27 | Some , as you will see , I do not altogether agree with . |
| 28 | Statutes do not altogether follow the former rule : ‘ rateable value ’ is an established statutory spelling . |
| 29 | The history of pronunciation is one of those issues that do not primarily involve standardization , because it is about the history of speech in face-to-face interaction and because standardization has always had less effect on pronunciation than on other linguistic levels . |
| 30 | Many do not successfully complete this journey as anemones are often a limited resource on the reef and most of the fry are eaten by predators before they can reach protection . |