Example sentences of "do not " in BNC.
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| 1 | That doth not smack of observation ; |
| 2 | Doth not the good father in short time , either by his coughing or spitting or testiness … become troublesome either to his own son or to his nice daughter-in-law , with continuing so long chargeable and so much waited-on , or to the children , with taking up their room at the fire or at the table , or to the servants , while his slow eating doth scant their reversions ? |
| 3 | God , he said , ‘ doth not bind us to dive into men 's consciences , . |
| 4 | A little smoke and a couple of pills doth not a junkie make . |
| 5 | " If then the wretched world be not quite plunged in doom , and fire doth not earth , sea and sky consume - " " |
| 6 | … As to the matter of there being no appeal from an arbitrary sentence ; it is true , the case is the harder , because the party is concluded by one judgment , but it doth not lessen the validity of the sentence , nor doth it in any way prove that you shall find out some way to examine this matter at law in a judicial proceeding . |
| 7 | Either what woman having ten pieces of silver , if she lose one piece , doth not light a candle , and sweep the house , and seek diligently till she find it ? |
| 8 | In the Commons , Sir Thomas Clarges moved that " a standing Army is destructive to the Country " , whilst his fellow Tory , Edward Seymour , declared that " the safety of the Kingdom doth not consist with a standing force " , adding ( in a way which anticipated Tory arguments used after 1689 ) that " all the profit and security of this Nation is in our Ships , and had there been the least ship in the Channel " , Monmouth could never have landed . |
| 9 | Though some of the writing and most if not all the compilation were done not so long after the notorious events surrounding the capture of Jerusalem in 587 or 586 , only in the little story of the bowl of lentil soup is Esau portrayed in a poor light . |
| 10 | Yet — and she shook her left hand to dislodge a fly that tickled — she had really done not even that . |
| 11 | Such an exercise is , therefore , best done not in isolation but in co-operation with the other churches . |
| 12 | When he prays it is in a voice ‘ humble , treatable and slow ’ ; the congregation 's responses ‘ are to be done not in a huddling , or slobbery fashion , gaping or scratching the head , or spitting in the midst of their answer ’ . |
| 13 | This is done not by more pruning , but by making life distinctly awkward . |
| 14 | The outcome has been a major advance in thinking about the curriculum in holistic terms , in which curriculum planning is done not just in terms of subjects and their traditional labels , but also in terms of areas of experience , skills and processes as well as knowledge , and personal and affective aspects as well as the cognitive . |
| 15 | Boring , repetitive or even hazardous employment may still be acceptable to capitalist morality : the job is done not out of interest but as a way of earning money , not out of loyalty , but a fear of redundancy . |
| 16 | He could truly reflect that he had done not only the best , but the only thing possible . |
| 17 | This was done not without trepidation , for the experience of preparing and presenting a proposal for external validation was new to the College and it was recognised that the development of the proposals , and subsequently of the course , in the very limited time scale necessitated by the speed of the Programme , would create major workload problems . |
| 18 | This is done not only in the name of trade but also of aid . |
| 19 | Is not that a tribute to the work done not only by him but by his recent predecessors ? |
| 20 | The number of people to whom he is a friend , if not because he has met them but because they know of the good works that he has done not only in Britain but throughout the world , must run into many hundreds of thousands . |
| 21 | First , in the brief sketch of the early history of radar in the United Kingdom , the earliest work on the detection of aircraft was done not at Bawdsey but at Orford ; Bowen 's middle name was not Gordon , but George ; and as a member of the Airborne Radar Group , I can assure the author that Bowen did not develop airborne radar ‘ single handedly ’ , nor did we develop the plan-position indicator . |
| 22 | This was to be done not merely by political means but also by fostering its cultural influence and emphasising its cultural achievements . |
| 23 | If the law is to be changed by the reversal of West 's case , it should be done not judicially but legislatively within the context of a comprehensive enactment dealing with all aspects of damages for personal injury . |
| 24 | I simply wan na say two things and that is this that within a month if this scheme is to work I believe that the council or the social services committee must draw up a long list of homes which it proposes to close and that long list will be in teams and that must be done not behind closed doors so that people know what is being proposed , we level with people who live in those institutions and they are fully acquainted with our , with our intentions and secondly I think it 's necessary to understand from this programme that it is not just refurbishment programme , it is a refurbishment and closure programme the simple equation being that the money that comes from closures from capital receipts and some revenue savings , actually goes into the rest to refurbish them . |
| 25 | cos we done not a lot this morning like I just sort of be zombies , I 'm sure we could do play with |
| 26 | that 's what I 'd guessed , erm , so I said no , I said they 're fine , so she said oh I 'm ever so sorry I said do n't be I said these sort of things get around , I mean it 's , she kept go and then I went on to describe how I virtually done not too a dissimilar thing going up the road trying to talk to people about writing in to object , you know with this planning application and erm , I said I sort of knock on someone 's door up there and I thought it was the next door that the husband had died and it was that one |
| 27 | All job descriptions have got to be done not later than the twenty ninth of June . |
| 28 | If I can help further please do not hesitate to contact me on 081 840 7879 Peter Fabian Director of Fundraising |
| 29 | Scott expects ‘ pockets of horror ’ among those who hate sport or would do not relish a stadium at the foot of the garden , but he senses excitement generally . |
| 30 | Then they make their ale from what they have collected , and those who do not come there to drink and do not give money at the foresters ' will are sorely punished at their pleas for dead wood , although the King has no demesne ; nor does anyone dare to brew when the foresters brew , or to sell ale so long as the foresters have any kind of ale to sell ; and this every forester does year by year to the great grievance of the country . |