Example sentences of "[noun] did not [adv] [vb infin] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Labour did not formally oppose the measure in Parliament , despite backbench misgivings , but did criticise the use of £750,000 of public money to advertise overseas voters ' rights . |
| 2 | A manor did not necessarily cover the same area as a parish ; indeed , parishes sometimes contained two or more manors and the boundaries between the two institutions often overlapped . |
| 3 | And Campbell ( 1987 ) demonstrates that indigenization in the Ivory Coast did not really challenge the dominance of foreign capital because to do so would have been to put the mode of accumulation at risk . |
| 4 | They found that patients with the highest serum gastrin concentrations did not necessarily have the highest enterochromaffin like cell counts . |
| 5 | Mortimer 's estates were taken into the king 's hands , but , in contrast to his father in 1322 and Mortimer himself in 1327 , Edward did not immediately use the confiscated lands to underpin the power of another group of favourites . |
| 6 | This practice did not strictly contravene the legislation since there is a loophole which allowed the introduction of this line of questioning at the discretion of the judge , if the judge thought it was essential . |
| 7 | Analysis of acid output including or excluding these three subjects did not significantly alter the results . |
| 8 | This advance could , in fact , have placed the BEF in a dangerous salient , for strategists did not yet comprehend the crippling defensive effectiveness of machine-guns and artillery . |
| 9 | It is unfortunate that Dustin did not similarly mime the songs he sings while strumming a guitar ( an instrument he studied for the part ) , because his singing voice is strained and uncomfortably high . |
| 10 | However , the reckless , well-bred show of bravado did not exactly endear the utterer to two other boys of like age . |
| 11 | The visitors ' committee did not always support the workhouse master . |
| 12 | But yesterday three appeal judges headed by Lord Taylor , the Lord Chief Justice , ruled that the trial judge did not properly direct the jurors on how , when deciding between murder and manslaughter , they should view the lies initially told by Richens to the police . |
| 13 | The trial judge did not so direct the jury . |
| 14 | The rice and other crops produced by the peasantry did not merely keep the population as a whole alive ; rice was also the cornerstone of the formal political and economic organization of the country , at both national and local levels . |
| 15 | The manner of a bishop 's election could itself affect the whole of his ensuing episcopate , if factions became too firmly entrenched ; peace did not always follow the elevation of the successful candidate . |
| 16 | Therefore it took some time to penetrate the Boardrooms of British industry , because many of the early headhunters did not really speak the businessmen 's language . |
| 17 | However , in terms of increasing the chances of publicity in the national press , the rising of the Sun did not significantly alter the general picture . |
| 18 | But the shift in focus involved in the journey south did not necessarily reposition the directors who had once rediscovered northern grime into a world which they could explore with sympathy and understanding . |
| 19 | Two partitions of heavy wooden panelling did not quite reach the arched ceiling and the other two sides of the room were formed by the walls of the crypt itself . |
| 20 | Three of these were cleared on 16 March but , believing them to be floating mines , the Allies did not completely sweep the area . |
| 21 | An essay or a lecture on some general theme did not always have the required effect , as some of the otherwise magisterial addresses delivered when he was a world-figure tend to show . |
| 22 | ‘ My husband did not usually discuss the negotiations for Ruggiero Miletti 's release with me , but on one occasion about a month ago , while we were having dinner … . ’ |
| 23 | But if this large population of unwilling immigrants did not immediately worry the Lebanese , the emergence of Gamal Abdul Nasser 's Arab nationalism could not be ignored . |
| 24 | He went on to explain that the rules of the game could easily be encompassed if some rooms were left without windows , and if the facades did not accurately represent the layout of the interior . |
| 25 | the crews of the cutters did not always see the completed puzzle , and for obvious reasons were only given sufficient information on a need-to-know basis . |
| 26 | However , Geaga rejected one of the posts of Minister of State , charging that the new body did not truly reflect the views of the Christian community . |
| 27 | The 1959 decree did not fundamentally change the existing situation — argue Missika and Woltons — but it was perhaps the text that , more than any other , showed that ‘ public service broadcasting ’ would not develop on lines akin to Britain 's BBC . |
| 28 | Tom did not much like the long train journey through Harrow and Northwood and Wembley down to Baker Street , and the changing and the waiting . |
| 29 | These subtleties of the war did not entirely evade the British public . |
| 30 | On the other hand , while the High Authority required the support of the Council in , for example , any attempt to limit output because of overproduction or when seeking an equitable distribution of supplies during a shortage in output , the Council of Ministers was inhibited to some extent because the national governments did not directly finance the ECSC . |