Example sentences of "[conj] it did [not/n't] [vb infin] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A second major defect of UDG was that it did not make much difference to cities as a whole . |
| 2 | The one good thing about the display is that it did not damage any of the glorious neo-Renaissance interiors , originally designed as a bank by A. Weihl in 1892–4 . |
| 3 | Clyde also said that it did not expect any significant impact from last year 's Budget tax changes which restricted tax relief on future exploration spending . |
| 4 | We looked in vain in Siemens AG 's first half report on Monday for any mention of its Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG computer subsidiary , and with all the dreadful economic news coming out of Germany , it began to assume the air of the dog that did n't bark : Siemens said of its overall business that it did not show any revival in the first half , and that continued economic decline affected domestic business and led to a decline in incoming orders , and there was no recovery in its foreign business ; laying it on with a trowel , Chancellor Helmut Kohl 's leading economic advisor was quoted on Tuesday as saying that German workers failed to recognise the danger of high wages in a time of recession , and that German products were too expensive for world markets as wage increases outpaced growth in productivity , and earlier , Siemens Nixdorf had had to rebut a magazine report that its losses would be even worse this year , saying that it was certain that its results would improve this fiscal year ; the article , in Manager Magazin , also said that Siemens was looking for a replacement for Siemens Nixdorf management board chairman Hans-Dieter Wiedig , and added that plans to reduce the workforce to 41,000 by 1995 from 47,200 at the end of February could well be accelerated . |
| 5 | Publicly , Israeli officials criticized the resolution , but privately many declared it to be " tolerable " in that it did not recommend any concrete UN steps against Israel . |
| 6 | I think most Prisoners would say that the sex problem worried them less than they had expected it to , but that is not to say that it did not worry most people some of the time and some people all the time . |
| 7 | The European Court overrode Italian civil law and stated that it did not consider these posts to be in the public service . |
| 8 | Only a few months ago , Neath borough council complained that it did not have enough money for housing . |
| 9 | The Inland Revenue said that it did not have enough workers to carry out the revaluation in England and Wales , so from that date there were no revaluations of property . |
| 10 | In fact I 'm told we ran the three-day week so well that it did n't make enough impact on the country ; they did n't realize the crisis and thought they would n't support Ted Heath . |
| 11 | Vic tried to argue that it did n't make any difference how many toilets you had , it was the number of times you flushed them that mattered , but his father was convinced that having so many toilets was an incitement to unnecessary peeing , therefore to excessive flushing . |
| 12 | Suddenly she was surprised that she could talk about Ian White without regret ; surprised to find that it did n't hurt any more . |
| 13 | I wanted to go there , but it turned out that it did n't exist any more . |
| 14 | Oh , everyone would argue that it did n't matter these days , it was n't important . |
| 15 | Unhappily , this week 's bloody fiasco in Namibia suggests that it did n't know these things . |
| 16 | Then , realising that it did n't take much for this man to get to her , she made sterner efforts to get herself more of one piece and , returning her hand to her lap , she drew out of nowhere , ‘ Not everybody can wear contact lenses , ’ and added for a touch of authenticity , ‘ I ca n't myself . ’ |
| 17 | I was going to get up at 5.30 anyway so it did n't make all that much difference . |
| 18 | The kind of marks you 'd make if you wrapped a pillow round a gun so it did n't make any noise when it went off . |
| 19 | And it did n't do any harm at all , that lump . |
| 20 | ‘ I started with nothing and it did n't do any harm , ’ she said , in the look-at-me-now manner of the comfortably off . |
| 21 | I 'd noticed a couple of characters in different bars who also seemed more interested in the people than the liquor , and it did n't need any Sherlock Holmes to know who was paying for their drinks . |
| 22 | My detectives had established your many moves and it did not take much intelligence to realise why . ’ |
| 23 | Yet the first indications that London was soon to show explosive growth were already present , and it did not need much foresight to see that it would not be long before any green-field site chosen near London for the location of the College would soon be engulfed in bricks and mortar , which would sweep away hay- and grazing-fields , market gardens and brickfields alike . |
| 24 | Bearing in mind the size of the KGB 's foreign operations it would be surprising if it did not have some successes . |
| 25 | Up to a point diversity is good ; local government would be useless if it did not permit some variety and flexibility in provision . |
| 26 | Our Report would not be credible if it did not acknowledge these differences and explain our response to them . |
| 27 | The Stop Hinkley Expansion group complained to the Inspector , arguing that this was jumping the gun and a waste of public money , despite the CEGB claim that if it did n't order these parts in advance , at its own risk , it would never keep to its construction timetable . |
| 28 | ‘ I 'D MAKE this Single Of The Week if it did n't seem such a wilfully perverse thing to do . |
| 29 | He believed that if the paper made a big enough impact and was raved about by the industry , there would be a rush to save it even if it did n't sell enough to make a profit . |
| 30 | This was quite a good bargain for the monks , but it did not silence all their criticisms . |