Example sentences of "[vb -s] [not/n't] [adv] matter " in BNC.
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1 | It does not even matter what other people are thinking . |
2 | It does not really matter what the answer is . |
3 | It does not really matter how you describe the style — Wimbledon , long ball , direct . |
4 | From some points of view it does not really matter whether these fragments originated as invading parasites or breakaway rebels . |
5 | It does not really matter if a ten-inch record turns into a nine-and-a-half inch , but it does matter when the shrinkage is uneven , because the grooves become highly eccentric . |
6 | Whatever may have been the cause of that allegiance to the ‘ gods ’ of their beliefs , does not really matter , for the teachings of all of them contain items aide wisdom which are available to all humanity , and can be used to provide further units of ‘ goodness ’ for the minds of men to assign to the store which is the Created God . |
7 | Anne was right in saying that ‘ you tend to lose the origin of it ’ ; the origins are a long way from what remains , but it does not really matter . |
8 | It does not really matter how long or wide an aquarium is … it is depth that gives water pressure . |
9 | The ideas expressed may well be wide of the mark , or they may not be , but this does not really matter since the purpose of hypotheses is to stimulate more ideas , and the research to either confirm or refute them . |
10 | To return to crack propagation in brittle solids , it does not really matter for our present purposes whether fracture is initiated by a dynamic blow or by a static load . |
11 | But the danger is that if relief is too often refused on such grounds it may give decision-makers the signal that it does not really matter whether they act within the law or not , so long as the decision is ‘ right ’ . |
12 | As between the three common law Inns the choice does not really matter : you can quite well be a member of one Inn , become a pupil in chambers belonging to a second , and in due course attain a seat in chambers belonging to a third . |
13 | For our purposes , it does not really matter exactly what the results of the study were . |
14 | It does not really matter so long as we accept both points of view . |
15 | It does not really matter . |
16 | It does not really matter for our purposes what the variable is . |
17 | To think that we should destroy the coal industry and then say , ’ Well , if we have no coal industry , we shall have to have a nuclear power industry and what it costs does not really matter because it is in the nation 's interest to do it , ’ does not make sense . |
18 | It is important that this potentially very valuable approach safeguards itself so far as possible against misinterpretation : in particular , that the content of religious belief does not really matter , that knowledge of religious tradition is unimportant , and that any opinions and beliefs are acceptable so long as they are sincerely held . |
19 | It does not much matter . |
20 | With d'Argenlieu returned to Saigon but no more amenable to close control from Paris than Paris seemed disposed to provide it , with the French forces understandably nervous and anxious at least to clear Hanoi of their opponents , one may feel that whether it was the French or the Vietminh who brought about the final rupture does not much matter . |
21 | And most readers of such documents understand the code so this does not much matter . |
22 | It does n't particularly matter to you , except it 's very important that your daughter knows the truth . |
23 | But it does n't particularly matter to the knitter . |
24 | It does n't even matter how many of them are positive ( payments ) and how many of them , if any , are negative ( fines ) . |
25 | It does n't even matter if the art director thinks of the headline and the writer contributes its visual expression . |
26 | ‘ To keep the whole thing in the right perspective , you have to remember that it does n't necessarily matter what a manager decides , the service that the resident receives is actually given by the care assistant . |
27 | It does n't personally matter to me , it just like feel |
28 | It does n't actually matter that much if you leave out Sno Snow White . |
29 | But er I then explained to them that I realize that it does n't actually matter and it 's the quality of the image that you produce that matters and not what it 's made of or on . |
30 | I like , before coming to a decision , to get the arguments down on paper and it seems to me if you ca n't then convince yourself or anybody else that what you propose is logically right , it does n't much matter what your gut 's doing . |