Example sentences of "[vb -s] [not/n't] [verb] [adv] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now the illusion is well and truly shattered and the only reason the share price has not plunged much further than it has is the hope that some brave soul will put the group out of its misery with a takeover . |
| 2 | Since the opening of the Sterling Commercial Paper ( SCP ) market in 1986 , there have been regular issues but the market has not developed as quickly as national ( as opposed to euro ) commercial paper markets in many other European countries . |
| 3 | EASE is the biggest operation by a long way , although electronic selling has not developed as quickly as the ANM Group hoped when it introduced the idea from Canada . |
| 4 | The rapidly rising birth rate is only part of the explanation , since the birth rate has not risen as fast as urban populations have increased . |
| 5 | However the government has not gone as far as it might have . |
| 6 | In some areas , mechanisation is replacing labour although in the countryside this has not gone as far as on North American farms . |
| 7 | This sector of the market has not expanded as rapidly as expected . |
| 8 | This has taken a number of forms and has not spread as widely as some of its supporters might have hoped . |
| 9 | Wind , rain , chemical erosion gradually wear into it and the stone that they used for some of the repair of the cathedral in the years gone by has n't worn as well as we would have hoped . |
| 10 | ‘ THE shareholders must be hoping the bank has n't gone as far as to give him a company credit card ’ — Labour leader John Smith , on ex-Chancellor Norman Lamont 's new employer , Rothschilds Bank . |
| 11 | Although Johnson does not go so far as to claim that the affectless society was responsible for the Moors Murders , she does feel able to argue that the general atmosphere in society at the time had ‘ infected ’ the social system , and that ‘ Brady possibly , Hindley almost certainly , have been victims of fallout ’ . |
| 12 | Fitzgerald herself does not go so far as to suggest that they should not be used at all . |
| 13 | Christine Brooke-Rose does not go so far as to disavow authorial creativity altogether , but she too sees technology as the possible key to a breakthrough in how we think about the human subject . |
| 14 | However he does not go so far as to paraphrase by " see that " , as does Palmer . |
| 15 | In the meantime the purchase grant of the Museum has been cut by nearly fifty per cent to Pta300 million ( £1.7 million ; £2.9 million ) which does not go very far when acquiring modern works . |
| 16 | In Canada the Human Rights Act 1978 does not go as far as removing mandatory retirement ages ( although there is pressure growing to do so ) but does make it unlawful to deprive people of employment opportunities on grounds of age , as a result of policies or practices relating to recruitment promotion , training , or other personnel matters . |
| 17 | It becomes a bonfire in autumn , but strangely does not burn so brightly as the green-leafed type distinguished as viridis . |
| 18 | We shall instead suggest ( 40 ) , where the fact that the arrowhead passes through the square bracket is intended to show that the minor property does not simply qualify the entity as a whole , but the fact that it does not reach as far as the round bracket shows that the adjective is not a sense-qualifier : ( 40 ) |
| 19 | Although our sense of smell does not compare as favourably as some of our other senses , it allows us to detect tiny traces of a very wide range of complex chemicals . |
| 20 | If I am in a studio and initially feel slightly lukewarm towards a particular piece I find it does not last very long because I soon get caught up with the work of a strong artist . |
| 21 | Natural gut absorbs moisture and does not last as long as synthetic string . |
| 22 | It does not grow as fast as N. indicum , but the slender stalks produce more aerial leaves than the larger species . |
| 23 | Ultimately , it does not matter that much whether the future arrangements of the EC are called federal , confederal , political union or whatever , except that labels may affect expectations and may accord spurious legitimacy to Community institutions . |
| 24 | Whether this is the way they express themselves does not matter so long as we can establish that this is the substance of their view . |
| 25 | There the nectar does not evaporate as quickly as it would if it were in a more exposed position . |
| 26 | If he takes his clothes off , which he does not do very easily because it hurts so much , one sees open wounds from the top of his chest down to his toes . |
| 27 | With many similar safety features , this latest Astra offers sharper performance with good build quality and economy , though it does not ride as smoothly as its major rival . |
| 28 | Another reason why coaching does not occur as often as it might is due to the time pressures which every manager faces . |
| 29 | The letter O , for instance , does not occur very often as the final letter in a four letter word , but is common as the second letter . |
| 30 | Martin uses balloon fabric , as it does not crease as easily as spinnaker ripstop . |