Example sentences of "[coord] [adj] [vb -s] [adv] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Foreign & Colonial does not yet offer its PEP trust , though this may be included in future . |
| 2 | But there 's a whole range of behaviours which one can include in sexual harassment , going from fairly mundane every day things which just grind people down and which grind people down because they happen on a constant basis , to very serious once in a while sorts of behaviours , and to try and categorise them as major or minor does n't really get us very close to being what the issue is about . |
| 3 | And that does n't just refer to the A N Bs and the national parks and the rest of it . |
| 4 | I think there 's always a danger of being a bit simplistic about children who I think have a right to their own family , and that does n't just mean parents , it means grandparents , people who can talk to them about their past , the past of the family . |
| 5 | The message of the Rio summit has been ( as if we did n't already know it ) that this is a small and fragile world and where conservation is concerned , everything is everybody 's business and that does n't just apply to the white rhino but to the artistic patrimony as well . |
| 6 | And that does n't really matter in the theatre because you carry on |
| 7 | There seems to be some sort of implicit acknowledgement in there or even explicit acknowledgement that if we were able to justify the approach we could pursue it within a local plan and that does n't really square with what Mr Williamson has just said . |
| 8 | Eqn ( 3.56 ) is complicated enough and that does not even take account of the finite diameter of the wire . |
| 9 | However , the image of modern families as isolated and inward-looking does not only extend to relationships with kin . |
| 10 | The travellers ' response to this place was positive and warm , and this does not simply derive from the contrast with the pompous inhospitality they found at Armadale , where they were perhaps disgruntled at staying only in an estate official 's house ( the mansion had been burnt down ) , even if the laird and his lady stayed with them . |
| 11 | In production , learners need to choose the words which most suitably realize their intention , and this does not always entail the most closely related form ; in reception of language , given the human penchant for indirection , they also need to be able to move from the form to the function . |
| 12 | Being certified deaf and blind does n't necessarily mean that people live in total blackness or silence . |
| 13 | The traditional classification of governmental functions into the legislative , executive and judicial does not adequately describe the complexities of government in the modern nation-state . |
| 14 | But that does n't really explain why hundreds of people would want to dress up , and re-run the battle one hundred and thirty years later . |
| 15 | ‘ But that does n't really make sense . |
| 16 | The editor of New Scientist spent an evening in the company of brother David not long ago , but that does n't really qualify . |
| 17 | ‘ But that does n't necessarily make the man a coward ? ’ |
| 18 | You need a tonic — but that does n't necessarily mean visiting the doctor ! |
| 19 | You know , we can produc we could consume a lot more manufactured goods , but that does n't necessarily mean that trade will rise . |
| 20 | But that does not simply mean Walker 's case but the law , whatever it might be , that the English court would apply in the absence of the Act of 1976 in the light of all relevant authorities including decisions , so far as helpful , of other Commonwealth jurisdictions . |
| 21 | ( We now know that there are several isotopes of oxygen , but that does not seriously alter the argument . ) |
| 22 | I know that the hand that rocks the cradle is supposed to be steady 24 hours a day , but that does not always hold . |
| 23 | Ask Computer Systems Inc warns that it will only break even , and may make a loss for its fiscal third quarter , adding that the poor profit forecast results from its failure to close about $10m in sales in the period but that does not necessarily mean the company permanently lost those sales ; the company said a significant amount of software licence sales it had expected for the quarter did not close in time . |
| 24 | So it is quite true that it is the father that is principally in focus ; but that does not necessarily mean that " mother " is only there by accident . |
| 25 | In the novels of Dickens , slum housing invariably goes upon crutches , but that does not necessarily mean that it is advanced in years . |
| 26 | Heuristic information ( that is , suggestions about how best to search ) is often more easily exploited when the language is enlarged , but that does not necessarily mean that it has to be made more expressive . |
| 27 | But that does not necessarily make a boom . |
| 28 | It is often said that opposites attract , but this does n't usually work with horses ; most people are happier with an animal whose temperament is similar to their own . |
| 29 | It is so weak as not really to provide a genuine sense of ‘ conclusive ’ , but this does n't really matter . |
| 30 | War boars are evil minded creatures that will take every opportunity to maim , bite , and kick their Orc masters but this does n't really bother the Orcs who are on the whole sensible enough to keep out of the way . |