Example sentences of "[coord] this [vb -s] [adv] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | It is so weak as not really to provide a genuine sense of ‘ conclusive ’ , but this does n't really matter . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The gigs will probably be great but this does n't always outweigh the high cost of attending them . |
| 7 | The gigs will probably be great but this does n't always outweigh the high cost of attending them . |
| 8 | According to UK slaughtering rules , pigs should be stunned by electric shock before being killed , but this does n't always work . |
| 9 | Employers will , of course , want to make clear to you the level of personal responsibility you will be expected to take within the remit of your job description ( for a sample job description , see chapter 2 ) , but this does n't necessarily mean that they are trying to warn off the less confident . |
| 10 | Big animals tend to have big brains partly just because they are big , but this does n't necessarily mean that they are , in any interesting sense , ‘ cleverer ’ . |
| 11 | But this does not precisely match the presuppositions of pregnant , either , because it has at least one hyponymous expression — female animal — all of whose incompatibles are xenonyms . |
| 12 | We can describe them in terms of electrical activity in the brain , but this does not really tell us much . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Berlin may be enticing for tourists but this does not directly engender a new art world . |
| 15 | The armoured or plated dinosaurs include some species that seem too heavily burdened with protective armour to have been very active , but this does not necessarily mean that they had to be cold-blooded . |
| 16 | These parents may have been disturbed or overwrought , but this does not necessarily mean that they were mistaken about their child 's illness . |
| 17 | Most UK manufacturers do not list the ingredients of their products , but this does not necessarily mean they pose a risk with sensible use . |
| 18 | Most UK manufacturers do not list the ingredients of their products , but this does not necessarily mean they pose a risk with sensible use . |
| 19 | There 's no doubt that means plain knitting on the basic chunky machine but this does not necessarily mean that the finished items have to be dull . |
| 20 | In dollar terms Soviet oil may purchase 25 per cent more in West Germany than in Czechoslovakia , but this does not necessarily mean that it will purchase 25 per cent more railway switching gear or pipelaying equipment . |
| 21 | This was the line he took in his propaganda , but this does not necessarily mean that he did not believe it himself . |
| 22 | But this does not necessarily mean that she can no longer be a religious person . |
| 23 | But this does not necessarily mean that a physical demonstration of the product in action is the only way to use TV for a demonstrable product — the Vauxhall Astra ‘ dog ’ commercial , in which the proud owner treats the car as a pet , and it reacts appropriately , is , in effect , a demonstration commercial , but the demonstration is done obliquely and with humour . |
| 24 | The same applies to the situation between nations : inequalities between developed countries have not declined but this does not necessarily mean wholesale rejection of the basic claims that a certain level of education is a necessary prerequisite to industrialisation . |
| 25 | As we stressed in Chapter 9 , the Rover Group may produce a large share of the motor cars manufactured in the UK but this does not necessarily mean it has significant market power . |
| 26 | This was the line he took in his propaganda , but this does not necessarily mean that he did not believe it himself . |
| 27 | Certainly II Cnut 54.1 , which forbids the keeping of a woman in addition to a wife , sits ill with the king 's own relationship with Ælfgifu of Northampton , and suggests that he occasionally turned a deaf ear to Wulfstan 's entreaties ; but this does not necessarily mean that he lacked interest in the archbishop 's work . |
| 28 | ‘ Ipswich and Leicester lead the promotion race but this does not necessarily mean they are the best teams . |
| 29 | Witnesses must be clear and open about their own position , but this does not necessarily imply that they will be effective in convincing and persuading others . |
| 30 | Competition and struggle may be the watchwords but this does not necessarily imply outright hostility . |