Example sentences of "it does [adv] occur " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is an easy way to have a number of gliders wrecked by the wind , but luckily it does not occur very often . |
| 2 | Often it does not occur to them that they can speak up , raise their voices in front of people . |
| 3 | Yet it does not occur to them that God might have brought about the defeat as an act of judgement upon them , and unlike Joshua and the elders in the story of Ai in Joshua 7 , they do not bother to turn to God to discover his mind . |
| 4 | This is not to say that man can mine coal where it does not occur geologically , or that some settlements do not originate because of the existence of some material which the inhabitants extract ; what it does mean is that people themselves determine what is exploited and how they deal with the extraction . |
| 5 | It does not occur between immiscible liquids . |
| 6 | Further confirmation of the bare infinitive 's ability to express a coincident potentiality is provided by uses in exclamations where it does not occur in relation with a modal : ( 7 ) What ! |
| 7 | For example , while the /r/ of person is pronounced ( as it would be in JC ) [ P15 ] , the speaker has also pronounced /r/ in mother , where it is less usual for Jamaicans to pronounce it , and at the end of Jamaica , where it does not occur historically at all . |
| 8 | Of the motifs , the presence of a bird ( apparently pecking at a sprig ) is significant , for it does not occur in any other saltire mosaic in the region . |
| 9 | This is closely linked to their passivity : it does not occur to them that they could make changes in their world . |
| 10 | It does not occur in western Europe A large stout worm up to 4.5 cm long , with a prominent buccal capsule and transparent cuticle through which the internal organs may be seen ( P1.III ) . |
| 11 | It does n't occur to me that these wants are impossible . |
| 12 | Sometimes I would like to have a go , experiment with make-up , but because Mum does n't wear any , it does n't occur to her that I might like to . |
| 13 | It does n't occur to him that he is his creative spirit . |
| 14 | Ask what a vinyl group is though , and they may not know , because although students know the polymer as PVC , they actually call it polychloroethene , and it does n't occur to many of them that there must be something called vinyl chloride . |
| 15 | For you sit here , thousands of miles away from Palestine , a land which most of you will never see , and yet which you will certainly pay for-with your money , yes , and some of you with your blood and sweat — you sit here and you listen to me as I tell you about this impossible , this ridiculous dream , and it does n't occur to you that we are all mad , you and I and all our people ? ’ |
| 16 | It does n't occur to them that they 've done the same . |
| 17 | It does n't occur to them that if they had told them about contraceptives , they would not be pregnant . |
| 18 | It does n't occur to him to . ’ |
| 19 | It 's just that he 's been used to having his own way for so long it does n't occur to him there are perspectives alternative to his own . ’ |
| 20 | The problem with accident prevention is that it does n't occur to anyone until it 's too late . |
| 21 | It does really occur , I 'm sure if it does n't sound odd , it must occur |