Example sentences of "it does [not/n't] work " in BNC.
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| 1 | It does not work because the emotion and atmosphere in the rest of the play have been too slight to support it . |
| 2 | It is strong with public service workers whose relation to the generation of wealth is indirect , but it does not work with the young bank employee in Basildon with £15,000 a year and prospects . |
| 3 | Thus I claim that for decades we have attempted to change the nature of the art in order to meet the requirements of child-centred education — and have felt guilty because it does not work . |
| 4 | If the child is allergic to certain foods , and if the reaction is not too severe , then the drug sodium cromoglycate ( see p 315 ) maybe useful , although it does not work in all cases . |
| 5 | But it does not work that way . |
| 6 | Do n't be fooled into thinking that familiarity will lead to acceptance — it does not work like that . |
| 7 | In the long run it does not work ; if it did , the parents would not be asking for advice . |
| 8 | Wrong ‘ Banks and industrialists who have looked into the future know it does not work on present policies . |
| 9 | His opposition was on utilitarian rather than humane grounds : it does not work ; it ‘ absolves robust scoundrels ’ and condemns weak innocents . |
| 10 | It does not work . |
| 11 | The concept of the student with a broad scientific base is fine but in practice it does not work . |
| 12 | This is neat , but it does not work entirely . |
| 13 | But it does not work like that . |
| 14 | That is a nice simple equation , but it does not work . |
| 15 | ‘ Sometimes , of course , it does not work . |
| 16 | It does not work . ’ |
| 17 | In practice , unless you have a 486DX — it does not work quite like that because whenever the program is converting it makes such demands on the whole system that everything else is slowed up . |
| 18 | On 5 June , Gavin Laird of the Amalgamated Engineering Union rightly said on ’ Channel 4 News ’ : ’ It has never worked in the past ; there is no logic for it ; it does not work in any other country and it certainly will not work in Great Britain . ’ |
| 19 | It does not work because it does not meet the problems of intervention . |
| 20 | Mont Blanc , to be sure , has existed for a long time , and probably will exist for a while yet , but it does not work to stay in existence . |
| 21 | If a horse does pull from anxiety , it is always worthwhile trying a milder bit — in an enclosed space , he can not go far if it does not work . |
| 22 | ‘ Look , if it does n't work out , come back and see us and we 'll try to do something for you , OK ? ’ |
| 23 | The contrast with Yeats is instructive , and it does n't work in Pound 's favour . |
| 24 | In a place with an acoustic as dry and an atmosphere as worldly as Birmingham Town Hall it does n't work . |
| 25 | It does n't work on a movie set . |
| 26 | Except that it does n't work like that . |
| 27 | It does n't work if you cook the two together , for gin is exceptionally fugitive . |
| 28 | To a boy who declares himself stuck about what colour to use , he says : ‘ Well , Sickert said that when in doubt put a little of the last colour into the next colour you use , and that gives harmony : it does n't work to use a colour in isolation — white and black are the two parents , red in isolation can appear like a wound in the picture — it 's like friendships , we all know the awful consequences if a new person joins a group and the friendships are n't mixed through , it 's the same with colours . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ If they fall into the sea we 'll know it does n't work and we wo n't go . ’ |
| 30 | When it does n't work they turn away , none the unhappier it would seem . |