Example sentences of "he [vb -s] [not/n't] [vb infin] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By reserving his rights he does not achieve a legal impasse , and indeed , if this is the goal , he should be advised to terminate the contract and re-negotiate it in the light of the new circumstances . |
| 2 | If the buyer does obtain ownership , then he does not suffer a total failure of consideration . |
| 3 | It will be odd if he does not exercise the incoming chairman 's prerogative of dumping as much rubbish as possible into the accounts . |
| 4 | It is to be hoped that he does not press the wrong ones . ’ |
| 5 | The bitterness of his early experiences has eaten into his soul , and he does not love the human race , though he does not denounce it , and dare not despair of its ultimate redemption . |
| 6 | Not that he does not appreciate the intimidating backing that the Leeds fans provide . |
| 7 | Earlier , Malcolm Pyrah had won the first Olympic Talent Spotters Championship on It 's Me and , though he does not believe the small seven-year-old chestnut is potential Olympic material , he echoed the widespread praise for this new series of competitions . |
| 8 | But he does not believe the English game has fallen behind technically , simply because of the Eighties ban from club competition , saying : ‘ After six years out of Europe our national side finished in the semi-finals of the World Cup . |
| 9 | Let us pay Lord Taylor the courtesy of assuming that he does not believe the social circle of the average judge to be a complete guide to right thinking . |
| 10 | He does not believe the impending reorganisation of local government will lead to more efficient services . |
| 11 | The right hon. Member for Worcester has said in characteristically self-deprecating phrases that he does not have a great desire to be remembered but I am sure that , given his record , he will take it as an accolade to be thought of , in H. L. Mencken 's happy phrase , as a politician who could sit on the fence and have both ears to the ground at the same time . |
| 12 | He does not have a well-developed hunting instinct . |
| 13 | But he does not have a deep personal attachment to any of them . |
| 14 | It is gratifying he does not have a vivid memory of pain being a cause of trauma . |
| 15 | This does not mean to say that he does not have the necessary competence to perform adequately as a member of a wider society , but it is in general a passive competence . |
| 16 | It could be that Lord Roskill wished in this way to exonerate the mischievous label-switcher , but that person is anyway not guilty of theft because he does not have the mental element . |
| 17 | ‘ The boat will not have proper insurance cover because he does not have the correct safety certificates and if there was an accident or the boat sank , everybody on board would be in trouble . ’ |
| 18 | The difficulty of winning a championship , the strain and gamble it involves , are so great that if a driver does not carry through to the following year sufficient momentum and he does not have the same advantage — of car , team , etc. — that he had the previous year , the results are often disappointing . |
| 19 | The former England midfield player admits he does not have the running power to dominate games like he used to , but he uses his lungs to great effect . |
| 20 | These loopholes remain despite the concern of some judges such as Mr Justice Boreham , who once said in judgment ‘ I know a little about life and even if [ the accused ] had had intercourse with the girl before , he does not have the prescriptive right to it thereafter . |
| 21 | He does not see the different plants like an agriculturalist , nor the medicinal roots like a physician , but everything that he sees with his material eyes he secretly contemplates in his mind through spiritual vision . |
| 22 | Although he does not adopt the frontal assault of Bacon on the ‘ perfect darkness ’ of a despairing scepticism , and eventually advocates a patient acceptance of our limitations , these limitations are , for him , not complete . |
| 23 | He does not notice the noiseless , fast moving car until it is too late … |
| 24 | But he does not use the harsh , emotive language of the Prime Minister . |
| 25 | But he does not use the harsh , emotive language of the Prime Minister . |
| 26 | He does not share the hon. Gentleman 's view that he should have further powers to achieve his objectives . |
| 27 | There is no doubting the determination of Alan Greenspan to hold down inflation , but he does not enjoy the same political independence as Germany 's Bundesbank . |
| 28 | MPs knew the Health Secretary did not listen to the patients or the nurses and doctors , he said , but ‘ at least we can seek reassurance in the fact that he does n't pay a blind bit of notice to what his own department is saying either ’ . |
| 29 | He does n't attach the same importance to them as I do . |
| 30 | Of course , it might be said that a man in your position , if you 'll forgive the expression , is dieting either because his lover has threatened to leave him if he does n't shed a few pounds or because his lover has left him and he feels a need to , shall we say , freshen up . |