Example sentences of "this [vb -s] [adv] [adv] [vb infin] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Justice Cave , in his summing up , went to some lengths to inform the jury that , even when the taking of a human life appears on the surface a motiveless crime , this does not automatically make it manslaughter . |
| 2 | And yet this does not automatically mean they will be quids in . |
| 3 | We can describe them in terms of electrical activity in the brain , but this does not really tell us much . |
| 4 | Most UK manufacturers do not list the ingredients of their products , but this does not necessarily mean they pose a risk with sensible use . |
| 5 | Most UK manufacturers do not list the ingredients of their products , but this does not necessarily mean they pose a risk with sensible use . |
| 6 | ‘ Ipswich and Leicester lead the promotion race but this does not necessarily mean they are the best teams . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | This does not necessarily mean you have to go to the extent of bringing in high-power floodlights together with their attendant supply-cables . |
| 9 | If because risk had not passed to the buyer , the seller has to bear the loss , this does not necessarily excuse him from performing the contract . |
| 10 | It is a long established rule of law that where a contracting party refuses to perform his contractual obligations by giving a wrong reason , this does not subsequently deprive him of a justification which in fact existed at the time of refusal ( see Taylor v Oakes ( 1922 ) 27 Com Cas 261 ; Braithwaite v Foreign Hardwood Co Ltd [ 1905 ] 2 KB 543 ; and Fercometal SARL v Mediterranean Shipping Co SA [ 1989 ] AC 788 discussed in Chapter 15 ) . |
| 11 | This does not directly tell us anything about the ‘ weakness ’ or ‘ strength ’ of UK manufacturing , but it is interesting to note the sectoral distribution : UK multinationals in the food , drink and tobacco industry export more capital through this route than comes in ; in mechanical engineering the inflow greatly surpasses the outflow , while in electrical engineering UK multinationals export more capital than foreign firms bring in . |
| 12 | Although it is usual for children to be asked to write out errors a number of times , this does n't often improve their spelling , because repetitive copying does not involve the use of visual memory . |
| 13 | This does n't necessarily mean they were practising infanticide , although some of them may have been . |
| 14 | I 'm uncomfortably aware that this does n't actually tell anybody exactly what they should do next . |