Example sentences of "but it [verb] not [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Bill provides a little extra competition and regulation on the margin , but it does not fundamentally transform the regime . |
| 2 | A procedure on the other hand , is specifically intended to carry out a number of actions , some of which may affect program variables , but it does not directly return a result . |
| 3 | But it does not directly question these identities . |
| 4 | But it does not now have these rights although it is highly desirable ( for us ) that its future progress towards them be facilitated . |
| 5 | The new editorial policy complicates the process of producing authorised versions , but it does not substantially change it . |
| 6 | But it does not always achieve these aims . |
| 7 | This is a good system for some educational purposes — for example the provision of inserts to lectures — but it does not always give the user the control of the machine which makes video such an effective tool in language teaching . |
| 8 | Derkinderen and Crum do well to remind us of this , but it does not really invalidate the portfolio-grid approach . |
| 9 | This distinction may be justified from a limited epistemological standpoint , it might be said , but it does not really make sense in physical terms . |
| 10 | Anne was right in saying that ‘ you tend to lose the origin of it ’ ; the origins are a long way from what remains , but it does not really matter . |
| 11 | Obviously this is an overstatement , but it does not really exaggerate too much the state of mind many Of us have reached in stratigraphical discussions . |
| 12 | As Professor Goode has pointed out , the fact that the charge has crystallised will affect the relationship between the chargee and the company but it does not necessarily affect a third party since if the company is left free to deal with the assets in the normal course of its business then the chargee should be estopped from denying the company 's authority to do so . |
| 13 | Education may try to produce passive and ‘ feminine ’ women , but it does not necessarily succeed . |
| 14 | Keeping staff to a minimum and paying them very little obviously reduces costs , but it does not necessarily lead to good quality care . |
| 15 | But it does not necessarily hold these monopoly rights for all time . |
| 16 | Atomizing language by approaching it bottom-up has yielded results for linguistics , but it does not necessarily follow that the same is true for all language students . |
| 17 | the written transcript will only be used in preference to the tape if neither prosecution nor defence sees any advantage in playing it , but it does not necessarily follow from this that the tape discloses nothing more than the transcript . |
| 18 | But it does not necessarily follow that the action of the society is in relation to the grant or refusal of an advance . |
| 19 | Of course , the higher up the organisation an individual progresses it is likely that they will possess skills and expertise , but it does not necessarily follow . |
| 20 | This definable zero-point must have some relevance to the archaeological site being dated : potassium-argon dating of a piece of volcanic rock will date the formation of the rock , but it does not necessarily provide any useful information for the archaeologist ; the rock may simply be part of the geological environment of the site . |
| 21 | Erm er well everyone gets there for half six but it does n't exactly start till seven . |
| 22 | BUT it does n't just happen by accident . |
| 23 | His video 's broken — but it does n't unduly worry him . |
| 24 | It 's likely that trade will rise , but it does n't automatically follow . |
| 25 | But it does n't particularly matter to the knitter . |
| 26 | But it does n't quite go like that . |
| 27 | It makes sense , but it does n't quite fit . |
| 28 | He tries to manufacture the shot with the 5 , but it does n't quite come off , and sure enough he goes on the Road . |
| 29 | But it does n't all go on bills though does it ? |
| 30 | You can be very good at saying these things about love , and doing it in a kind of way people can identify with , but it does n't necessarily tell the whole truth about yourself . |