Example sentences of "but it [vb -s] n't [vb infin] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Symbolically , it was a significant moment , but it does n't go much beyond symbolism . |
| 2 | It is actually distilled from oil , and it 's a fairly heavy liquid , and it 's , to be honest not inert , but it does n't do much . |
| 3 | ‘ But it does n't make any sense , ’ he complained , in deadly earnest . |
| 4 | There may be nothing behind it , but it does n't make any difference so long as it is honoured . |
| 5 | ‘ But it does n't make any difference to Tom and me . |
| 6 | ‘ But it does n't make any difference , does it ? |
| 7 | I do n't really understand why so many galleries seem to be closed to women , but it does n't make any difference to me whether an artist is male or female . |
| 8 | he used an illustration of the pig , you know you can polish the pig up , you can clean it , you can scrub it , you can oh de cologne it , you can do all sorts of things with it , you can tie a nice pink ribbon around it and you can put it in a palace , but it 's still a pig and it lives like a pig and you can cl and no matter how clean you 've made it , it 'll soon find some dirt to wallow in and the ribbon might make it look nice in the show ground but it does n't make any difference to its nature and so it is with us and so Jesus did n't start on the outside , but he starts at the inside he deals with the route of the problem , in One Corinthians chapter fifteen and in verse three it says for I deliver to you as a first importance , this is the basic thing , he says to them this was the first thing that I said to you because it was the most important that Christ died for our sins , according to the scripture , what ever else Christ gives to us , what ever else he does for us , what ever else the gospel produces , the basic , the most important , the fundamental thing is that Christ died for our sins . |
| 9 | But it does n't think this is a war between independent powers . |
| 10 | Uplands kept its wholesaling operation going for a few years after I left , but it does n't exist any more ; I think the day of the really small wholesaler is gone . ’ |
| 11 | It makes it clear that the fire caused the accident but it does n't give any explanation of what caused the fire . |
| 12 | The general point here and I want to make is that er , these are n't officers ' promises these are the members ' promises and er , erm , we 've got to be careful that er when they 're all drawn together that we are n't making a hostage fortune , erm and so that I think it is very important members take aboard er what is suggested and test them themselves to see that they are realistic , I would also say that er as these promises are being considered by the various committees and I note a considerable variation in standards which will need to be addressed when the promises er , have come back to the Policy Committee , these are particularly in reference to the time required to respond to er , erm complaints etc , it 's no use having the Highways Committee wanting two weeks and incidentally on promise number two erm I think that er any up , somebody else 's point er straight forward wants to be deleted , erm the highways require two weeks to respond er , erm hearts and libraries want a , you know half a day , er and we 've got to get these er erm more or less synchronized I think , and whilst I 'm thinking Chairman on the last page er of the er favourite for , for first for agent authorities , but it does n't give any indication about the contact point and as most of our population live in the agent authorities that the er it needs to be expanded to give the contacts er points for the members of the public . |
| 13 | He 's still bucking up and down and he 's shaking his head too now and you 're not sure he understands , but it does n't matter all that much . |
| 14 | But it does n't happen all of a sudden ; you have to think about it . ’ |
| 15 | Watching the happy , milling crowd at the conference , one Tory MP muttered : ‘ It 's a good tribal rite , but it does n't have much to do with reality . ’ |
| 16 | The idea that one could go right round the universe and end up where one started makes good science fiction , but it does n't have much practical significance , because it can be shown that the universe would recollapse to zero size before one could get round . |
| 17 | I 've done that quite a few times but it does n't have any lasting effect , so maybe I 'd be a bad catch , ’ he says . |
| 18 | And , if you treat this toxin with something like formaldehyde or ethanol , you end up by inactivating it 's toxic properties and you end up with what , what we call a toxoid , something that retains immunological properties , it 's able to stimulate specific immunity to the toxin but it does n't have any of the toxic effects and we end up with this toxoid vaccine against diphtheria . |
| 19 | The earth 's surface is finite in area , but it does n't have any boundary . |
| 20 | The surface of the earth has a finite area , but it does n't have any singularities , boundaries , or edges . |
| 21 | But it does n't have any effect |
| 22 | But it does n't know that . |
| 23 | But it does n't take much to draw a smile from him , and almost everything in the country — especially its people — provides material for his humour . |
| 24 | But it does n't take some bad pictures really . |
| 25 | you 've got to keep your hand moving er but there 's a temptation to try to er put more on so that it is thicker you know , but it does n't work that way you know |