Example sentences of "of [pron] [noun sg] do [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The existence of my plan does not mean , however , that I shall stick rigidly to it come what may . |
| 2 | A lot of people of my age do n't want to settle down at this stage . ’ |
| 3 | Your comment that the central thesis of my lecture does not stand up stems from a misunderstanding of what I was trying to say . |
| 4 | Figure 4 shows that their follow up time has ranged from seven to 55 months and the duration of their remission did not differ significantly ( p=0.1 ) from patients who did not have food sensitivity . |
| 5 | Until very late in the day , the possibility of their downfall does not seem to have occurred to Nicolae and Elena Ceauşescu , any more than it had to Zhivkov or Honecker . |
| 6 | Small wonder that some of their prey did not mince their words . |
| 7 | That much of the population could not see the superiority of their society did not deter them : a workers ' uprising was crushed , the Wall was built , travel was extremely limited , all criticism rigorously suppressed . |
| 8 | Before they had crossed the yard her outburst began , and even the noisy engine of their jeep did n't drown her shrill fury . |
| 9 | But children of their age do not search deeply for reasons . |
| 10 | None had been seen at that time in the Harwell experiments that preceded ZETA but Kurchatov announced that the Soviets were seeing some neutrons which were due to fusion occurring , but were unlikely to be from thermonuclear fusion because the rate of their production did not vary with current in the expected way . |
| 11 | The CFI at Nelson , Jenny Frame ( the only lady aero club CFI I met during my trip , though the proportion of female instructors and pilots seems much higher in New Zealand than it is in the UK ) told me that although this state of affairs was unusual , a great deal of their flying did normally comprise scenic flights for tourists . |
| 12 | A test based on a single product at different stages of its life-cycle does not attempt to deal with that situation . |
| 13 | That the verb should require a subject to define the person of its support does not mean however that the category of person is not represented in the verb itself . |
| 14 | Though the constitutional case against the Irish government was dismissed in the Dublin High Court the general tenor and legalism of its defence did not seem to be entirely in accord with the spirit of Sunningdale . |
| 15 | The time-scale of its degeneration does not seem to threaten its identity as a telescope , that is to say , its physical deterioration is sufficiently slow to support the illusion of permanence . |
| 16 | The basic pattern of her dream did not vary . |
| 17 | Mrs Abigail , taking another couple of plates from the back of the van , was aware only that her companion was speaking ; the content of her statement did not register . |
| 18 | That evening Mrs Puri remarked to me that none of the considerable expense of the party would have been necessary if members of her family did not insist on leaving the Punjab and pursuing business ventures Abroad . |
| 19 | It was simply that the squalor of her house did not affect her . |
| 20 | Any guilt she many have felt for the loss of her son did not affect her longevity . |
| 21 | Of course he had some other assets , but the collapse of the central part of his fortune did not make for buoyancy . |
| 22 | Wickham had let it become obvious that important parts of his story did not coincide with the version supplied by the only other person on the spot but Tavett maintained that what he said was correct . |
| 23 | The fears expressed early in Gow 's career regarding the possible effects of his teaching did not prove entirely vain ; his dryness and severity antagonized a number of his pupils , and the austerity of the regime at Trinity encouraged alarming departures from that quality by lesser scholars in certain other places . |
| 24 | The fine polish of his technique does not disguise the music 's refinements : this is playing of the utmost subtlety , strength and thoughtful insight . |
| 25 | In the result , therefore , the adjudication of Mr. Dennis as bankrupt after the death of his wife did not have the effect of severing retrospectively the joint tenancy before her death . |
| 26 | and half of his face does n't exist , |
| 27 | The official report of his death does not explain everything that happened . |
| 28 | And the rock-hard cast of his muscle did n't end at his legs . |
| 29 | But he 's so confident on the greens that the rest of his game does n't seem to matter and , of course , as Willie Park said , ‘ the man who can putt … ’ ‘ |
| 30 | The container , on the other hand , with his tendency to dissociate , ‘ has an especial need to unify himself in an undivided love ’ , but finds the simpler personality of his partner does not complement and satisfy the diverse facets of his own . |