Example sentences of "it [verb] not [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The relationship between the socio-economic character of a local authority ( L.A. ) and its expenditure on education is a crucial issue but it has not received adequate research attention .
2 Cargill says it has not patented any genes from indigenous Indian plants and has not exported any seeds from India .
3 It has not inherited this behaviour ; it has either worked it out for itself , or learned it by observing another chimpanzee .
4 It has not fulfilled those hopes except in certain ‘ closed circuit ’ situations , where the viewers are very restricted in number , or others where the main channels are used but at unsocial hours .
5 It has not accepted legal responsibility for the deaths .
6 Of the big six , only Arthur Andersen says it has not made any redundancies and accountants emerged in one survey as the professional group most likely to have their houses repossessed .
7 ‘ The DTI does not under-estimate the problems likely to be encountered in respect of some of these blocks and so it has not offered any acreage which it believes would be impossible or completely impractical to explore .
8 Their technical programme has led to interesting advances within probability theory , but it has not yielded new insights into the nature of science .
9 Moreover , MDC 's relatively modest housing programme for the initial area , its mixture of public and private provision and the fact that it has not displaced existing residents prevented housing becoming the political minefield for MDC that it was for LDDC .
10 First , the Bank can lend to the discount houses as a method of providing further assistance if it has not provided adequate assistance earlier in the day .
11 And yet it would be unfair to deny the validity of art , that open forum in which we unceasingly sound out our emotional and intellectual understanding , merely because it has not had immediate effect on events in society .
12 But it has not happened this way .
13 ‘ We have attempted to translate the report we requested from the French , but because of our linguistic inability it has n't made complete sense , ’ Edward Jones , the acting secretary of the WRU , said .
14 It has n't reached all parts of society yet .
15 Because even in the absence of strategic guidance in the past it has n't stopped local authorities actually bringing forward policies in their local plans .
16 See my jazz feature in this issue for an example of what I mean ; it has n't meant less coverage of Classical Music but it will mean we 're acting upon a good number of our readers ' wishes .
17 It has n't learned this behaviour ; it was born with it , though it gradually learns the finer points .
18 You sure it has n't got two blips along the se , one rung at a time .
19 Well it ca n't be it has n't got two E's look .
20 The words may be brilliant , the sentences may be perfectly constructed but it has n't got that life in it that the more spontaneous talking will have , and it 's less persuasive .
21 must have , if it has n't got another letter name then it 's not a second is it ?
22 It has n't got any sparkle to it .
23 I did n't recognise it , it has n't got any leaves on .
24 . No it has n't got any Ohm 's Law , it has n't got much about electricity in that at all .
25 It has n't got any rooms . ’
26 It has n't got any suggestion for keyboard .
27 There 's actually another comedy track on our new album , but it has n't got any lyrics
28 Gombe is still inaccessible by road — but despite its isolation , it has n't lacked human interest .
29 He says I have done it for twenty eight years and it has n't had any effect .
30 Westminster is a factual and somewhat pedestrian programme and , in the past , it tried not to offer political judgements .
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