Example sentences of "it did not [vb infin] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Accompanying this article was a photograph which we realise now should not have been published , as it did not bear any connection to the article . |
| 2 | At the time Mr. Winterbone signed this document it did not contain any disposition at all , nor did it even contain any appointment of executors . |
| 3 | It did not reflect particular animus over Korea but more a feeling of frustration at the setbacks encountered by American policy in the Far East in the previous two years . |
| 4 | Because it did not reflect Scottish Office policy its development went unrecorded , such work being undifferentiated from normal outpatient sessions for statistical purposes . |
| 5 | Although Mr Tomlinson was cautioned , it did not deter other members from following suit for soon after several others were similarly warned . |
| 6 | In any case it did not deter such aims as : |
| 7 | We looked in vain in Siemens AG 's first half report on Monday for any mention of its Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG computer subsidiary , and with all the dreadful economic news coming out of Germany , it began to assume the air of the dog that did n't bark : Siemens said of its overall business that it did not show any revival in the first half , and that continued economic decline affected domestic business and led to a decline in incoming orders , and there was no recovery in its foreign business ; laying it on with a trowel , Chancellor Helmut Kohl 's leading economic advisor was quoted on Tuesday as saying that German workers failed to recognise the danger of high wages in a time of recession , and that German products were too expensive for world markets as wage increases outpaced growth in productivity , and earlier , Siemens Nixdorf had had to rebut a magazine report that its losses would be even worse this year , saying that it was certain that its results would improve this fiscal year ; the article , in Manager Magazin , also said that Siemens was looking for a replacement for Siemens Nixdorf management board chairman Hans-Dieter Wiedig , and added that plans to reduce the workforce to 41,000 by 1995 from 47,200 at the end of February could well be accelerated . |
| 8 | After two passes through the US National Cancer Institute screen it did not show enough activity to be worth developing further . |
| 9 | But although her explanation made logical sense — it did not make emotional sense . |
| 10 | It did not make pleasant listening and most of it was unrepeatable . |
| 11 | A second major defect of UDG was that it did not make much difference to cities as a whole . |
| 12 | It did not make any sales . |
| 13 | It did not want any kind of disorder to be filmed , including unparliamentary behaviour by Members ( or even Members trying to attract attention by wearing fancy dress or clothes bearing slogans ) , and it therefore recommended that in all cases of disruption or disorder the director should cut to wide-angle shots , which would not show the offending incident , or to the occupant of the Chair . |
| 14 | It did not stop other youths stealing police radios from emergency vehicles to add to the confusion . |
| 15 | Although he announced that there would be ‘ no election results while we 're here ’ , it did not stop much speculation over both the opera and the election . |
| 16 | The press reflected the living culture of the people ; it could influence opinion and reinforce existing attitudes but it did not create new forms of entertainment and rarely attempted to alter the habits or loyalties of its readership . |
| 17 | Health Department guidelines supported by the college say that HIV-infected health care workers could conduct a normal delivery as long as it did not involve invasive surgery . |
| 18 | The Labour Party National Executive took care to refute the argument put forward by Cripps at Hull that there was no objection to a Unity Campaign within the Labour Party provided it did not involve other groups . |
| 19 | Dr Tweedy stressed that from the Christian point of view , it was a necessity to look after our God-given body , and there was an obligation to receive treatment if it did not involve undue risk , was not distressing and was practically viable — in other words , ‘ ordinary medical treatment ’ . |
| 20 | It did not offer more choice but less than there was before . |
| 21 | And even in an area which is working well , Next Directory , the company failed to capitalise on strong demand , which lifted sales by 49 per cent , because it did not hold enough stock . |
| 22 | It did not matter two hoots to him that Blufton was not over-concerned with authentic period detail . |
| 23 | But it did not matter one iota what the stuffed shirts , or even that first audience of regular people , thought . |
| 24 | I supposed , since to him Neil was only ‘ John Parsons ’ , it did not matter either way , and if Ewen saw the little pile of debris — tins and used paper plates and my thermos — that I had left outside the tent , it would surely go to persuade him that Neil was safely ensconced on the island . |
| 25 | Israel 's great sin was n't that it did not do good things — but that it did not obey the Law , the Torah . |
| 26 | An imaginatively designed store , it did not attract sufficient custom , so Smiths quickly cut its losses and closed it . |
| 27 | In 1838 he had written his only novel , Malvagna , or the Evil Eye , a romantic work set in Sicily , but it did not attract public attention . |
| 28 | On one level , it did not prevent some respondents expressing disparaging remarks about Catholics , nor dissuade them from giving opinions on controversial political issues . |
| 29 | It did not outlaw indirect discrimination and indeed the concept of indirect discrimination did not appear in the legislation . |
| 30 | Britain , the US and France warned Iraq yesterday of ‘ serious consequences ’ if it did not remove anti-aircraft missiles threatening UN aircraft searching for nuclear and chemical weapons . |