Example sentences of "it does [not/n't] [verb] [conj] [det] " in BNC.

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1 Furthermore , it does not show that these are class interests , any more than the enumeration of cases shows that the government systematically protects the interests of what Poulantzas calls the hegemonic function of capital .
2 It does not allege that any consideration was received by the company in respect of the child .
3 Although there is evidence that those who choose to learn sign language after the age of 30 years will not reach the level of understanding of those who begin earlier ; and although there is a declining performance as the age of sign language learning increases , it does not mean that all those over the age of 30 years can not learn BSL , nor that they will be unable to communicate .
4 To date it does not appear that this species has been bred in captivity .
5 First , it does not appear that any point other than the construction of the document was argued : see the argument at pp. 645 and 646 .
6 The Bill refers to £200 million a year being saved on the cost of collection , but it does not mention whether that £200 million is a saving on the cost of collecting the poll tax or on the cost of collecting the original rates .
7 ‘ We need some people to be made to testify under oath so we can find out what went wrong with that investigation , ’ said Mr Laframboise , stressing that , at this point , it does not matter that most of the physical evidence has been destroyed .
8 I suppose it does not matter that this was a policy until lately dear to his heart , and even dearer to his wife 's .
9 As though it does not matter that half of humanity have been prohibited from realizing their potential .
10 It does not matter whether this was really the case or not , the apparent connection between the two shots will be accepted unless there are compelling reasons which suggest the contrary — an abrupt and illogical change of location for instance .
11 I share the view expressed by the hon. Member for Birmingham , Selly Oak ( Mr. Beaumont-Dark ) : it does not matter whether those involved in fraud , the rip-off of investors of the misuse of pension funds belong to any political party , or to no political party .
12 It does not matter if some or even all of the beetles have died before you receive the culture , as the culture contains plenty of live larvae and they will soon produce the pupae you need .
13 But it does not suggest that any basic change in the traditional means of taking large numbers of soldiers to the continent was yet being considered .
14 It does not claim that all lawyers and judges are already conventionalists .
15 If we hypothesise that most children who are abused by men , it does not indicate that all men are abusers , neither does the notion hold water that 77 per cent of sexual abuse within foster and residential care is committed by males .
16 Alas , it does not indicate if these are in the form of concentrates ready for market , or whether they are run-of-mine stuff or hand picked cobbed material .
17 But it does not follow that all those who did attend went with the intention of demonstrating tribal solidarity .
18 Of course it does not follow that all policies are self-consistent .
19 This will not benefit the buyer if all the shares are taken up when the transferor is compelled to make a pre-emptive offer , but it does not follow that all of them will be taken up and , if not , the transferee has a better claim to those shares not taken up than has the transferor .
20 In the last equation you will notice that the bracketed expressions approximate to our sectors , the industrial and commercial as well as the personal ( I-S ) , the public sector ( G-T ) , and the external sector ( X-M ) , and that although they must all sum to zero it does not follow that each expression must be equal to zero .
21 Even though people in the state of nature have rights and duties concerning the lives , liberty , and possessions of themselves and others , it does not follow that these are respected and obeyed .
22 But it does not follow that this distinction is always of moral significance ( neutrality is not always defensible ) .
23 The Punch cartoonist recognized that , from the fact that if the kingfisher were consciously applying Snell 's law its dives would be ( as they are ) appropriately placed , it does not follow that this is indeed the explanation of its diving ability .
24 It does not believe that all parents have been informed of their rights under the Act and it is critical of the lack of training for parent governors .
25 It does not maintain that all criminal laws directly express the interests of one particular group , such as the ruling class .
26 But it does not concede that any of the remaining 24 models failed the Government 's test , even though at least three have been withdrawn from the market .
27 This is consistent with the hypothesis that Patois features are acquired through socialisation — however , it does not demonstrate that that is what is really happening .
28 The scientific step-by-step approach is not the only way to proceed : to flow with creative and fruitful ideas is just as valid , and it does n't matter that some ideas fail to meet orthodox criteria .
29 It does n't matter whether this is a hole in a piece of fabric or a hole in the ground .
30 It does n't matter if either of you has HIV .
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