Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb -s] not [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Under the contingency insurance arrangements available in the market , but which do not form an integral part of the Agreement , insurance protection can be made available where the sum insured on private dwellinghouses does not exceed the threshold . |
| 2 | He also notes that the fact that transcendental meditation changes one 's brain waves does not imply that it is in any way helpful ; he might have added that the brain waves during meditation show a remarkable resemblance to those of someone who is drowsy or even asleep . |
| 3 | The wetness of the rags does not accomplish much but the wood gets heated and the rags may insulate the hot wood and prevent it from cooling too quickly . |
| 4 | The curriculum at the medical schools does not make the study of dermato-venereology compulsory , and it is not unusual for a doctor to qualify in France having had little or no training in these subjects . |
| 5 | Mind the carrots does n't drop in . |
| 6 | If the Five Nations does n't get in the way , the weather invariably does . |
| 7 | Now as the United Nations does n't have enough on its plate dealing with the problems on earth and obviously they 're er they 're there at the forefront of everything that happens . |
| 8 | In spite of a spate of speculative press reports , Soviet-Pakistan co-operation at the United Nations does not change Pakistan 's unconditional support for the mujahedin and Soviet support for the Kabul regime . |
| 9 | Even the understated ‘ Dan Dare fins ’ styling of the chrome bridge and pickup covers does not look dated , and although these came to be regarded as obstructive ( the fashion was to use them as detachable ashtrays , or discard them permanently ) the bass would have looked seriously unfinished without them . |
| 10 | ( The fact that the meanings of sentences are more accessible to intuition than the meanings of words does not alter this . ) |
| 11 | For Saussure the meaning of words does not depend in any way on their relationship with things ; it is wholly determined by the arbitrary and conventional structure of language . |
| 12 | The sheer mass of words does not mean that research is inspiring . |
| 13 | In such a situation the flow of spoken words does not need to be interrupted by information about who is speaking . |
| 14 | Erm well really it 's just what I said , it 's er roughly speaking it 's when er a string of words does n't have the meaning you 'd expect on the basis of the standard semantics of the language , but rather has a fixed different meaning and whenever there 's any apparent structure in it , I E several words , er , their , their normal meanings are irrelevant which is the meaning of the whole phrase . |
| 15 | Wearing a miniskirt does n't mean you 're a tart ; tracksuits do n't necessarily mean you 're sporty ; dungarees do n't make you a feminist ; and shaving your legs does n't mean you 're unsussed . |
| 16 | Using CFCs in refrigeration units does n't become a problem ( apart from the leakage from breakdown or badly-maintained units ) until the units are redundant . |
| 17 | In addition G. lamarcki does not have a dense covering of granules in the oral region and ventral part of the arms and it has a maximum of five arm spines not four as in G. caputmedusae . |
| 18 | And so we 've got to desire to have our broken relationship with God restored , you see we need to receive what God offers in Christ , the fact that Christ died for our sins does not mean a thing to us until we say yes I accept it for me , I believe you died for me , I receive it , I 'm linked into it , you see your house can be , let me give you a very simple illustration , your house is linked up with er Eastern Electricity and there is so many er I du n no what , what the what it is , but there is the power there , the there are , there are kilo watts of power on tap in your home , but in the winter you 're cold , when it gets dark outside , it 's dark inside the cooker , the electric cooker does n't work , the fridge is not operating the food is going rotten , you ca n't watch a programme on television , why , because you have n't plugged into the source of the power , it 's as simple as that , you ca n't blame the Electricity Board , it 's not Eastern Electricity 's fault it 's your fault because all the plugs are out of the sockets and it does n't matter what the Electricity Board does short of blowing up your house , they can do nothing for you and it does n't matter what God has done in Christ until we as it were to also plug in , it does n't mean a thing to us , but the moment we link in , that 's the change , the lights come on , there 's , there 's heat there , the stove works , the , the radio , the television , the record player , they 're all operating , the freezer 's working , the situation has changed , we needs to receive what God offers us in Christ |
| 19 | The armchair traveller for whom you are shooting these pictures does not want to visualize paradise under cloud . |
| 20 | The part of the pituitary and sexual hormones does not end with achievement of maturity . |
| 21 | What 's gone on in the media these past six months does n't mean a thing . |
| 22 | No no , amenity-wise , you 're okay , but I mean amenities does n't make up for sort of living standards you 've got , does it ? |
| 23 | There 's a very nasty atmosphere in this Lab recently , and if a certain gentlemen does n't take a hold of himself there 'll be a mischief done , you mark my words . " |
| 24 | Even so , the tradition of several centuries does not die easily and for many people mind remains opposed to matter , remains the opposite of the body . |
| 25 | Therefore , if self monitoring of blood glucose concentrations does not influence either treatment or glycaemic control its value is limited in non-insulin treated diabetes . |
| 26 | The facts that seem to emerge from analysis of the recent controlled studies are : ( a ) pure ethanol given intravenously , orally , or by an intragastric route , in different concentrations does not stimulate gastrin release whether or not it stimulates acid secretion ; ( b ) among the alcoholic beverages beer and wine produce pronounced stimulation of gastrin release whereas whisky , gin , cognac , and vodka do not have any effect on gastrin concentrations . |
| 27 | There are high concentrations in the top fifteen inches , but when we get below the next layer , the concentrations become very much less and the ratio of the two concentrations does n't change very much . |
| 28 | The idea of history as the totalization of totalizations does not work . |
| 29 | If one of your subjects does n't provide you with information , ask another . |
| 30 | This mutual exclusiveness of subjects does not hold between tort and contract . |