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 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | ( The fact that the meanings of sentences are more accessible to intuition than the meanings of words does not alter this . ) |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The sheer mass of words does not mean that research is inspiring . |
| 10 | In such a situation the flow of spoken words does not need to be interrupted by information about who is speaking . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 |
| 13 | The armchair traveller for whom you are shooting these pictures does not want to visualize paradise under cloud . |
| 14 | The part of the pituitary and sexual hormones does not end with achievement of maturity . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | The idea of history as the totalization of totalizations does not work . |
| 19 | This mutual exclusiveness of subjects does not hold between tort and contract . |
| 20 | One social scientist pointed out that the weighting of the two subjects does not have to be equal : |
| 21 | From these examples it is clear that the acquisition of fundamental human characteristics does not occur instinctively ; indeed , such behaviour is predominantly shaped by an individual 's immediate social environment . |
| 22 | The imbalance between the parties does not mean that all disputes ought to be resolved in court , rather it suggests that there may be methods of organising dispute resolution which are fairer for the parties involved . |
| 23 | to the parties does not mean that it is costless . |
| 24 | Whether we should send him off with a shove in his rear and a pair of boxed ears does not matter . |
| 25 | But it must be repeated that this extensive social penetration by Iranians does not seem to have destroyed local autonomy or opportunities for office-holding by locals : thus the Amyzon inscription mentioned above certainly honours Iranians , but one of the archontes ( magistrates ) , has a Karian name ( Panamyes ) and so does Hyssollos the ‘ Treasurer of the Gods ’ and the ‘ mountain guard ’ Paes sun of Panamyes . |
| 26 | Although the existence of common solutions to distinct branches does not affect the validity of the B & B procedure , it could conceivably lead to increased computation time . |
| 27 | The young man who has been married at the same time as his peers does not share his wife with them nor do the wives share their husbands . |
| 28 | For example , using Wallston 's battery of research methods does not alter their gender associations . |
| 29 | For instance , the — s of books in those books does not contrast with anything , so there is no question of recurrence . |
| 30 | Having read a lot of books does not make for good rock'n'roll lyrics — you end up with a band like XTC ; you might like them , sure , but that does n't make them rock'n'roll . |