Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv] really [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Derkinderen and Crum do well to remind us of this , but it does not really invalidate the portfolio-grid approach . |
| 32 | We can describe them in terms of electrical activity in the brain , but this does not really tell us much . |
| 33 | Some managements set great store by cuttings but a tally of the column inches or volume of press cuttings does not really tell you all that much . |
| 34 | The famous ‘ secrecy ’ of the Messiah in St Mark 's Gospel , for instance ( 'See thou say nothing to any man' ) , does not really fit into either of Lewis 's categories of raving lunatic or self-proclaimed Divinity . |
| 35 | Again , this is a philosophy that does not really fit the African scene . |
| 36 | Yet this does not really speak to the conservatives ' point . |
| 37 | It does not really matter what the answer is . |
| 38 | It does not really matter how you describe the style — Wimbledon , long ball , direct . |
| 39 | From some points of view it does not really matter whether these fragments originated as invading parasites or breakaway rebels . |
| 40 | It does not really matter if a ten-inch record turns into a nine-and-a-half inch , but it does matter when the shrinkage is uneven , because the grooves become highly eccentric . |
| 41 | Whatever may have been the cause of that allegiance to the ‘ gods ’ of their beliefs , does not really matter , for the teachings of all of them contain items aide wisdom which are available to all humanity , and can be used to provide further units of ‘ goodness ’ for the minds of men to assign to the store which is the Created God . |
| 42 | Anne was right in saying that ‘ you tend to lose the origin of it ’ ; the origins are a long way from what remains , but it does not really matter . |
| 43 | It does not really matter how long or wide an aquarium is … it is depth that gives water pressure . |
| 44 | The ideas expressed may well be wide of the mark , or they may not be , but this does not really matter since the purpose of hypotheses is to stimulate more ideas , and the research to either confirm or refute them . |
| 45 | To return to crack propagation in brittle solids , it does not really matter for our present purposes whether fracture is initiated by a dynamic blow or by a static load . |
| 46 | But the danger is that if relief is too often refused on such grounds it may give decision-makers the signal that it does not really matter whether they act within the law or not , so long as the decision is ‘ right ’ . |
| 47 | As between the three common law Inns the choice does not really matter : you can quite well be a member of one Inn , become a pupil in chambers belonging to a second , and in due course attain a seat in chambers belonging to a third . |
| 48 | For our purposes , it does not really matter exactly what the results of the study were . |
| 49 | It does not really matter so long as we accept both points of view . |
| 50 | It does not really matter . |
| 51 | It does not really matter for our purposes what the variable is . |
| 52 | To think that we should destroy the coal industry and then say , ’ Well , if we have no coal industry , we shall have to have a nuclear power industry and what it costs does not really matter because it is in the nation 's interest to do it , ’ does not make sense . |
| 53 | It is important that this potentially very valuable approach safeguards itself so far as possible against misinterpretation : in particular , that the content of religious belief does not really matter , that knowledge of religious tradition is unimportant , and that any opinions and beliefs are acceptable so long as they are sincerely held . |
| 54 | We know for sure in Kuwait , being so close to the Palestinians , that the Palestinian leadership does not really represent the Palestinian people , and there is , within the leadership , erm qualms — they do n't all agree . |
| 55 | This orthodox view does not really rest on factual evidence , though such evidence is sometimes brought in to back it . |
| 56 | Rousseau misses the point that direct experience is often inadequate as direct experience : an actual motor-car engine , even one that can be taken apart , does not really explain how internal combustion powers a car . |
| 57 | This does not really explain how the regulation will be conducted , as this is more a feature of the regulators than of the politicians , if there is any slack in the relationship between government and regulatory agents . |
| 58 | Their commitment , however , does not really extend as far as promotion of Equal Opportunities ; men-only nights greatly outnumber women-only nights in most venues ; most lack disabled access ; there is no policy of supporting anti-racist initiatives in either employment practices or customer relations . |
| 59 | Obviously this is an overstatement , but it does not really exaggerate too much the state of mind many Of us have reached in stratigraphical discussions . |
| 60 | As a result , their analysis does not really advance our understanding of the problem . |