Example sentences of "[adv] [vb -s] not [vb infin] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | The dragon looks fearsome , but it 's rooted to the spot and not very intelligent , so does n't present much of a problem . |
2 | Antonio is very cunning and shrewd though for he has got many ships and so does n't have all his eggs in one basket . |
3 | It is very fine and so does n't cause any discernable marks on the glass while cleaning off the algae . |
4 | Where a choice is limited to a few you choose the best of the bunch ( as with the secretaries ) but ensure that doing so does not ignore other priorities . |
5 | Always Defect , as we have seen , can not benefit from clustering , and so does not enjoy this higher-order stability . |
6 | Thus Carboniferous subcrop apparently does not control this anomalous pattern . |
7 | The success of British exporters , which apparently does not get one word of congratulation or praise from the Labour party , gives the lie to what the hon. Gentleman has just said . |
8 | But the most precious gem of all does not come cheap . |
9 | Living alone does not mean solitary confinement . |
10 | Mitch 's image alone does not make clear that he will be mocked rather than taken seriously as an object of desire . |
11 | This action alone does not seem fair , however Portia is neither just . |
12 | But this alone does not qualify any of them as possible existents , let alone ensure their existence . |
13 | The wave of somite formation that is observed progressing from the front to the back of the embryo thus does not involve any propagation of a message . |
14 | I I think it 's just words that briefly talking about that issue office states because I think in terms of management it just does not make any sense . |
15 | Compared with the Rover 220 Turbo Coupe or even the BMW 325 coupe , the VW just does not make any sense at all — at least on paper . |
16 | It just does not look that way sometimes because there are as many as three times more losers than winners from the economic transformation . |
17 | Every therapist/healer , orthodox or otherwise , has come across the person who just does not get better — despite doing everything ‘ right ’ . |
18 | Frankly , it just does not ring true . |
19 | The assembly language code generation from the compiler fails to capitalise on the superb architecture of the chip and in many cases just does not produce executable code from a tried and tested C language source . |
20 | It just does n't make any sense . |
21 | It just does n't feel right . ’ |
22 | But it 's the heart that rebels and protests that it just does n't feel right . |
23 | But for the dressing-up ghosts it just about sends them crazy , after all that bother , finding the right clothes , and often arranging to carry their heads in funny places — I mean not on their necks — and then the lifer just does n't take any notice . |
24 | ‘ It just does n't ring true , does it ? ’ |
25 | It just does n't happen that often . " |
26 | " It just does n't seem right . " |
27 | It just does n't seem right that you 're not here … ’ |
28 | just does n't seem right ! |
29 | He just does n't seem right . |
30 | Well he 's got so many debts Lynn it just does n't seem right he 's , he 's living in cuckoo land , I mean when are you ever gon na feel secure with somebody like that ? |