Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb -s] not [verb] this " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( The fact that the meanings of sentences are more accessible to intuition than the meanings of words does not alter this . ) |
| 2 | A repetition of the same sin under similarly testing circumstances does not make this a duplicate of 12:10–20 . |
| 3 | A close scrutiny of films showing lions killing zebras does not bear this out . |
| 4 | The state of the country 's finances does n't allow this Government , or its successor , to wave a magic wand over the housing problem but there is more that could be done . |
| 5 | The novel with two endings does n't reproduce this reality : it merely takes us down two diverging paths . |
| 6 | These figures appear to show that cocaine use has overtaken heroin use but the number of arrests does not bear this out . |
| 7 | Unsuitability might mean that these universities are researching in areas not covered by the mainstream journals , but inspection of the thesis titles does not support this . |
| 8 | Unsuitability might mean that these universities are researching in areas not covered by the mainstream journals , but inspection of the thesis titles does not support this . |
| 9 | The centre' in this theory should therefore be understood , though Shils does not use this term , as a metaphysical entity . |
| 10 | But an aid worker who has daily contact with camp inmates does not believe this means that the Hong Kong government has managed to persuade the Vietnamese to quietly accept their fate . |
| 11 | he supposedly , he , two short planks does not describe this boy , even Miss hates him that was it , she , we were having this discussion right in education , she goes , are you cynical about education Terry , he goes , no , he goes , oh she goes why ? |
| 12 | he , two short planks does not describe this boy . |