Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb -s] not [verb] so " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our intimacy has not proceeded so far . |
| 2 | One of the reasons why the purchasing power parity theorem has not worked so well over short periods is that the influence on currencies of current account flows has diminished , while capital account transactions have assumed a greater role . |
| 3 | This programme does not seem so radical in terms of social philosophies to warrant Lévi-Strauss 's optimism for its effects . |
| 4 | ( 4 ) The general rule does not apply so far as a provision of the consolidating Acts gives effect to an amendment ( in pursuance of a recommendation of the Law Commission and , in some cases , the Scottish Law Commission ) . |
| 5 | By implication , therefore , the opposite is the case when the Act does not say so , as is the case in the section under consideration , Expressio unius , exclusio est alterius is the Latin maxim governing the point . |
| 6 | Thus Barthes 's account of wrestling does not seem so strange and unlikely as if it were merely his own and there were no alternative account against which his was implicitly juxtaposed . |
| 7 | The Naked Lunch does not end so much as tail off entropically into verbal fragments . |
| 8 | But , whether he can be allowed to say so or not , the plaintiff does not say so here . |
| 9 | This process does not work so well in all examples . |
| 10 | The evidence from the few areas that have been bored or surveyed geophysically supports this view , but other evidence does not fit so well . |
| 11 | The problem with their evolutionary sequence does not lie so much with what they say about technology as what they saw this technology as implying . |
| 12 | Whereas the earlier section requires that the language or conduct be used ‘ towards another person , ’ the section currently under consideration does not do so ; it is enough that the language be broadcast generally . |
| 13 | A person who wields authority in such a society does not do so typically by virtue of traditional rules ( about kingship or hereditary authority , for example ) or because of that person 's supposed special charismatic qualities , but as a result of an impersonal rule which has been consciously created by a rational legislative process , Weber says that the appropriate administrative form for a system of legal authority — because it is the most efficient form — is bureaucracy ( Weber 1969 : chs 3 and 11 ) . |
| 14 | But the bishops ' statement does not say so . |
| 15 | This explanation does not work so well for the majority of the texts of Scaevola , which are not excerpts from a dogmatic tract in which the jurist was discussing the disparate regimes of legacy and trust , but opinions given in practical cases . |
| 16 | This God who is beyond us and invades our world does not do so in order to terrify , but to communicate . |
| 17 | The Law Commission admitted that it would be difficult to cope with this , and the UCTA does not do so . |
| 18 | If the party obliged to make a payment as the result of an expert 's decision does not do so , he may , if he is an individual , be served with a statutory demand under s268 of the Insolvency Act 1986 ; or , if the defaulting party is a company , it may be served with a written demand under s123 of the Insolvency Act 1986 . |
| 19 | What I am clear about is that Parliament has not conferred such autonomy on a 16- to 18-year-old child by virtue of section 8 of the Act of 1969 , and that the common law , as interpreted by the House of Lords in Gillick 's case does not do so either . |
| 20 | The young IBM salesman ( he works for IBM , not the store , although his name badge does not say so ) is more forthcoming on Amstrad . |
| 21 | ( In primary schools , there has been a similar move , but by no means to the same extent ; primary IT has not suffered so much , as a result , from a leaning toward mathematics and science . ) |
| 22 | It is simpler for golfers , of course , because there is an over-50 competition , besides which golf does not depend so much upon eye and agility and by using the wrinkles picked up over the years a player may still be competitive in his 50th year , as Raymond Floyd conclusively proved in the Masters at Augusta . |
| 23 | So any electoral system should promote all three , and in this writer 's view the present system does not do so . |
| 24 | Primitive , that is pre-literate , societies of the present period also exhibit restrictions on the instincts , but have less physical security because technology has not developed so far . |
| 25 | If the night is very cold or the middle of the day extremely hot , they may retreat to the galleries below ground level where the temperature does not vary so much . |
| 26 | The skilled reader does not guess so much as eliminate alternatives by the most efficient route . |