Example sentences of "[noun prp] does [adv] [vb infin] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ellen does n't seem to be on yellow , is she ? |
| 2 | The Renault does not claim to be sporty ; rather , it is a refined , comfortable cruiser . |
| 3 | Hugh Kenner does n't need to be told how much I admire The Pound Era . |
| 4 | Although Cotte does not allude to this use , it provides confirmation of his analysis , particularly since let would not be appropriate at all in such contexts : in ( 212 ) , for example , it would suggest that the event apply is actually realized , whereas the import of the sentence is simply to describe the provisions included in the new law . |
| 5 | Of course , Duncan Goodhew does n't have to — he 's a natural winner . |
| 6 | It clearly exposes the weakness that is at the heart of Labour 's inspection policy , and demonstrates that the hon. Member for Blackburn does not speak to the hon. Member for Leeds , Central . |
| 7 | Laurence Kennedy has gently teased the government , wondering why Mr Major 's brave defence of the principle of Union between England and Scotland does n't apply to Northern Ireland as well . |
| 8 | EFTA does not want to be a ‘ kindergarten ’ for East European countries embarking on the path to market economies , but the looser 23-nation Council of Europe — to which Hungary has already sought entry — might be asked to play this role once democratic elections are held in individual east European countries . |
| 9 | Since COSE does n't want to be referred to as a consortium , group , organisation or initiative , maybe we should start calling it ‘ La Cozy Nostra . ’ |
| 10 | Depositors ' funds are placed with HM Treasury , authorised banks , local authorities and building societies in Great Britain ; Tyndall does not lend to other customers . |
| 11 | The Emperor Peckoltia does not appear to be particularly aggressive but will chase off any fish that enter the territory surrounding its flowerpot . |
| 12 | v. Stanford said that the rule in Rylands v. Fletcher does not extend to making the owner of land liable for the consequences of the escape of a dangerous element brought on the owner 's land by another person , not for the purposes of the owner but for the purposes of that other person . |
| 13 | The war confirmed the country 's uniqueness : the USSR does not intend to be , in Trotsky 's phrase , ‘ a country like any other ’ ; nor , perhaps , could she be . |
| 14 | The Land Rover does n't belong to me and I 've got to make sure that those who 've given money to the trust do n't have it wasted . ’ |
| 15 | And of course what Mr does not refer to in any of his submissions n is the need for new settlements in that area to be have to have very long access roads . |
| 16 | SCO does n't admit to be working on a COSE version of Microsoft Corp 's Windows NT ( UX No 429 ) , but says it is technically possible to make NT look like a COSE implementation . |
| 17 | What Adam does n't see to falls to me . |
| 18 | Nicola Nicola does n't want to be identified . |
| 19 | Unlike the infant Stephen in Joyce 's Portrait , Titus does not appear to us through his own childish language , but through a " web of ritual " ( a phrase which occurs in the paragraph preceding our extract ) . |
| 20 | Let's hope you know er Hughie does n't listen to that bit . |
| 21 | According to RBIC Managing Director , Norman Paterson , Businessure does n't claim to be the cheapest scheme on the market but it is competitive , provides wide cover , and has an efficient delivery system . |
| 22 | He talked tough on his way to Beijing ( the message was that ‘ if China does n't agree to reasonable terms , the airport project will be scrapped ’ ) , then retracted when there . |
| 23 | Yet at other points the problem is rather the hijacking of the original message , as in the phenomenal lines : ‘ If the real Jesus Christ were to stand up today/ He 'd be gunned down cold by the CIA/ Oh the lights that now burn brightest behind stained glass/ Will cast the darkest shadows upon the human heart/ But God did n't build himself that throne/ God does n't live in Israel or Rome/ God does n't belong to the ‘ yankee dollar ’ / God does n't plant the bombs for Hezbollah ’ . |
| 24 | I am not , then , when I claim that the existence of God does not need to be proved , denying that we must show it to be reasonable to believe in God . |
| 25 | It is important to stress that this dispute with Marx does not extend to his analysis of the mode of production or to the significance that he gives to knowledge as a relation of production . |
| 26 | and Miller does not appear to be against this type of revenge . |
| 27 | It was as if a subliminal message had passed between them ; as if she had said aloud , ‘ Look , I understand how things are between you and Alain Gebrec , but Iris does n't seem to and I do n't want her upset , ’ and as if he had responded , ‘ Do not worry , I will not say or do anything to hurt her . ’ |
| 28 | A visitor to Keld does not have to be a long-distance walker to enjoy the scenic delights of the environs . |
| 29 | Berwick does not surrender to threats . ’ |
| 30 | But though Venus does not seem to be geologically moribund it seems likely that it has not been as geologically active as the Earth and that no global system of Plate Tectonics has ever developed . |