Example sentences of "[det] [vb -s] not [vb infin] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , to say that one bank , or one wind direction , is always better than another does not make much sense . |
| 2 | This does not affect all farmers equally , however . |
| 3 | ‘ This does not affect any claims for compensation . |
| 4 | This does not denote any locality . |
| 5 | This does not throw any strain on a heart which is healthy but may affect one which is severely defective . |
| 6 | Unfortunately , this does not shed much light on the second apparent paradox . |
| 7 | None of these circumstances pertained during the Jurassic , but this does not mean that mountain-building and the proximity of a large landmass to one or other of the poles , taken together , constitute the cause of an ice age . |
| 8 | Of course , this does not mean that accommodation problems for the old are solved for all time . |
| 9 | This does not mean that deterrence never works , but that its effects are limited and easy to overestimate . |
| 10 | In some cases the knowledge is imputed to the keeper by process of law under paragraph ( c ) , but this does not mean that knowledge of a person not mentioned in that paragraph will be irrelevant : if , for example , the wife of the keeper has knowledge of the animal 's propensities it may be proper for the court to infer as a matter of fact that the keeper also knew of them . |
| 11 | However , although phase space volume on average contracts in a dissipative system , so that trajectories passing through a large volume of phase space end up passing through a smaller volume , this does not mean that distance ( or separation ) is also contracting . |
| 12 | This does not mean that total abstinence from all potentially mood-altering substances and behaviours is necessary before one can even begin to experience any recovery . |
| 13 | Notice , however , that this does not mean that pension funds ( and indeed other NBFIs ) played no part in financing the public sector 's deficit . |
| 14 | The article goes on to say that this does not mean these Tory papers are working in concert to get the Tories elected . |
| 15 | Everyone 's situation and problems get an airing and this does not mean any loss of respect , but more an insight into shared adult life . |
| 16 | They could simply bounce off one another but this does not liberate any energy . |
| 17 | However , this does not give any indication as to how much the individual is handicapped by this problem . |
| 18 | If this does not give enough information , more is available by pressing the HELP key again . |
| 19 | If this does not give enough information , more is usually available by pressing the HELP key again . |
| 20 | Because of this , the Second Chance for Women courses in Southampton have been continually investigated by local politicians , LEA advisers , university professors and HMI for signs of bias , indoctrination and extremism in ways which other courses sponsored by the university department have never been ; and despite the lip-service paid to experimental learning and Freirian praxis in the rhetoric of our leaders this does not extend any encouragement or enlightenment about attempts to make space for feminist ideas in adult education . |
| 21 | Thus , taking the phrase which Bolinger uses as an example , it is certainly not the properties inherent in being a man that are strengthened when one utters a sentence such as : ( 19 ) walking into the bakery , I met the very man The same conclusion is indicated by the fact that it is perfectly satisfactory to use very in conjunction with a word like one ( as Bolinger himself observes ) , and yet this does not express any property which can be intensified , except singularity which is of course intensified by a quite different word ; note the following : ( 20 ) that is the very one ( 21 ) the supermarket did n't have a single one Actually , when very operates within a noun phrase it clearly acts as an intensifier of exactitude , not of quantity , so it is entirely natural that it should focus on the article ; that is , it does indeed qualify a property , but that property is , approximately , the notion " recognizable by my audience " , as expressed in the definite article . |
| 22 | This does not create any problems at all in the majority of ponds . |
| 23 | This does not cause any mail to be deleted . |
| 24 | This does not raise any problems of mismatch with fiduciary duties since it is restricted to the operation of the rules themselves and does not affect any common law or equitable duties . |
| 25 | This does not have such a wide gape as the March Blues but is still relatively long in the shank . |
| 26 | In all , at least thirty-five geometric and other simple designs have to be examined in this section , and this does not include those from Newton St. Loe , or other relatable but debased designs , e.g. that of room 22 , Chedworth or the radial arrangements of Lydney ( Wheeler , 1932 , pI . |
| 27 | ] This does not imply that power has no role to play , but we think it invites confusion to explain organisational results that are predicted by the efficiency hypothesis in terms of power . |
| 28 | Happily , this does not apply any more and today there is no longer any limit to the amount pensioners can earn . |
| 29 | This does not take much time and it will be something that you will continue after this preparation phase is over . |
| 30 | However , this does not provide any safeguard against the irresponsible customer who does not comply with such terms of the agreement or against the out and out rogue who , having paid his initial deposit , disappears with the goods without trace . |