Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv] [vb infin] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course the Bill will not sort out all the problems — it does not pretend to do that — but I wish it well in its passage through the House . |
| 2 | The present book does not pretend to do more than help students to lay some of the foundations of scoring methods , but of course they should be encouraged to keep abreast of all fruitful developments that take place . |
| 3 | The specification of the problem does not appear to give much scope for divergent thinking or investigation , but if other factors which as servicing of rolling stock , breakdowns and altering the frequency of trains is included , the investigation can become more open . |
| 4 | This would lead to confusion and complication ; ( 2 ) It may imperil certain aspects of the regulatory system , for instance by concluding that Chinese walls are ineffective to prevent the attribution of information , or because advance disclosure that would satisfy fiduciary requirements is impossible , a broker/dealer is always liable when buying or selling as principal ; ( 3 ) It does not appear to give any recognition to the expertise of the bodies to which Parliament has entrusted the regulation of financial services . |
| 5 | The evidence does not appear to confirm this , especially in the case of full-time male workers . |
| 6 | Everyone can see that Mr Kinnock is running very hard to win , straining every sinew ; but Mr Major , in comparison , does not appear to have that same , almost feral , competitive edge , that they want . |
| 7 | The Asiaticus does not appear to have any aggressive tendencies and appears to be equally active during the day and night . |
| 8 | However , recent evidence does not appear to bear this out . |
| 9 | The Spotted Orange has made one piece of bogwood its home , but does not appear to make any aggressive moves against any of the other fish . |
| 10 | They have therefore wondered what it means to say that something ‘ exists ’ , when existence does not appear to attach any particular characteristic to it . |
| 11 | The expansion of dictionary definitions does not appear to provide any further useful information than that which is available at the first level . |
| 12 | InsP 3 does not appear to play any part in the maturation of invertebrate and amphibian eggs , but it may contribute to the spontaneous maturation of bovine oocytes . |
| 13 | It may be noted that a set of equations Ax = p , where A is general , may be cast in the above form by premultiplication by AT : unc However , this does not appear to offer any computational advantage . |
| 14 | Again , however , this does not appear to offer any worthwhile computational short-cut . |
| 15 | It does not appear to offer any definite predictions for the future , the road that lies ahead of the crossroads . |
| 16 | Something similar to this can happen in discussion if a speaker does not want to let another interrupt . |
| 17 | Redmond , Washington-based Microsoft Corp does not want to see any part of the digital automation process that is not touched by Windows , and the company has developed a specification for computer integrated telephony for the MS-DOS personal computer , with which , needless to say , it is aiming to set the industry-standard . |
| 18 | She hates Odborough and does not want to see more of it than need be . |
| 19 | If the user does not want to generate another report of this type , he should leave the default of N ( No ) and press RETURN . |
| 20 | But , she argues , ‘ Kant , himself a humane man , does not want to issue this general licence for redirected aggression . |
| 21 | Paul does not want to hear this . |
| 22 | Amnesty International does not want to hear any more excuses , from governments or from anybody else . |
| 23 | The Minister of State does not want to make this a political issue , but I want to make two important political points . |
| 24 | If the industry does not want to have any exemptions from the levy , it should be able to undertake such a policy in partnership with Government and the TECs . |
| 25 | It does not want to recognise this specific clash because it does not want to recognise that the entire common agricultural policy rests on a bigger fraud : systematic overproduction of food in Europe , paid for by Europe 's taxpayers to please a powerful lobby , Europe 's farmers . |
| 26 | Will he also confirm that he does not intend to do that ? |
| 27 | We heard that it does not intend to cap any local authority . |
| 28 | The judges ' function is also to do justice in accordance with certain settled principles of law in a free society ; and they are entitled to assume that Parliament does not intend to subvert these principles , unless there is a clear statement that it does . |
| 29 | In the near term , it does not intend to pay any dividends , instead ploughing all profits back . |
| 30 | And the following month , July 1949 , Acheson apparently issued instructions that it was a ‘ fundamental decision of American policy that the United States does not intend to permit any further communist domination on the continent of Asia or in South-east Asia ’ . |