Example sentences of "and it [verb] not [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This technique is one of the prominent syntactico-semantic features of the first part of the novel , and it does not disappear in the second and third sections . |
| 2 | Er , the position of the British government is this , that it regrets er the inconvenience and the expense , er it would like to see a very sensible resolution but it knows that there will only be a resolution as I know the honourable gentleman knows by unanimity and it does not expect to see that unanimity in the future though it will work for it . |
| 3 | It too can offer performance-related bonuses , and it does not face the free-rider problem which confronts individual shareholders . |
| 4 | Here the wise man says , the blessing of God , it makes a person rich and it does not bring sorrow with it . |
| 5 | These groups , like all élites , have no previous perception of themselves as belonging to the troublesome classes , and it does not do for the police to remind them that the application of control can be redirected depending on who is defining the ‘ illegalities ’ . |
| 6 | And it does not matter in the slightest if that insurrection is justified or not . ’ |
| 7 | The charges are for time , as the instruction sheet clearly says without ambiguity , and it does not matter how many men are concerned . |
| 8 | ‘ We are going to be here forever and it does not matter what happens in Madrid , ’ said a spokesman for the Jewish settlers . |
| 9 | There can be little doubt that some people in early Anglo-Saxon England were dealing in gold and were concerned about quality and quantity , and it does not matter if the balances were the property of foreign traders because the implication remains that transactions were taking place . |
| 10 | ‘ Rules are there to be obeyed , and it does not matter if you do n't happen to like them . |
| 11 | Printers have to consign large quantities of clean paper to waste , and it does not matter what sire they throw out ; accept it if it is available . |
| 12 | Swinging a punch with the intention of striking the other is clearly caught , and it does not matter whether the punch lands or falls short . |
| 13 | The test is subjective , and it does not matter whether the accused actually had authority or consent . |
| 14 | Under the " once-and-for-all " test what matters is that the income can be used to benefit the individual in question in the year of assessment in which it arises , and it does not matter if it is not possible so to apply that income in a subsequent year of assessment . |
| 15 | The official reference guide for the exhibition lists Hiatts of Birmingham as the exhibitors , and it does not mention Hiatts-Thompson . |
| 16 | Over 60 years later Walworth Road has not been widened , the freehold is now vested in the appellant second to fourth defendants , who purchased the property from the first defendant , the London Residuary Body after it had issued a notice to quit , the defendants have no road making powers and it does not appear that the road will ever be widened . |
| 17 | This provision has a narrow ambit and it does not prevent a supplier attempting to shrink the core of the obligations , rather than excluding the implied terms . |
| 18 | Kurecolor Marker Inks are not much disturbed by subsequent overlaying and it does not make any real difference whether line or broad colour is put down first . |
| 19 | The words fatty , fatuous and fateful are members of the set of words whose first three letters are f , a , t , but there is no significance in this feature and it does not make a class . |
| 20 | We can not in justice defend it and it does not make any financial sense — to use a good accountant 's term , it is imprudent . |
| 21 | There is a pouched mouse in Australia , though in this case the resemblance is not so close and it does not make its living in quite the same way . |
| 22 | And it does not want to knock the stuffing out of a fragile market . |
| 23 | When I was in the north-east , there was particular concern among business men whom I met because the north-east in particular has benefited greatly from Japanese investment and it does not want investors to be frightened off . |
| 24 | Apparently the green movement is worried that the rind may carry pesticides ; a new generation of beer purists dislike the lemon ; and it does not go so well with the heavily sedimented style currently favoured . |
| 25 | Locking beef up in a cold store , paying the storage man to look after it and then paying more to export it is not a sensible use of Community money and it does not reach the farmer . |
| 26 | And it does not end there . |
| 27 | Traditional media theory fails to provide any intellectual coherence , because it does not consider the changed circumstances within which the media function and it does not review the impact of a competitive , international , media system . |
| 28 | All this is in the $16 billion increase in federal spending this year , and it does not leave much for the obvious benefits of public works and grants to local governments to mend their bridges and roads . |
| 29 | And it does not accommodate certain institutions , such as Durham , Keele or the Open University , which because of origin or nature , are sui generis . |
| 30 | ‘ We know we 've done nothing wrong and it does not bother us in the least what the referees ’ report says . ’ |