Example sentences of "does [not/n't] [verb] [pn reflx] in " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Therefore , the unwillingness of policemen to define their role in these terms does not show itself in a failure to perform these duties but as a judgement that it is ‘ really ’ the work of others . |
| 2 | Charlie Mears does not express himself in Sanskrit , but the narrator of the text knows who will most appreciate Charlie 's story . |
| 3 | ( Strangely enough , this attitude does not manifest itself in cosmology where the singular origin of the Universe is accepted as a matter of fact . ) |
| 4 | It is not appropriate to judge a novel or film , a work of art or philosophy in political terms if the work in question does not take that form ( i.e. , does not organize itself in terms of political discourse ) . |
| 5 | The paradox does not present itself in quite so acute a form if a weaker version of the contextual approach is adopted , which holds merely that the meaning of a lexical unit reveals itself through its contextual relations , without commitment as to what meaning ‘ really is ’ . |
| 6 | She is a strong-minded woman who brooks no interference in her department : on the other hand , she does not involve herself in other people 's . |
| 7 | For that reason , the Territorial Army does not consider itself in any way a second-class alternative . |
| 8 | But since , against the odds , Alice keeps her cellar as ‘ the perfection of cleanliness ’ , the image is pleasing and does not impose itself in the same way on the reader 's imagination . |
| 9 | The virgin is the reserved figure who does not define herself in terms of her relationships with men . |
| 10 | Greg does n't pace himself in miles an hour … more … pints an hour … that 's the lonely life of the long distance milkman . |