Example sentences of "it do not [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although Brind has indicated that there are substantial impediments to relying on the unimplemented European Convention before the English courts , it did not suggest that they were always insuperable . |
| 2 | As the hacks speculated about the cloud of black smoke that suddenly appeared over the palace roof — it did not mean that no decision had been taken , only that a chimney had caught fire — the President was browsing in his favourite bookshop , Les Arcades , just below The Sunday Telegraph 's Paris office . |
| 3 | In other words , it did not appear that the ending of a temporary job increased the likelihood of long-term unemployment . |
| 4 | When the number of fixed-term contract or agency workers was expressed in relation to the size of the total labour force in the establishment , it did not appear that larger establishments were more likely to make use of temporary workers than smaller ones [ see Table 3.4 ] . |
| 5 | It did not appear that this was a major problem . |
| 6 | It did not matter that it was the Rose they had grown to like . |
| 7 | He explained his predicament to the librarian but was told that the book was due to be pulped and it did not matter that he was the author . |
| 8 | It did not matter that I had rejected my father 's ways , that I had become a marine and was as poor as a church mouse while McIllvanney had become a rich man ; the stench of privilege still clung to me and McIllvanney loved to discomfort me because of it . |
| 9 | As there were always numerous staff and porters available , it did not matter that it was extremely heavy to carry even when empty . |
| 10 | It did not matter that Ben could not physically see the pages of the journal : in his mind he could turn them anyway and read the tall columns of cyphers . |
| 11 | It did not matter that they were going back to the house of the Scarabae . |
| 12 | It did not matter that so much plant and machinery , and so many factories , were destroyed in the war , because the skills of the people were not destroyed ; they remained , to recreate the industrial strength which we once again admire and respect . |
| 13 | ( d ) Following Lawrence it did not matter that the plaintiff had consented . |
| 14 | It did not matter that it was only the fourth time they had met ; she knew this moment was exceptional in her life and that , while their physical passion might be impulsive and unplanned , it was inescapable . |
| 15 | While it recommended that the British should not enjoy even the hint of a veto in any form of consultative machinery , it did not think that Britain should be treated as a satellite . |
| 16 | A spokesman for City Sites said that it did not envisage that the sale would lead to a reduction in rental income over the year . |
| 17 | But it did not follow that we could now relax , least of all in Britain . |
| 18 | While it was true that all religions were imperfect and that Hinduism was no different from Christianity in this respect , it did not follow that the Christian claim ‘ Jesus is the only son of God ’ could be universally accepted . |
| 19 | Economists were afraid that the country was over-populated and believed that the problems of poverty and unemployment would be reduced if the surplus hands and mouths would go overseas , but it did not follow that the government was going to pay for them to go . |
| 20 | It did not follow that Coopers reached the same conclusion as Peats by following the same reasoning . |
| 21 | It did not accept that J had a learning difficulty . |
| 22 | But it did not accept that schools for the less able should be poorer in buildings , quality of teaching , or any other respect . |
| 23 | It did not say that the BBC wanted an experienced journalist' : it asked for relevant experience . |
| 24 | Certainly , it justified the rebellion as a military duty , necessary to save the Fatherland from anarchy ; but it did not say that the objective was the overthrow of the Republic . |
| 25 | It did , however , provide that the Agency , through investigation , could help to ensure that employers promoted equality of opportunity in employment but it did not provide that employers had a duty themselves to promote equality of opportunity in employment . |
| 26 | A major reason for its success was the extreme reluctance of the army to run the power stations , largely because it did not believe that it could break the strike ( Ackroyd et al. , 1977 , pp. 64–6 ) . |
| 27 | The ANC-affiliated United Democratic Front ( UDF ) said that it did not believe that the calm would last unless there were more comprehensive measures , such as abolition of the hostel system , arrest and prosecution of Inkatha warlords and a weeding out of elements in the security forces intent on destroying the negotiation process . |
| 28 | It did not teach that men and women are made in the image of God . |
| 29 | It did not seem that I could survive such a volcanic attack from deep within my own system . |
| 30 | It did not seem that the task would be too difficult . |