Example sentences of "does [not/n't] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where the opponent does not advance on to your kick , you should generate extra range and power by sliding forwards slightly on the supporting leg as the kicking knee rises . |
| 2 | The fourth merit of Johnson 's approach is that it allows for mobility of jobs between categories , although he does not attach as much significance as Hughes ( 1958 ) to the efforts of the ‘ professionals ’ themselves in this regard . |
| 3 | The system of financial ownership does not generate as much risk in the first place , while the state handles much of what does occur . |
| 4 | The High Court in Edinburgh does not lay down sentencing guidelines , and in a case in 1987 ruled that the practice of giving a discount for a plea of guilty was objectionable , because it involved offering an accused person an inducement to plead guilty early , and disabled the judge from exercising his discretion fully and freely in any particular case . |
| 5 | Where the contract does not lay down a procedure , the expert will have to do so . |
| 6 | When P does not terminate immediately , SEQ ( P , Q ) 's initial behaviour is just that of P. Thus SEQ distributes over both IF and ALT in its left argument . |
| 7 | The study found that the intelligence of most people remains constant until the age of 70 and concluded that ‘ for most people life satisfaction does not decline markedly with age , and the ability to function and adapt does not seem related to age . ’ |
| 8 | As Naylor says , ‘ there is ample UK evidence which reinforces US studies to show that capacity to learn new skills , acquire knowledge and new attitudes in middle age does not decline sharply after one 's 40th birthday . ’ |
| 9 | The matter does not rest there . |
| 10 | The evidence for this regional divergence does not rest only on wage levels in manufacturing and mining . |
| 11 | It does not smell out . |
| 12 | What Mulliner 's book does not represent adequately is English church music during the agonizing years 1534–58 which saw Henry VIII 's pseudo-Reformation and dissolution of those musical strongholds , the monasteries ; the Protestant triumph and English liturgy of 1549 ; the Catholic reaction and Mary 's marriage to Philip of Spain ( who brought with him during 1554–5 his ‘ Flemish chapel ’ including Philipp de Monte and his organist Cabezon ) ; and the accession of Elizabeth I. Most of Taverner 's church music was probably written before this period , during the years 1526–30 when he was organist and choirmaster of Cardinal College ( now Christ Church ) , Oxford ; it includes eight Masses , three Magnificats , as well as shorter pieces . |
| 13 | During winter the temperature does not drop below 10°C which means that the dormant winter period usually associated with Koi in outdoor ponds is avoided . |
| 14 | Soon my knees will bleed , if my hand does not drop off first . ’ |
| 15 | As Tolkien wrote of Beowulf , it was important to preserve a balance , to see that the ‘ large symbolism is near the surface , but … does not break through , nor become allegory ’ . |
| 16 | But as Tolkien said of Beowulf , the ‘ large symbolism … does not break through , nor become allegory ’ . |
| 17 | Therefore , will he ensure that the district health authority does not break up that team in order to move it to Telford to try to keep an under-used district general hospital busy ? |
| 18 | This contains nuclear weapons , but is believed by Norway not to present a threat to the environment as long as it remains on the seabed and does not break up . |
| 19 | It does not break even if it lands directly on other eggs because its shell is twice as thick as those of the host bird . |
| 20 | The general picture is of a barbaric degrading system in which the only real surprise is that violence does not break out more often . |
| 21 | It is possible that this appearance of non-particulateness is illusory , and that the analogy with genes does not break down . |
| 22 | Salt does not break down or decompose in the pond — it is diluted by partial water changes . |
| 23 | With a x 40 microscope , surface lines become visible — the lines caused by buffing the silvered copper surface to its state of high polish , in readiness for exposure — but the image does not break down into its constituent silver-mercury particles . |
| 24 | The company does not break down divisional figures , but m.d . |
| 25 | But a bowler who does not break down at the end of every other over and who can finish each season with an average around the 25 mark would be worth his weight in gold now . |
| 26 | It is felt that if the economy does not improve soon he will be reshuffled out of the Treasury by the Prime Minister . |
| 27 | He may , for instance , have a general belief that the woman 's wishes in sexual matters are immaterial , so that in a specific instance he does not bother either to enquire or to think about them . |
| 28 | The arrival of Dean Saunders from Liverpool has ensured that Atkinson does not drift back into his apathetic state of mind . |
| 29 | The arrival of Dean Saunders from Liverpool has ensured that Atkinson does not drift back into his apathetic state of mind . |
| 30 | The skilled reader does not guess so much as eliminate alternatives by the most efficient route . |