Example sentences of "does not [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You would not say that it was a part of anything around you — it does not attach itself to things or become a particular quality that they have . |
| 2 | D'Costa ( 1981 ) , herself a Jamaican , considered on the basis of a visit to Britain that Jamaican Creole is spreading " as an identifying group dialect common to all West Indians ' but does not document her claim . |
| 3 | Elemental diet does not exert its beneficial affect by improving nutrition alone , and in this study remission with an elemental diet was achieved as readily in nourished as in malnourished patients . |
| 4 | Keith will play with Amy but woe betide her if she does not hand him toys , her food etc . |
| 5 | Keith will play with Amy but woe betide her if she does not hand him toys , her food etc . |
| 6 | That is , one does not abandon one 's ideals or principles when in certain situations one has to act contrary to them . |
| 7 | What this argument suggests in Gandhi 's case is that he does not abandon his commitment to the principle of non-violence or qualify it in any way when he approves the destruction of life . |
| 8 | Experience does not generate itself . |
| 9 | A pregnant female has been caught with young inside her attached to their yolk sacs , just like the Illinois fossil , showing that the species does not lay its eggs but gives birth to live young . |
| 10 | It is evident that the hon. Member for Glasgow , Garscadden ( Mr. Dewar ) does not rest his case on opposition to the poll tax . |
| 11 | But while the BHRCA speaks for many companies and individuals , it does not represent everyone , or even every sector , and is sometimes at odds with the views of other bodies . |
| 12 | ( a ) Contract and the doctrine of mistake Where one party is aware that the offer or the acceptance of the other party does not represent his true intentions but still deals with the other party without disclosing the mistake , the law will abandon the objective interpretation of the first party 's intentions . |
| 13 | Maternity leave does not break one 's period of continuous employment and indeed it counts as part of that period . |
| 14 | Women 's move away from full-time housework does not improve their labour-market position in a manner consistent with the theory that their disadvantaged position in the labour market is due solely to their domestic responsibilities . |
| 15 | To add the part-time education and training statistics to those figures does not improve our relative position . |
| 16 | He does point out , however , that the technology simply measures attendance — it does not improve it . |
| 17 | now this does not bother me as my presence is usually taken for granted . |
| 18 | But I find the whole performance so persuasive that this really does not bother me much , and I imagine other listeners will feel the same way . |
| 19 | It does not bother me now at all . |
| 20 | She said ; At first I was worried but now it does not bother me . |
| 21 | not after all this time , he 's probably calmed down now , but er if , if our mum and dad give me anything she takes the hump , but mum and dad can give Margaret anything and it does not bother me |
| 22 | ‘ We know we 've done nothing wrong and it does not bother us in the least what the referees ’ report says . ’ |
| 23 | " It does not bother you ? " |
| 24 | Assuming the government does not lower its revenue , there will be some additional revenue at its disposal once the crisis is over . |
| 25 | Although Lawrence 's relationship with Feisal was close , the film does not portray its hero as homosexual , merely a little strange . |
| 26 | Celebrating the importance of the survey in the history and contemporary milieux of social research is one thing ; but this importance does not place it beyond criticism as a method of social research . |
| 27 | Florence Nightingale has been the inspiration for twentieth-century nursing ; every now and then a historian attempts to point out that there may have been aspects of her life which were not quite so saintly as we believe , but this does not shatter her image . |
| 28 | who does not switch his allegiance , whatever the cost , |
| 29 | Teachers of media studies criticise the exclusiveness of the traditional literature canon to which students are often forced to pay lip-service in examinations but which does not engage their imagination as films do . |
| 30 | The sound of automobiles wending their way along the road far below does not reach me ; I hear only a distant occasional cowbell and the cheerful nearer transactions of insects . |