Example sentences of "does not quite " in BNC.
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| 1 | Discussing a book on Dostoevsky , he remarks that while the author has much of interest to say about The Idiot ‘ she does not quite persuade one that it comes off , indeed she does not really try , because like many scholars today she is more concerned with showing how the thing works than with judging if it works well . ’ |
| 2 | He still does not quite understand . |
| 3 | Patricia Hodge does not quite evoke the mixture of clown and vamp that list suggests . |
| 4 | Haynes has tended to be the less adventurous of the two and does not quite have his partner 's determination to hammer the ball into a distant wall , but before the series began he had 5,340 runs at 41 , with twelve centuries , to his name all the same . |
| 5 | In truth that phrase does not quite fit the Jacob/Esau narratives . |
| 6 | The word ‘ departed ’ , used in the RSV and other versions , does not quite convey the sense of the Hebrew verb , which means ‘ gone into exile ’ . |
| 7 | Although he does not quite dare to say it , he wants the entire ERM to dissolve . |
| 8 | Development through Drama seemed to provide just this and became a set text worldwide , but as with most formulae , the recommended practice often does not quite match the philosophy . |
| 9 | 9 ) At present the newsletter does not quite cover its costs . |
| 10 | The original Hebrew does not quite spell that out in detail , but that was what was meant , and has forever attached itself to the sin of sodomy which was until recently against the law and still is with those under 21 years of age . |
| 11 | But , for reasons John Bradley does not quite make clear , Moscow also gambles on a wider war by invading West Germany . |
| 12 | They form a V-shaped cross-section that does not quite meet at its apex . |
| 13 | There are moments when the performance appears to lack urgency — the opening of the finale is rather sedate , and the middle section of the Allegretto does not quite capture the ‘ will o ’ the wisp ’ character intended by the composer . |
| 14 | Shostakovich himself declared that he wanted to write a ‘ happy ’ Symphony , but somehow he does not quite seem the natural choice for such a thing . |
| 15 | Cleopatra is one of the supreme creations in any opera , and if Barbara Schlick does not quite capture the full measure of the role , her singing is lovely throughout ; she is particularly touching at Cleopatra 's more vulnerable moments . |
| 16 | I missed Ozawa 's sheer rhythmic energy at times , such as in ‘ Porcus 's Introduction ’ , where Baudo does not quite manage to bring out the basic dance rhythms behind the music . |
| 17 | Start by increasing power until the model becomes very light on the floats but does not quite leave the ground . |
| 18 | For him apparently , although no moralist , the answer ‘ I enjoy it ’ does not quite settle the matter . |
| 19 | While Smart 's contemporaries failed to appreciate the sublimity of his Song to David , later critics have signally failed to agree on its construction and Smart 's own note of explanation does not quite match the case . |
| 20 | Jose Maria Santamarina , a current Puma , does not quite agree : ‘ We ca n't deny we have failed . |
| 21 | But , in fact , he does not quite say this . |
| 22 | This does not quite ring true . |
| 23 | Soldered into one corner of one of the swaying carriages is a solitary , plain , ordinary , short-hair-cutted man clad in a fairly new dark blue suit which does not quite match his black hair edged with grey or his furry , hairy watch strap . |
| 24 | What Aristotle says there is that the demos would like to be a monarchos , an autocrat , he does not quite say that it is . |
| 25 | He does not quite understand why the coats are familiar . |
| 26 | On the other hand , it does not quite cover all sporting interests because horse racing ( or indeed camel racing ) is also in there as a sport . |
| 27 | Which does not quite explain the fishermen . |
| 28 | These long-term priming effects are explained , within the logogen model , by assuming that after threshold has been reached activation dies down rapidly at first over a period of a second or so , but does not quite reach the normal resting level : there follows a long period during which there is very slow decay of residual activation — a period measured in hours or even days . |
| 29 | Even a user who starts a search with a specific subject in mind may find that it does not quite match his requirements after all . |
| 30 | She does not quite look at him . |