Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] it [vb -s] not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although intensive visual concentration can sometimes lead to fatigue it must be stressed that it does not damage vision . |
| 2 | Such headlines both raise the issue of order in school and at the ground , and explicitly propose that it does not exist . |
| 3 | Emphasize that it does not matter how badly one reads the paragraph as long as the situation is not avoided . |
| 4 | Unix System Labs is apparently looking at the Tiny 386BSD boot disk ( the one that 's been circulating in the academia , which derives from Bill Jolitz 's work and is not from Berkeley System Design Inc ) checking that it does n't infringe their property rights . |
| 5 | They say that it does not deal with the problem of people who persistently reoffend while on bail . |
| 6 | The church is to be distinctive from the rest of the world ; people around us are familiar with a way of life where rank and wealth matter , and people want to achieve what they think matters — only to find that it does n't satisfy them ; God 's people are to have a way of life which is based on equality in God 's sight , and not be measured in terms of social standing . |
| 7 | It is acknowledged , however , that in its efforts to support the capitalist system , politically and economically , the capitalist state creates and expands public and social services only to find that it does not have the required resources to meet the growing cost of the public sector . |
| 8 | Is he aware that the Institute of Housing has recently reported that it does not believe that competitive tendering in housing management is a sensible option , saying that it does ’ not easily lend itself to competitive tendering ’ ? |
| 9 | Between disquisitions on Chinese opera and Venetian architecture , the story of Marco Polo 's voyage from Venice to Peking is more or less retold , though the narrative is continually being brought to a halt in moments when it half-realises that it does not mean enough . |
| 10 | If an earn out is to be used , it is recommended that it does not form too significant a part of the purchase price as this will distort priorities . |
| 11 | concerned this rule still stands and it has not expired . |
| 12 | One wonders whether it does not say more about the worker than about the client . |
| 13 | This is tougher than it first looks as it does not cover news , sport , game-shows or teletext services . |
| 14 | The Deutsche Bundespost Telekom has realised that it does not need a change in the German constitution to privatise its cellular telephone business , and has decided that as it is in keen need of cash for investment , it will go ahead and do it ahead of its own privatisation . |
| 15 | The divide in English studies seems to be between those who want to bring the rift out into the open , and those who prefer to pretend that it does n't exist . |
| 16 | This is a great pity ; the battle between these two paradigms , that of Galton and that of Binet , is a very real one , and to pretend that it does not exist , and that there is no evidence against the paradigm adopted here , is disingenuous . |
| 17 | If it is true , I repeat that it does not square up with the Government 's protestations about their concern for safety . |
| 18 | However , I regret that it does not appear that she is to address the Council of Europe , of which the hon. Gentleman and I are Assembly members . |
| 19 | I hope this helps you to see that it does not matter at all whether that regression to his past life was factual or whether Barry 's subconscious had caused him to invent the whole thing in his imagination . |
| 20 | The Commission has been instructed that it does not have to follow a uniform pattern throughout the country and therefore we may see still greater diversity over time as , in one shire , we see the county council survive and in another the district councils . |
| 21 | Secure employment will come from embracing new technology , not from pretending that it does not exist . |
| 22 | Airtours might not repeat last year 's extraordinary feats , but its cash pile and cautious management should ensure that it does not lend further credence to the current theory — that this year 's fastest grower is next year 's insolvency . |
| 23 | By taking into account and weighing these and any other relevant circumstances , the court will ensure that it does not seek to exercise oppressively or unreasonably the very wide jurisdiction conferred by the sections . |
| 24 | Memorex reported a $120m net loss for the nine months to December and the New York rating agency says that it does not expect the fourth quarter net outturn to be much better . |
| 25 | It now says that it does not envisage compulsory staff redundancies over the next couple of years ; and that it has no plans greatly to expand the use of contractors in place of its own staff . |
| 26 | He says that it does n't take account the differing backgrounds of pupils . |
| 27 | Microsoft Corp announced that its chief financial officer and executive vice-president of worldwide operations Frank Gaudette , 57 , died early on Friday after an eight-month fight with lymphatic cancer ; the Redmond company says that it has not thought about a successor . |
| 28 | As far as audit is concerned , the Institute says that it has not found ‘ any convincing reasons ’ to ban company auditors from auditing the company pension scheme . |
| 29 | That proposition has much support among lawyers , and even more among laymen , but our sample cases show that it does not command anything like universal assent among judges in the United States . |
| 30 | Conner Peripherals Inc has decided that it does n't want everything in its Cipher Data Systems acquisition and has signed a letter of intent to sell two Cipher product lines to San Diego-based half inch tape drive maker Overland Data Inc for $9m . |