Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] [coord] does not [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 America quickly forgot My Lai and does not like reminders — which this book will bring .
2 This case was notified to the Black Advisory Group during the course of its investigation and does not appear in any of the analyses in its report .
3 Jacko does not counter the racist statements of his fellow workers : he appeals to their self-interest and does not criticise the political policies which create and manipulate the labour force .
4 On the left there is the Jacobin tradition , which draws on the Rousseauist doctrine of the general will , expressed thus by Robespierre : ‘ Wherever the people does not exercise its authority and does not manifest its power itself , but only through representatives and if the representative body is not pure and identified with the people , then liberty is extinguished . ’
5 He was himself a member of the prince 's council , and although he is unlikely to have played much part in its activities this is only to be expected from a nobleman of his rank and does not mean that he remained aloof from the king 's plans for the region .
6 He was himself a member of the prince 's council , and although he is unlikely to have played much part in its activities this is only to be expected from a nobleman of his rank and does not mean that he remained aloof from the king 's plans for the region .
7 That principle might be formulated as follows : if A tells B ( by words or conduct ) that B need not perform a contractual ( or other ) obligation owed by B to A and B takes A at his word and does not perform that obligation , A can not treat that non-performance as a breach of contract entitling him to damages or to terminate the contract .
8 ‘ I have no idea what matters or does not matter at this stage . ’
9 ‘ I really do n't much care , ’ she snapped , ‘ about what appeals or does not appeal to that obnoxious mire you call a mind .
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