Example sentences of "[is] a [noun] does not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's a bird does not entail It is adapted for flight |
| 2 | First of all , It 's a dog does not entail It can bark ( since a dog may have a congenital malformation of the larynx , or some such ) ; hence , ‘ can bark ’ is not a criterial trait . |
| 3 | ( It is of course necessary to ascertain that ‘ can sing ’ is not an excluded trait of dog ; the fact that It 's a dog does not entail It ca n't sing confirms this . ) |
| 4 | It 's a dog does not entail It has four legs |
| 5 | even though Arthur is a student does not entail Arthur is not a bank manager . |