Example sentences of "[v-ing] [conj] it [vb -s] not [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Secure employment will come from embracing new technology , not from pretending that it does not exist .
2 However , whilst both the HPV16 sequence and the HSV octamer could readily compete for binding of this protein , the HPV6 sequence could not do so confirming that it does not bind the cervical protein with high affinity ( Figure 4 ) .
3 The real question that the hon. Gentleman should put is to his own party : how will it keep tax and spending plans going if it does not have the benefit of privatisation revenues ?
4 Multi-strand , flexible , steel cable is particularly suited to winching because it does not kink so easily .
5 Turning points in relationships , too , are often mapped out in this way — a quarrel , a meeting , a reconciliation may mark the moment of ‘ conception ’ ; one knows that a new phase is beginning but it does not become openly apparent until this nine-month span has past .
6 I received a few not so long ago complaining about this place , saying that it does not speak of God ; that it is a monument to a man-made religion ; that it ought to be pulled down and a block of flats built here instead , and the money spent on missionary work abroad .
7 Most interestingly however , the equivalent region of the HPV 6/11 URR was unable to compete for Oct-1 binding in these experiments , even at four hundred fold excess indicating that it does not represent a functional binding site for Oct-1 .
8 This may be temporarily quashing but it does not satisfy
9 CITROEN disputes Daihatsu 's economical motoring laurels ; while admitting that it has not tackled the Round Britain run yet , it says that its AX diesel has achieved 112.01 mph over a 100 mile road route .
10 A number of writers have sought to distinguish such a procedural challenge from the substantive challenge in cases such as Jordan arguing that it does not seek to limit Parliament 's area of power .
11 It is striking that it does not mention a battle .
12 Smoking is a very ancient art that has been used for hundreds of years to preserve fish and meat , preferred to salting because it does not destroy the natural flavour of the food to the same extent .
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