Example sentences of "it [vb -s] [conj] [pron] does not " in BNC.
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| 1 | In being normative it avows that it does not necessarily conform to everyone 's notion of authority in all detail . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | That 's what it says when it does n't know and does n't want to admit it . |
| 4 | The key to 91 appears to fit the lock to the internal doors here , but 1 ( wasted ) round of turning it shows that it does n't unlock them . |
| 5 | It is a revealing remark , because it shows that he does n't think of himself as being in the business of constructing anything like sentences , though a film sequence is a sort of visual sentence , composed of standard elements inflected in an infinite variety of ways . |
| 6 | If that is what the hon. Gentleman describes as an increasing rate of passenger train collisions , it shows that he does not deserve the attention or respect of the House . |
| 7 | ‘ It shows that he does not have the support of the people . ’ |
| 8 | A plant you do n't water , it droops but it does not die/your collection of erotic images is considerable but it 's always happening to someone else . |
| 9 | I shall be pleased to give way if the Minister wishes to provide some reassurance on the matter , but it appears that he does not wish to do so . |
| 10 | These laws may have been ordained by God , but it seems that He does not intervene in the universe to break the laws . |
| 11 | It does and it does n't . |
| 12 | ‘ Well , it does and it does n't . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I see this as such a rite of passage — you get signed to a major , you get money , you go into the studio , a big 24-track hubbub , either it sells or it does n't . |
| 14 | Either it works or it does n't — it shows you whether you were thinking correctly and is a fascinating test of your own mind . |
| 15 | Either it works or it does n't . |
| 16 | It works or it does n't . |