Example sentences of "it [vb -s] [not/n't] [adv] [verb] the " in BNC.

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1 But the fact of the matter is , he wrote , that none of it is right , or rather , that what has so far been accomplished is wrong and what has not yet been accomplished is only right because it has not yet had the chance to be proved wrong .
2 The party has been placed in the impossible position of choosing a leader to fight the next election when it has not yet had the opportunity to discuss why it lost the last one .
3 Although platinum is now the most costly of the precious metals , it is dealt with last because it has not yet attracted the affection or exerted the influence of either gold or silver .
4 The last few years have been stressful for teacher education , for it has not only experienced the constant need for self- defence of higher education generally , but also special pressures from the Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education ( CATE ) , set up in 1984 , and the new funding arrangements for in-service education started in 1986 ( which effectively wiped out the source of student funding for most full-time award-bearing courses ) .
5 Should the venture fail , the debts can be shared among several companies ; if it succeeds not only does the value of the stock rise but group companies can reap the rewards of the innovation in their own production facilities .
6 It tends not only to slow the sphere significantly , but it may also affect its intended direction .
7 In the case of managing risk , as the first part of our look at the subject ( see page 34 ) makes clear , it means not only protecting the workforce from hazards but actively using its unique knowledge of the organisation to map them out .
8 The Bill provides a little extra competition and regulation on the margin , but it does not fundamentally transform the regime .
9 The training provided for solicitors now lags behind that of the Bar ; it does not invariably include the instruction in advocacy , practical exercises and discussions of court cases now required for Bar students .
10 Make a reference on the face of the profit and loss account as to the position of the statement of retained profits if it does not immediately follow the profit and loss account .
11 In particular , it does not adequately describe the singularity structure of the solution , which appears to be non-causal .
12 But although humanist theory takes as its object all the elements of subjectivity which empirical psychology 's concept of the subject excludes , it does not thereby challenge the structure of this concept .
13 This is a healthy shift of emphasis , although in itself it does not completely clarify the goal .
14 Although vaccination is effective in preventing clinical disease , it does not completely prevent the establishment of small numbers of lungworms .
15 And because it was never colonised by a European power , it does not even have the conscience of a ‘ mother country ’ to turn to .
16 It does not even include the taking of a blood sample .
17 Merely to say it does not magically dissolve the particular trouble we face as Christians who doubt .
18 It does not simply make the claim that one difference is more important than all the others but articulates all further identifications in terms of a primary sexual identification .
19 This refers to the increase in the volume of exports after allowance has been made for inflation ; it does not simply reflect the increased prices of goods .
20 But the question then arises as to whether all this interactive effort serves only to facilitate the internalization of linguistic knowledge , as Long appears to imply , or whether it does not also develop the executive ability referred to earlier , whereby the learner can access that knowledge in a range of communicative contexts .
21 Contrary to some reports it does not automatically open the way for the social chapter to be drawn into British law .
22 It has to be noted that if one party only removes the restrictions it does not automatically save the agreement unless the remaining restrictions are too insignificant to justify reference .
23 Even if reasonable steps have been taken to bring the exemption clause to the notice of the buyer , it will not be incorporated if it does not clearly cover the particular transaction in question .
24 It does not wholly undermine the principle though it does leave it somewhat tarnished .
25 It does not therefore describe the collision of genuinely non-aligned gravitational waves .
26 It does not therefore run the risk of encountering those barriers which prevent the Keynes effect from operating , namely absolute liquidity preference and/or an investment function which is interest inelastic .
27 The first tends to refer mainly to the military context which , while obviously important , is not what this book is about ; and the second is clearly state-centrist , and does not fully convey the scnse of hegemony where it does not directly involve the state , which I take to be crucial .
28 Its common name points to its apparently miraculous healing powers and , though it does not literally cause the ends of broken bones to weld together again , it will certainly hold them securely together and in contact , if the pounded root is bound round a break — the mixture will set when dry .
29 Under the hands and feet of an expert the organ can sound more rhythmical than many people imagine , although it does not usually match the rhythmic or percussive elements of a piano or modern keyboard .
30 It does not appear to sit easily with an Act which requires local authorities to educate children with special educational needs in ordinary schools , provided that this is in the interests of the child , that it does not adversely affect the education of the other children and is compatible with the efficient use of resources .
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