Example sentences of "[adj] but [pron] does [not/n't] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just presenting the final sum is quite interesting but it does n't really help you get a feel for how well the investment has worked for you . |
| 2 | On the outside but it does n't stop the light |
| 3 | I do n't know whether this will be acceptable to Policy and Resources Committee or the Council at the end of the day , but essentially what is showing there is something that , taken over the three years meets er , a figure equivalent to the annual but it does n't do it uniformly over the three years . |
| 4 | Erm er well everyone gets there for half six but it does n't exactly start till seven . |
| 5 | Well if it was me to keep it balanced I usually put the bigger ones near the bottom or on one side so that the small bit are at the top and the big bits are at the bottom and artistically it looks a bit better balanced but it does n't really matter for the maths where you put it . |
| 6 | Well okay it might be obvious but it does n't give you the right answer . |
| 7 | It 's probably right but it does n't actually count in that calculation it 's something quite separate . |
| 8 | Yes there is something outside his window , however near or far and it is alive but he does n't have to be seeing it and on the other hand something is alive in the room because actually if you look at the context of that , something else is alive beside the clock 's loneliness and the blank page where my fingers move . |
| 9 | Something like £800m is currently owed to the contractors and Eurotunnel is very sorry and all that but it does n't seem to have the cash just at this moment . |
| 10 | David said : ‘ I keep telling myself that but it does n't stop me worrying . ’ |
| 11 | I understand your concern an and were that the case show your reluctance to go with the the amendment but there is no such implication that the three point six five one million er er thereby becomes committed in any sense and the big this is an additional provision which may lead er may gone up to er over and above that but it does n't actually admit it to that . |
| 12 | Washing carefully around the anus is helpful and hygienic but it does n't remove the health risks completely . |
| 13 | You keep waiting for more but it does n't come . |
| 14 | That hundred pounds represents one fifth of his income which the agency thinks is fair but he does n't . |
| 15 | His eyes are open but he does not move . |
| 16 | Wonderful but it does n't actually mean anything . |
| 17 | He found it amongst his own but he does n't have a V A C |
| 18 | It is new but it does not seem as yet to have taken on in terms of traffic . |
| 19 | I mean , the penknife you gave me for Christmas was very nice but it does n't cut things . |
| 20 | The refrain " Nummus vincit , nummus regnat , nummus imperat " ( " Money conquers , money rules , money governs " ) , replacing the coronation chant " Christus vincit , Christus regnat , Christus imperat " , comments on a power where money interests were supposed to rule supreme but it does not indicate wealth . |
| 21 | I mean if somebody says I used to People finding grating people might say , Oh I find it grating but it does n't really mean anything does it ? |
| 22 | Not only is it quiet but it does n't frighten the rabbits in the way a shotgun does . |