Example sentences of "or [conj] [pron] does [not/n't] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The path is not easy for them , because they will be blocked by suggestions from the school that their child is a late developer , he 's lazy , or that he does n't like working , but this should not deter them . |
| 2 | This does not mean that Gandhi is not aware of the wrong that is being done when acts of violence are committed or tolerated , or that he does not share in the feelings of guilt that result from so acting . |
| 3 | A blank suggests either that the shoe is suitable but not necessarily recommended for the purpose , or that it does not have a feature . |
| 4 | the stating of the price without making it clear , if it is the case , that it applies only to cash customers or that it does not apply to part-exchange deals or applies only in certain circumstances or does not apply in certain other circumstances ; |
| 5 | When you get angry you pump all sorts of different chemicals around your body and they do n't do your body any good that 's for sure , you know you get the adrenalin that starts making everything well making the blood move faster heart beat faster you get other chemicals ready and if those chemicals are n't used properly or if something does n't happen and it uses those particular chemicals and they 're left inside the body then that causes eventually physical illness in some sort of physical wearing of some sort or another , so gradually just the opposite of this where you 're you 're not internalising your throwing it out , but there 's a hell of a lot in there that 's been stored up there and bottled up there before it throws out , and when you do tend to be aggressive it 's not because you 're being aggressive on purpose it 's because it 's just something that just happens and wells up when you get to a particular point and whoosh out it comes . |
| 6 | If he does n't , or if he does n't sell anything , you simply call around and take your unsold goods home — that is provided you can find them . |
| 7 | He knows , or if he does not know he should find out , the features or conditions of the environment he has chosen to occupy , and he should act accordingly . |
| 8 | As she struggles into her blue dress , she wonders idly if she is so fond of Liz because she does not have to feel sorry for her , or if she does not have to feel sorry for her because she is so fond of her ? |
| 9 | Fundholding poses ethical problems , either because it secures a better service for the patients of a fundholding practice over those whose doctors happen not to hold a fund , or because it does not . |
| 10 | The only question is whether they will tell the Labour leader what he wants to hear or whether he does not even know what he believes about the state of Britain after 13 years of Tory rule . |
| 11 | ‘ Whether he does , or whether he does n't — I can assure you that that has nothing to do with the quality of my work ! ’ she hissed , barely able to remember a time when she had felt quite so angry . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | I do n't know whether it 's deafness or whether it does n't register that 's what I mean , you see . |