Example sentences of "but [det] do [adv] " in BNC.

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1 Each star has a name , but each does not have a number .
2 But that does n't mean she killed him .
3 ‘ I 'm available for Test selection , but that does n't mean I 'll necessarily be picked , ’ the former Kiwi World Cup captain said .
4 Producers may favour one-man shows for economic reasons , but that does n't in itself mean that the audience is being short-changed .
5 He gets annoyed if I say anything about it , but that does n't stop him going on about how slim I was at 17 when we first met .
6 But that does n't mean he 's entirely dismissive .
7 He 's years older than me , but that does n't matter either .
8 Not all Sue 's students go on to start up their own enterprise , but that does n't worry her .
9 But that does n't make me an anorexic .
10 Frankly I would love to go to bed with you ; but that does n't mean I fail to recognise that you have a mind , a spirit .
11 But that does n't rule out altruism .
12 But that does n't prove anything except that the man probably came from the ironworks . ’
13 He had one bad game for England but that does n't make him a bad player . ’
14 But that does n't bother me now — in fact I sometimes stick my tongue out in reply as I drive away . ’
15 I know he 's got his reputation as a good teacher to keep up , but that does n't matter to me , I 'm different , I 'm not like this soft lot down here , my folks came from the North , descended from the Vikings , and I do n't want to be liked , I do n't want to be good , I do n't want to be in the football team , or a useful member of anything , I do n't want to know .
16 As with the rest of Corfu it 's getting better and better each year , but that does n't mean you should wait to come !
17 The beaches are tiny and busy but that does n't worry anyone , for there are beautiful pine covered grassy slopes , overlooking the luminous Adriatic Sea , on which to relax .
18 But that does n't mean I have to be involved in this kind of nauseous business . ’
19 I mean , Gary says you dream about marriage the same way you dream about someone coming down your throat ; it 's not something you 're going to actually do , not these days , but that does n't mean you do n't dream about it .
20 But that does n't mean you should just wait and hope .
21 Roy , the skinhead guitarist , puts it this way : — ‘ All skins are for the flag but that does n't mean they 're all NF or British Movement .
22 It was an accident but that does n't excuse it .
23 ‘ No , but that does n't make any difference .
24 You will keep failing in a society based on hierarchical power but that does n't mean you should stop trying to build a structure in which you all have the opportunity to be part of the editorial and creative process …
25 I may make a mess of this but that does n't mean I 'm stupid .
26 But that does n't mean that all clients are alike .
27 The editor of New Scientist spent an evening in the company of brother David not long ago , but that does n't really qualify .
28 Most of us could n't stick a pig either , but that does n't stop us eating pork .
29 ‘ Well , but that does n't affect you , ’ Felicity pointed out .
30 The sun may not shine that much on Britain but that does n't exclude us from using solar power .
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