Example sentences of "it do not [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 31 | My grandmother was taken ill with a burst ulcer and an ambulance was called for her at 10.45 , but it did not arrive for two and a half hours . |
| 32 | If it did not manifest itself in this particular way , however , Aethelbald 's power was none the less real . |
| 33 | It also failed to deal with the unreasonably short times for notices of claims against carriers ; and it did not reverse the burden of proof that weighed upon the shipper whenever the carrier claimed the application of seemingly valid exculpatory clauses . |
| 34 | One derivative , later named methisazone , attracted interest because it was shown in clinical trials in Madras , in 1963 , to prevent people exposed to smallpox during an epidemic from developing the disease , even though it did not hasten recovery once the disease had developed . |
| 35 | It did not remain long unknown . |
| 36 | It did not open ; she found a bell , hesitated about ringing it , then did so . |
| 37 | When it did not open , I broke the glass angrily and stretched out my hand towards the branch . |
| 38 | Hurtled The plan was for his main chute to open at 3,000ft but it did not open and he hurtled to conclusion of the association 's investigation was that he had failed to locate the ripcord handle . |
| 39 | The world did not stop in its tracks when it happened , it did not pause for breath , it did not miss a heartbeat . |
| 40 | When it was discovered that a member of the Immigration Department was in the National Front his seniors merely glossed over it , saying that he was not a permanent member and in any case it did not affect the way he carried out his duties . |
| 41 | It did not affect the sediments of the carbonate mud wedge because these remained in a submarine environment . |
| 42 | It did not affect mine , though I enjoyed it , vastly . |
| 43 | The judge gave short shrift to an argument based on the right to free speech , and held that it did not affect his primary conclusion as stated above . |
| 44 | made trade unions completely immune from actions in tort , though it did not affect liability of individuals ; |
| 45 | Sea level rose and by the end of the period the North Sea had reached approximately its present extent though it did not affect the Fenland . |
| 46 | What is , however , essential is that Posidonius was very worried about the social turbulence of his time , even if it did not affect his home island , Rhodes , as seriously as the Greek mainland . |
| 47 | He knew how banal the question was as soon as he had asked it , but it did not affect Surere 's mood . |
| 48 | When a repeat biopsy was taken in these patients it did not affect management and this practice , which has often been followed just to satisfy some definitions of coeliac disease , should be reviewed . |
| 49 | This may have been Nicholas 's opinion of himself , but it did not affect many of his actions . |
| 50 | Numerically , it was an impressive record but it did not bear too much scrutiny . |
| 51 | What was worse , within minutes people would be walking all over her back-breaking work — it did not bear thinking of . |
| 52 | Accompanying this article was a photograph which we realise now should not have been published , as it did not bear any connection to the article . |
| 53 | It was done in an instant : the coal shovel , like a boomerang , sped at the young fellow 's head , but unlike a boomerang , it did not return . |
| 54 | But either it was not hunting or he was too big to tackle , for it disappeared over the heather ; and although he waited motionless for some time , it did not return . |
| 55 | The volume , at HK$2.12 billion ( £160m ) , was marginally higher than it was in trading on the market on Tuesday , but it did not suggest a rush of sellers . |
| 56 | THOUGH the huge vote for reform in last month 's referendums showed the cleansing of Italy 's corrupt political system would be popular , it did not suggest it would be easy . |
| 57 | It did not suggest a wound of honour or an injury sustained for political conviction . |
| 58 | Although Brind has indicated that there are substantial impediments to relying on the unimplemented European Convention before the English courts , it did not suggest that they were always insuperable . |
| 59 | It did not suggest Mr Beregovoy was involved . |
| 60 | For Labour , accommodation to the changing mood meant adopting the essentially green idea of assessing the environmental costs of growth and working them into the balance sheets ( which the Tories are also adopting ) , but it did not mean following the Greens in calling for a halt to growth . |