Example sentences of "[adj] do [adv] [verb] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps the English do not know what an immense treasure they possess in having maintained the choral tradition in colleges and churches , since it provides an unsurpassable musical training , an important number of truly fine choirs , and , finally , the possibility to experience ( and for the listener , to enjoy ) repertories that the long-suffering Spanish enthusiast scarcely knows since they are not performed [ in Spain ] . |
| 2 | Yet this did not bring us the surrender we hoped for . |
| 3 | The court held that this did not give it the power to operate a commercial laundry . |
| 4 | While the house in the wife 's sole name with a fixed charge in favour of the husband facilitates the wife 's control of the property , this does not offer her the flexibility to move house that might be incorporated when the house is held by trustees until a specified event ( see Chapter 6 ) . |
| 5 | But again this does not make me a Christian . |
| 6 | You may enjoy talking but this does not make you a wizard at verbal presentations . |
| 7 | This does not tell us a great deal . |
| 8 | The UK economy may be a service-based economy in employment terms , but this does not give us an accurate picture of the output of service industries , that is , the productivity of the service sector . |
| 9 | However , this does not give you the automatic right to go overdrawn . |
| 10 | To which I would answer , first , that the witness is not before the court and has not been cross-examined on the matter , and secondly that just because something 's a ‘ well-known fact ’ this does n't make it a well-known fact about me . |
| 11 | I hope this does n't cause you a problem , but the rates of benefit have changed very slightly since the first of October ninety one . |
| 12 | No these did n't give me the feeling of being police . |
| 13 | The present churches are right to be concerned that many do not give themselves the opportunity to grow in any faith because apathy and false gods have moved into the vacuum that exists instead of a soul . |
| 14 | But one does n't give it a thought . |
| 15 | Just because it 's a Number One does n't make it a better record than anything else that 's out that week . |
| 16 | That did not make him a criminal under section 14 . |
| 17 | True enough , he lived in a caravan and travelled from town to town with the others in his travelling group but it was n't a garishly painted van like the ones old time gypsies occupied , just a normal common-or-garden caravan , the type people stay in on holiday , but that did n't make him a gypsy . |
| 18 | Just because he was her boss , that did n't give him the right to organise her social life as well ! |
| 19 | Feeling guilty does not make me a better person . |
| 20 | That does n't give them a motive . |
| 21 | ‘ That does n't give you the right to make free with me whenever you choose . |
| 22 | ‘ Well , even if they are , that does n't give you the right to poke your nose into my affairs ! ’ |
| 23 | Obviously you 're annoyed about that letter you received — but that does n't give you the right to vent your spleen on me . |
| 24 | ‘ That does n't give you the right to dictate to me . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ My dear woman , that does n't make her a genius ! |
| 26 | I defended myself when I had to , but that does n't make me a killer . |
| 27 | ‘ I 've seen a lot of horse races but that does n't make me a jockey , does it ? ’ |
| 28 | ‘ But that does n't make me an anorexic . |
| 29 | He had one bad game for England but that does n't make him a bad player . ’ |
| 30 | Hell , everybody I know 's done something like that at some time or another but that does n't make them a murderer ; I think McDunn 's crazy but I ca n't tell him that because , if he 's wrong about that and I 'm wrong about it being something to do with those guys who died in the Lake District a few years ago , then there 's only one suspect left and that 's me . |