Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [noun pl] do [not/n't] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Being responsive to parents does n't mean the development of a situation where ‘ parent always knows best ’ about the education of the children and the way that the school should be run . |
| 2 | They have subject limited statutory duties in the insurance companies act , but the fact they 're subjected to duties in the same way that the underwriters , the underwriters are subject to duties does not make them regulators , but in any event even if we were wrong on that there is no exemption under article eighty five , one for regulators and , and your Lordship has seen a number of cases and I sha n't go back to them is fully subject to the competition rules whether as a regulator or not . |
| 3 | The thought of creeping along in a car behind an old woman pushing a pram full of nettles did n't appeal so , mentioning a pressing engagement , I got a garbled set of directions and bade her good day . |
| 4 | In his opinion , complaining a little about his wife and talking dirty or romantic by turns did not add up to that . |
| 5 | He said , ‘ Getting used to things does n't make them any better , does it ? |
| 6 | These groups move in extensive and exclusive home ranges so that the freely forming parties so common in chimps do not occur . |
| 7 | Paper suitable for inkjets does n't have to be expensive — I get very good results with cheap photocopier paper . |
| 8 | The news about the lady 's quiverful of kiddies does not seem to have been any more than a very temporary dose of saltpetre , and it 's worn off . |