Example sentences of "[pron] does not say that " in BNC.
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| 1 | In passing , it is interesting to note that the General Orders require explicitly that the grounds of objection be ‘ distinctly stated ’ ; notwithstanding this , it is most unusual to find a petition which does not say that the petitioner objects to the order ‘ for the reasons , amongst others , hereinafter stated ’ , and it is very common for the petition to end with a statement to the effect that there are divers other provisions of the Bill to which objection is taken . |
| 2 | Here the companies are now in a position to apply their mineral depletion allowance to 50 per cent of the value of their finished products — and they would be foolish not to take advantage of this measure — but the sentence itself does not say that they actually do so . |
| 3 | Salim states that he was having a rough time , and was tired and suspicious of Yvette : he does not say that a tribal god commanded him to leave her . |
| 4 | No , Professor X , Pound does not say that Landor , or Landor at his best , is better than Keats ; and no , sir , he does not say that Chaucer is better than Milton . |
| 5 | When a statement expresses a belief , it does not say that the speaker ( or one who assents to it ) has that belief . |
| 6 | It does not say that the Spirit or the Son begs the Father to give us what he otherwise might not . |