Example sentences of "[vb pp] [conj] it [verb] not " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although intensive visual concentration can sometimes lead to fatigue it must be stressed that it does not damage vision . |
| 2 | At the same time , while accepting that tension between richer and poorer peasants was growing and that Stolypin 's reform created fierce friction between those who separated from the commune and those who remained within it , revisionists have stressed that it did not shake their common determination that noble land should be transferred into their hands . |
| 3 | In the first annual report of the medical superintendent it was reported that it had not been necessary to use the padded cell on any occasion , despite the fact that many patients had been admitted handcuffed , leg iron locked or bound with cords and chains . |
| 4 | Is he aware that the Institute of Housing has recently reported that it does not believe that competitive tendering in housing management is a sensible option , saying that it does ’ not easily lend itself to competitive tendering ’ ? |
| 5 | I decided it was just because she had n't mattered that it had n't been worth shocking her . |
| 6 | He had protested that it did not have the money and had been told that ‘ the Minister would not wear a statement that funds were exhausted ’ . |
| 7 | If an earn out is to be used , it is recommended that it does not form too significant a part of the purchase price as this will distort priorities . |
| 8 | ‘ For my part I believe the African Jesus would have won if it had not been for the Dark Host . |
| 9 | Steve asked reproachfully as if he did n't want to get blamed if it had n't . |
| 10 | sparkling and looked like it had n't been touched , and I could n't believe it . |
| 11 | ‘ At Doncaster the buffet was closed , the waiting room looked like it had n't been cleaned for three months , the staff locked themselves in a room and every time we heard an engine and dashed out it was pulling coal wagons . ’ |
| 12 | Stan might truly have forgotten if it had not been for the crash of the falling chair . |
| 13 | Sleep would have come if it had not been for Hugh 's tossing and moaning . |
| 14 | Sleep would have come if it had not been for Hugh 's tossing and moaning . |
| 15 | O. imprudens is included because it has not been figured satisfactorily and as bathyal species its distribution may extend to 1000 m . |
| 16 | The Deutsche Bundespost Telekom has realised that it does not need a change in the German constitution to privatise its cellular telephone business , and has decided that as it is in keen need of cash for investment , it will go ahead and do it ahead of its own privatisation . |
| 17 | Yeah well b well what I 'm trying to say and I ca n't emphasise it too strongly is that I do n't want anybody going round like writing another stupid letter to somebody saying that erm you know the reason we 're inundated that it has n't been advertised properly cos I tell you what it 'll come back right in our faces cos it 's our bloody fault Well that 's right well we know that I mean I told them all I told them all quite clearly when I was up in Glasgow that they 'd be quiet for at least a month because p it 'll take time to filter through . |
| 18 | The Commission has been instructed that it does not have to follow a uniform pattern throughout the country and therefore we may see still greater diversity over time as , in one shire , we see the county council survive and in another the district councils . |
| 19 | Conner Peripherals Inc has decided that it does n't want everything in its Cipher Data Systems acquisition and has signed a letter of intent to sell two Cipher product lines to San Diego-based half inch tape drive maker Overland Data Inc for $9m . |
| 20 | In terms of illicit drug use , cannabis remains the most er available drug and the most used drug , but having said that it does n't present us with problems to the service . |
| 21 | At least in relation to this argument of Thomas ' against the ordination of women , it must be said that it does not hold water . |
| 22 | If it was simply a matter of the operating system , I 'd have said that it did n't much matter which of the two you chose to go with . |
| 23 | It has been argued that it did not actually initiate any changes in the mental health field , rather it endorsed the developments that were already taking place within hospitals and in the community . |
| 24 | It has been argued that it covers not only fairness , in the sense of fairness to the accused , but also in the sense of ensuring that , in the eyes of the public , the highest standards of justice are upheld and it appears to the world at large that the accused is getting a fair trial . |
| 25 | For example , by looking at a pot , it may be suspected that it has not been thrown on a wheel but has been made from coils of clay , joined together and smoothed by hand to form the wall of the pot . |
| 26 | He spoke honestly , but more harshly than he would have done if it had n't been for the pain he carried . |
| 27 | Still , he would have done if it had n't slipped his mind , and surely the intention made him culpable . |
| 28 | There was an estimate of £10:1:0 for enclosing Kiels , with a gate , and they recommended that it be done if it did not exceed |
| 29 | When I was feeling really low , I could have quit if it had n't been for everyone who 'd been following me , and that comes down to everyone here at the schools . |
| 30 | It is very important that the water remains in traps — and , in fact , the Building Regulations are contravened if it does n't . |