Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb -s] not exist " in BNC.
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| 1 | Analogously one might say " that the Earth is round is a fact " , " that Ruritania does not exist is a fact " . |
| 2 | Facts are whatever it is that is expressed by true propositions , and " The Earth is round " and " Ruritania does not exist " both happen to be true . |
| 3 | So how should one define that which both " The Earth is round " and " Ruritania does not exist " have in common ? |
| 4 | On the face of it , in asserting that Ruritania does not exist we seem to be asserting something about Ruritania . |
| 5 | But if the asserted proposition is about Ruritania , then surely it must be false , for in that case the subject term has a reference , i.e. there is something for the proposition to be true about If , on the other hand , the proposition is true , then by the same token it can not be about Ruritania , for Ruritania does not exist ; it is fiction . |
| 6 | Yet even on the most charitable view of facts , one can hardly treat propositions like " Ruritania does not exist " as being on the same logical footing as any other synthetic true singular propositions without throwing into confusion the whole concept of existence . |
| 7 | Content module name supplied to GENERATE_ROOT_PACKAGE does not exist . |
| 8 | If separation of powers as expressed by Montesquieu does not exist , is there nevertheless sufficient separation of functions and a sufficient incidence of checks and balances to guarantee the maintenance of liberty ? |
| 9 | His position could be summed up as saying that so long as it has not been established beyond doubt that God does not exist , we should believe in God . |
| 10 | An experience of tragedy might convince them that God is not good An argument about theism might convince them that God does not exist . |
| 11 | This test demonstrates that the illogicality alleged in Bedder does not exist : some characteristics of each individual defendant must be considered by the jury in assessing the gravity of the provocation , but the level of self-control must be kept constant . |
| 12 | In peasant societies outside Punjab — in Gujerat or Bangladesh — Izzat does not exist in quite the same form but the role of the woman remains almost identical . |
| 13 | Ripley does NOT exist . |