Example sentences of "nor [vb -s] it [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 The Court reiterated that ‘ the Convention does not govern the actions of States not parties to it , nor does it purport to be a means of requiring the Contracting States to impose Convention standards on other States . ’
2 This does not mean however that mental processes are in some way divorced from the physical world , nor does it mean that they should be excluded from the subject matter of natural science .
3 The word ‘ modern ’ used in Hindi or Punjabi does not have its English meaning , nor does it mean liberated or even progressive .
4 This international co-operation between clearinghouses does not preclude international co-operation on an individual library basis , nor does it mean that the Australian , UK and USA clearinghouses will not provide a service to individual libraries in another country which has or has not a clearinghouse of its own .
5 This does n't mean seeing wealth as our main goal in life , or as a guarantee of security and happiness ; nor does it mean being wasteful and extravagant .
6 Part-time working does not affect your right to study leave , nor does it mean that you should be given only those jobs which no one else wants .
7 Nor does it mean that the new controllers are any less constrained by the pressures of markets and profitability than old-style entrepreneurs .
8 Nor does it mean that the project acquisitions were not used .
9 Nor does it mean that failure to achieve total abstinence from all potentially mood-altering substances and behaviours means that one can not achieve a considerable measure of recovery .
10 Nor does it mean that demand is stable .
11 This does not prevent members from seeking an injunction to restrain the act from being done , nor does it affect the liability of the directors for such an act ( s. 35(1) — ( 3 ) CA ) .
12 Nor does it want the German tail to wag the European dog .
13 In the case of the conscientious war-tax protester it is difficult to conceive of any such competing right which may be plausibly argued against them since their action neither threatens direct violence to others nor does it appear significantly to increase the risk of violent attack from elsewhere .
14 No one has been brought to justice for any of these killings , nor does it appear that they have been properly investigated .
15 Tolerance does not blind a man to the imperfections or faults of a religion , nor does it blur the distinction between religion and irreligion , but it does deliver a man from fanaticism with regard to his own faith .
16 Nor does it carry much information about the clouds to Earth because the clouds fail to impress on this radiation many meaningful signatures .
17 Language in poetry does not point to an object beyond itself , nor does it carry any emotional weight from its speaker ; it is entirely self-sufficient , or , as the Formalists would say , ‘ self-valuable ’ .
18 The argument that crime is necessary and functional does not explain the causes of it , nor does it explain why some people are motivated to engage in criminal activities .
19 Nor does it explain why one type of adaptation rather than another occurs ; for example , why innovation occurs rather than retreatism , or vice-versa .
20 conclude that the data from the studies of internal validity show that the test does not adequately integrate the eleven subtests , nor does it explain the relationship between the subtests or between subtest performance and other relevant behaviour .
21 As Keynes wrote " 'The Treaty includes no provision for the economic rehabilitation of Europe , nor does it promote in any way a compact of economic solidarity amongst the allies themselves ; no arrangement was reached at Paris to adjust the system of the Old World and the New " .
22 Nor does it protect that ideal in the further ways I described , by identifying as special those cases in which there is no explicit past decision to follow .
23 This in no way underestimates the contribution of families to the welfare of their members : nor does it diminish the importance of care in the community .
24 The marriage ceremony is not a process whereby a wife abdicates her role in the decision-making process , nor does it give husbands the right to unilateral decisions .
25 The fact that we are doctors , priests , social workers will not necessarily be of any advantage to us , nor does it give us any right to expect intimate revelations .
26 Being humble does n't mean being a wimp , being soft and out of touch , nor does it involve being a doormat that people abuse and walk over .
27 MAS 's role in advising on or assisting in the preparation of a client 's Information memorandum does not involve the issuance of a published report nor does it involve any association with the client 's Information memorandum beyond that set out in the terms of engagement , which should be appropriately limited .
28 Nor does it make any statements about the costs of administrative and managerial change , or of the considerable developments in information technology which will be required to carry out some of its proposals .
29 Nor does it make much sense for the book to be on offer soon afterwards through a paperback book club that screams at it potential customers , ‘ You write the rules ’ .
30 Medical evidence shows using DSE is not associated with damage to eyes and eyesight nor does it make existing defects worse .
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