Example sentences of "britain [vb -s] not [vb infin] " in BNC.
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1 | The possibility that it was industrialisation that destroyed the stable and peaceful life of pre-industrial Britain does not appear to hold up either . |
2 | Of course Parliament in Britain does not control monetary policy on a day-to-day basis , but at least the Chancellor can be called to account for his policies , and he and his government will be judged on their performance . |
3 | In international comparisons of working days lost Britain does not show up as particularly strike prone [ Smith , 1980 ] . |
4 | Britain does not have a national police force under the control and direction of a central government department , any such notion having been rejected by the Royal Commission on the Police in 1962 . |
5 | Britain does not have to rely solely on its own mines for some kinds of metals . |
6 | Britain does not have an explicit family policy . |
7 | A large part of his wealth is in a country with which Britain does not have diplomatic relations . |
8 | In comparative terms , Britain does not have particularly high levels of social spending . |
9 | Britain does not have a supreme constitutional court to pass judgement on what is " unconstitutional " and it is left to the constitutional authorities to do their best to enforce particular patterns of constitutional political behaviour . |
10 | Britain does not have conscription ( compulsory national service in the armed services was ended in 1961 ) , and the retirement age for men is 65 . |
11 | Post-compulsory schooling in Britain does not have a nationally-agreed set of vocational qualifications . |
12 | Why Britain does not get value for money in research |
13 | Britain does not train enough technicians with intermediate vocational qualifications , therefore it is forced to use graduates whose skills would best be deployed elsewhere . |
14 | There is a childlike belief at the Foreign Office that if it does not admit to the existence of MI6 , foreign governments will believe Britain does not spy on them . |
15 | Unlike other countries , Britain does not allow the money to go straight to the local authorities to which it has been allocated . |
16 | Cleaning up Britain does not require international action , involve huge public expenditure , or impair the efficiency of industry . |
17 | Compared with any other major European country , Britain does not differ significantly on any index of social stratification . |
18 | The 30 per cent Club : Britain Does Not join |
19 | It is plain that Brussels is pursuing a policy of ‘ regionalisation ’ of industry and agriculture and , in the over-all plan , Great Britain does not feature as a coal producing region nor , in that case , as a chemicals producing region . |
20 | Officially , Britain does not provide advisers to the Salvadoreans . |