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 .
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