Example sentences of "does [not/n't] [verb] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 It also remains the case that the Cabinet , as an institution , does not rest on parliamentary authority but rather on practice developed over the centuries .
2 Science does not rest upon solid bedrock .
3 His or her belief , as we have defined it , does not rest upon privileged insight into a supernatural reality hidden from the unbeliever .
4 ‘ The level of investment is quite substantial and one does not go into this sort of operation for short-term objectives .
5 In fact , the employers ' central confederation ( BDA ) does not engage in collective bargaining and , although it does provide information and guidance to its affiliates via its collective bargaining coordination committee , its pronouncements on wages take the form of non-binding recommendations .
6 Simply stated , the argument is that the cost of capital of a corporation with management that trades on inside information will be higher than a corporation with management that does not engage in such trading .
7 However , although the overall price rise permitted has been fixed , this does not prevent BT from increasing different tariffs at different rates ( provided it does not engage in Predatory pricing ) .
8 Although Brixton has £180m of borrowings , all but a small proportion of this is borrowed at fixed rates so it does not suffer from higher interest rates .
9 But Haslam points out that the competitor who takes up the new technology when the patents expire does not suffer from this halo effect .
10 Sure , there are a few areas where quality control could be bettered , but basically the instrument does not suffer in any way .
11 As St Paul reminds us , the body does not consist of one member but of many .
12 As long as this aesthetic appreciation does not coincide with profitable necessity then this conflict will remain .
13 A market economy that registers only effective demands made upon it may find or tend towards an ‘ equilibrium ’ that does not coincide with full employment , and hence the manipulation of aggregate demand ( especially via the more potent fiscal weapons ) can produce a preferred path for the economy .
14 But country of birth does not equate with ethnic origin and a significant proportion of all minority groups ( 43 per cent ) are now born in the United Kingdom .
15 He does not hint at any restraint in animal fighting .
16 The article was terminated by a line of words beginning with B. The empty reproduction of information ( a contagion of the Eighties ) does not contribute to rational knowledge and reasoned thought .
17 Gestational age does not contribute to this relation .
18 Once again , this division does not accord with political affiliation ; Baudrillard attacks Marx and Marxist assertions of natural utility with as much vehemence as contemporary critics attack modernist architecture as an elitist imposition of ideology upon the general public .
19 For example , Hemming 's account of lands disputed between the bishopric of Worcester and Evesham Abbey does not accord with other evidence , and nor does the Ramsey chronicle 's version of the difficulties experienced by their abbot early in Cnut 's reign .
20 The reality , of course , does not accord with this gloss , but the commitment if not the viable programme exists .
21 Although the matter does not arise in this appeal because Woolwich were fully aware of all the relevant circumstances , I can not help feeling that there is some illogicality in treating as voluntary a payment by someone who justifiably believes that the demand is lawful whereas in fact it turns out to be unlawful .
22 Because the do document , Patterns of Ministry does not talk about lay presidency !
23 ‘ A prisoner does not talk in that way to a camp officer …
24 When it does not spring from mere distaste for all that is foreign , hostility to party lists is commonly associated with obsessive and fatalistic mistrust of political parties themselves .
25 Still , one can see him becoming more loath to accept the evil in the good : and while this is charitable , it does not make for powerful story .
26 Without following Jakobson 's analysis in detail — it does not make for easy reading — I shall simply give examples of the sort of relationship he identifies under each of these headings .
27 But the use of inexpertly laid and brightly coloured bricks , token pitched roofs and arched windows does not make for likeable architecture .
28 Having read a lot of books does not make for good rock'n'roll lyrics — you end up with a band like XTC ; you might like them , sure , but that does n't make them rock'n'roll .
29 It does not make for comfortable listening if one spends the First Act jumping up and down to raise the volume a notch , and the Third , mindful of the neighbours , turning it down again .
30 Although data does not appear at first sight to be a resource of the organisation , it certainly is a resource , as data is essential for the organisation to operate effectively .
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