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

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1	Pausanias describes Cimon 's Theseion as including a picture by Mikon of Theseus at the bottom of the sea ( the subject of fig. 98 ) , and pictures of a Centauromachy and an Amazonomachy which he does not ascribe to an artist .
2	1972 No. 1139 ( L.14 ) ) includes a winding up petition even though such a petition does not lead to an order for payment of the sum in question .
3	As human civilization grows and develops , it does not lead to an increase in human happiness , as utilitarianism would lead us to expect .
4	Even where the advertisement does not amount to an offence , the Director General may consider that an approach to the Advertising Standards Authority ( a non-statutory body with no legal powers ) would be an adequate way of dealing with the complaint .
5	His conduct does not amount to an assault , since his use of force is lawful .
6	The requirement of immediate fear means that a threat to carry out violence in the future does not amount to an assault even though fear is present .
7	It does not amount to an argument that staff should be conducting research as such ; merely that if they are engaged in it , there is an advantage to it being undertaken with an eye to their teaching commitments .
8	As the term suggests , these are letters from the Commission to notifying parties stating that the Commission does not believe that there is any need to take action in relation to the agreement or arrangement either because it falls outside Article 85(1) or because it may satisfy the requirements of Article 85(3) , although in such a case the issue of a comfort letter does not amount to an exemption pursuant to Article 85(3) .
9	Where bookings occur by an exchange of letters , the initial inquiry by the guest does not amount to an offer to contract , nor necessarily does the hotel 's reply to the guest stating the tariff and room availability .
10	Similarly , the display of goods in a shop window does not amount to an offer , Fisher v. Bell ( 1961 D.C. ) .
11	A matter is defined as every proceeding in a county court which may be commenced as prescribed other than by plaint ( CCA , s 147(1) ) ie any proceeding which does not amount to an action .
12	1 Samuel 4 renews the story of the conflict between the two peoples , and that rivalry remains a major feature of the account of Saul 's reign , and does not come to an end till victories won by David , described in 2 Samuel 5 .
13	Article 5(2) provides that the FSA , s57 does not apply to an investment advertisement if the invitation is made , or the information is given , by or on behalf of a body corporate , a partnership , a single individual or a group of connected individuals for the purposes of or with a view to the acquisition or disposal of shares in a company ( including a private company ) other than an open-ended investment company between parties each of whom is a body corporate , a partnership , a single individual or a group of connected individuals .
14	As a general rule Article 85 does not apply to an agreement between a parent and its subsidiary " which although having separate legal personality , enjoys no economic independence " .
15	It is true that this is qualified by the North western Utilities case , but that decision does not apply to an occupier who neither knows nor could reasonably have discovered the existence of a danger created by his predecessor .
16	This rule does not apply to an action for the recovery of land , where the return day is that of the final hearing ( N5 — 6 ) , unless a claim is joined for some relief other than the payment of mesne profits or arrears of rent or for moneys secured by a mortgage or charge ( Ord 3 , r 3(4) ) .
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 ’ .