Example sentences of "does not [verb] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 His main thesis is that the empirical evidence does not validate the instrumental account .
2 This does not gainsay the fundamental proposition that it is every citizen 's duty to retain self-control — at least to the extent of not violating other people 's interests — but it does open the way to a manslaughter verdict and to sentences which are rarely longer than eight years ' imprisonment ( less than half as long as the time served by many convicted of murder ) and may be considerably shorter .
3 However , the frog does not picture the flying insect as we would , because much of its visual information never even reaches its brain .
4 It should also be apparent , though , that there is a variety of other behaviour which is outside the rules and standards of society but which does not break the criminal law .
5 does not break the spinal cord of its victim with one bite .
6 It is to be hoped that he does not press the wrong ones . ’
7 while the material mode of existence is the primum agens this does not preclude the ideological spheres from reacting upon it in their turn .
8 The immobilization of a single colony to nitrocellulose , followed by binding of antibodies and reaction with peroxidase reagents does not preclude the subsequent use of that same colony in PCR .
9 This does not preclude the theoretical possibility of implementation in other technologies , such as fluidics ( see for example Gluskin , Jacoby , and Reader 1964 ) , although historically this has not been the case .
10 For most of these the use of English presents no problem and the Church does not assume the cultural importance that it has for some of those from ethnic minority cultures who live permanently in Britain .
11 The Act does not override the common law rights decided in the Birmingham case , and under that decision a councillor could claim to see the individual file if he could show a need to know .
12 She does not wear the dark glasses now .
13 On the other hand , such a general offence does not fulfil the educative function of singling out situations which carry a particular risk of danger .
14 This change , however , does not effect the overall definition of ‘ general government expenditure ’ .
15 But this does not diminish the British obligation to our co-signatories , and it is such states as Brazil and Venezuela which are pressing Britain to renegotiate over the Falklands , before more bloodshed occurs .
16 The move away from project loans and towards structural adjustment loans in the 1980s does not diminish the main thrust of this argument .
17 In this report , we show that the basal level transcription of the histone H1 gene in F9 cells is mediated by an 80 bp DNA sequence situated 450 nucleotides upstream of the transcriptional start point , that does not enclose the RARE sequence , and that binds at least two specific trans-acting factors .
18 The provision of the equipment does not ensure the mathematical experience , but can create opportunity for it .
19 No doubt the Duchess was careless , even indiscreet , but she does not deserve the crude nastiness emanating from the Palace .
20 It is not particularly illuminating for the layman , as it does not specify the actual charge or reflect the real costs incurred in making the voyage .
21 ( g ) Section 3 does not cover the moonlighting tenant .
22 Von Frisch ( 1967 ) is the classic account of the dance language of the honeybee ; but does not cover the recent controversy : Gould ( 1976 ) is the best source for that .
23 The Fund does not cover the overseas branch offices of MNPs with fewer than 75% solicitor principals .
24 Occupational Welfare is not evenly distributed , and does not cover the whole workforce .
25 Referring to Moser 's three sources of sampling bias mentioned earlier , it is clear that the sampling frame used ( two general practice records ) does not cover the whole population of housewives ; yet there is no evidence that these records represent a particularly unrepresentative sub-sample of the population .
26 ( McGinn , 1982 , pp. 121–2 ) Even acute defences of Descartes ' argument for an ego ( B. Williams , 1978 , pp. 95–100 ) , prove to be ineffective ( Parfit , 1984 , pp. 225–6 ) , but their failure does not affect the present view .
27 He agreed with that proposition and stated : The reason is that the third party recipient may be subject to some additional and conflicting duty which does not affect the primary confidant or may not be subject to some special duty which does effect that confidant .
28 The Stock Exchange 's exoneration does not affect the Serious Fraud Office 's investigation into Maxwell share-support schemes and the report does not cover transactions outside the period named .
29 Although the [ draft ] FRS requires appropriations of profit over and above the dividends payable to be made in some circumstances in respect of non-equity shares it does not affect the total amount of distributable profits .
30 The Act is an enabling one and does not affect the existing system unless the leadership of the churches wish to co-operate in a reshaping of the system or of schools in any particular area .
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