Example sentences of "does not [verb] [prep] [adj] [noun] " 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 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 .
5 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 ) .
6 If Sheila does not co-operate with social workers , it may not help if her mother is dragged in on the social workers ' side .
7 In practice , spontaneous speech does not consist of fluent sequences of grammatically correct sentences , but is hesitant , sometimes repetitive and grammatically incorrect .
8 The training set does not consist of labelled examples and counter examples .
9 Table 1 does not consist of water-tight compartments but should rather be regarded as displaying general categories which may run into each other , more as two sets of continua rather than as two polar ideal types .
10 However , society does not consist of isolated individuals .
11 As long as this aesthetic appreciation does not coincide with profitable necessity then this conflict will remain .
12 Where it does not coincide with cultural frontiers , it is insignificant .
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 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 .
16 Many authorities would say that such a reordering of the series does not accord with serial principles ; yet on the other hand one can point out that serialism is only a method established for the facilitation of composition quality .
17 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 .
18 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 .
19 We are anxious to ensure consistency in planning policy advice so that conflict does not arise from different interpretations .
20 Because the do document , Patterns of Ministry does not talk about lay presidency !
21 He does not talk about important jobs and unimportant jobs .
22 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 .
23 James calls him ‘ the Father of lights , who does not change like shifting shadows ’ .
24 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 .
25 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 .
26 But the use of inexpertly laid and brightly coloured bricks , token pitched roofs and arched windows does not make for likeable architecture .
27 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 .
28 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 .
29 The word ‘ bound ’ begs a number of questions , and does not appear in other writers ' views .
30 There are no ghost references in any of the town 's histories and Stamford does not appear in national ghost hunting books .
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