Example sentences of "[not/n't] conform to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Prior to the 1753 Marriage Act , the state made few serious attempts to suppress either contract marriage , which consisted of a verbal promise , or clandestine marriage , which involved a religious ritual and witnesses but which did not conform to the dictates of canon law . |
| 2 | Kufrans and Ajdabiyans did not conform to any stereotype of simple , backward tribesmen : it would be wrong to assume from their voting patterns that they were simple mechanical products of a tribal model of society . |
| 3 | Even if that child 's life is not ‘ normal ’ or likely to be comparable with the lives of other people , there can be no arbitrary rule which condemns certain babies to death because they do not conform to some spurious notion of that which constitutes a satisfying or fulfilling life . |
| 4 | Because certain people do not conform to academic expectations or social abilities of others , this can not place them outside society . |
| 5 | They find it harder to appreciate the successes of the mentally handicapped because they do not conform to their concept of success . |
| 6 | Yet we can not describe the contributions made to society purely in economic terms , nor can we operate prejudices against any sector of society because the people involved do not conform to our concept of a normal life . |
| 7 | But some people 's beliefs may not conform to the account here given in all respects . |
| 8 | Secondly , that it did not conform to Hammond 's latest requirements , but then neither did any of the competitors ' schemes ; and thirdly , that the Committee had doubts about the accuracy of Pennethorne 's estimate , yet no estimate was required from the competitors . |
| 9 | It fails to establish a trust not because it is unclear , but because it does not conform to the pattern for a trust : it is a direct not a mediate wording . |
| 10 | The following is an example of a passage from the study , based on an extract from a newspaper report It contains a surface anaphor that does not conform to Hankamer & Sag 's criteria . |
| 11 | Therefore this sentence , although it is perfectly grammatical , does not conform to the ‘ bias ’ associated with the verb in its main clause . |
| 12 | The pattern has usually been for such people to establish themselves as privileged representatives of a ‘ god ’ who has the power to punish or destroy those who do not conform to the rules which they , the privileged , have themselves formulated , but have attributed to the ‘ god ’ . |
| 13 | Irradiation of food does not conform to attempts to cut down the number and scale of radiation emitters in order to reduce the risks of contamination of plant workers and local communities . |
| 14 | He is entitled to reject a nomination only if the nomination paper does not conform to requirements ( 1983 Act , sch.1 , paras.12,15 ) or if a candidate is disqualified by reason of having been ordered to be detained or imprisoned for more than one year in the British Islands or the Republic of Ireland in respect of an offence or offences of which he has been found guilty ( Representation of the People Act 1981 , s.1 ) . |
| 15 | Those women who do not conform to constructed aesthetic ideals are punished and excluded . |
| 16 | The city has few modern buildings in the central area which do not conform to the height or style of their surroundings . |
| 17 | ‘ such a policy of insurance or security ’ The prosecution must show that the insurance , if any is produced , does not conform to the requirements of section 143 , Road Traffic Act 1988 , as section 147 ( 1 ) of that Act requires that for a policy to be effective , the insurers must deliver a certificate in the prescribed form to the assured . |
| 18 | ‘ which was not fitted ’ This point means that either the motor vehicle in question had no horn fitted at all or that the one that was fitted did not conform to the requirements of the next point . |
| 19 | However , others appear to be made up in regular jointed sections which do not conform to the natural lines of cleavage . |
| 20 | Bureaucratic measures could to some extent control behaviour which did not conform to pre-defied socialist standards . |
| 21 | First , we can present descriptions and interpretations of societies that do not conform to the Western model of humans as essentially aggressive . |
| 22 | Surprisingly this does not conform to Egyptian conventions for depicting Semites or Nubians and their dress suggests that they are the first known representation in Egyptian art of the Mycenaeans , Bronze Age Greeks . |
| 23 | Sitting in one position to observe and record appearances does not conform to the majority of our everyday experience of landscape . |
| 24 | After an overall view of the existing conditions in prisons , we are constrained to record that prison organisation in India does not conform to the required standards of a correctional department . |
| 25 | This fact obviously did not conform to the elitist views of ‘ fitness to rule ’ of most racial nationalists . |
| 26 | If Rutland was typical of agrarian society it would have been understood as a matter of course that most men were peasant farmers and smallholders ; indeed , husbandman was the commonest description there , followed by labourers and servants whose status was one of dependence , and landless peasants who did not conform to the stereotype of a society composed of small independent producers . |
| 27 | This is where the Arts Council has stepped in with the argument that if the scheme promotes a form of art which does not conform to their qualitative criteria , it should be abolished . |
| 28 | South Yorkshire in particular did not conform to the normal definition of a conurbation . |
| 29 | Any other behaviour , such as suggesting a game of cards , would surprise and confuse us , as it would not conform to our notion of the appropriate role that someone occupying the status of doctor should perform . |
| 30 | Nevertheless , an awareness that Japan was acutely vulnerable to threats of superior force , a resentment that Japan was considered inferior because she did not conform to Western standards and models , and a perception that other nations were prepared to act ‘ unfairly ’ to maximize the advantages that could be gained from any particular situation , made Japan determined to achieve equal status with the so-called Great Powers , or indeed , to surpass them . |