Example sentences of "[not/n't] form a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 To disentangle the yeomanry from the middling and lower gentry — and indeed from the richest peasants — is more difficult , but this is in the nature of things since yeomen emerged from the ranks of the husbandmen , while the gentry did not form a closed caste , and in many cases there was little to choose between their respective scales of wealth .
2 Unlike workers or minority ethnic groups , women in most cultures do not form a separate community ( particularly not a publicly visible one ) .
3 With NCp7D , which does not form a stable complex with DNA , only a very minor fraction of the DNA was present in high molecular weight complexes , even in the presence of relatively high levels of protein .
4 It clearly can not be an arbitrary aggregation of versions of modules since it is likely that they would not form a consistent set .
5 Wills , leases and assents are among those documents that do not form a good root of title .
6 The score for the Ballet de la raillerie , for example , shows that the two violins , two flutes and two voices mentioned in the livret do not form a six-part ensemble , but echo each other in pairs .
7 Everyone presenting data at the conference was careful to point out that they were not saying that lead is safe , even at low levels , but the ‘ do n't knows ’ do not form a powerful lobby .
8 It is now thought that the proteins do not form a continuous layer covering both sides of the lipids proposed by Davson and Danielli .
9 However , these links do not form a cohesive whole , and there are weaknesses in the development of the informal sector which have tended to disguise its potential .
10 The state is also characterized by a plurality of elites to which access is relatively open and which do not form a cohesive ruling stratum .
11 Similarly , the patients who injure themselves do not form a homogeneous group , but include individuals who can to a large extent be classified into three subgroups on the basis of the type of injury inflicted and the associated degree of suicidal intent :
12 Database structure has been mentioned as potentially protectable but in Total Information Processing Systems Ltd. v Daman Ltd. [ 1992 ] , it was held that the field and record specifications as expressed in the data division of a COBOL program were not protected because , in this form , the information did not form a substantial part of the computer program as a whole .
13 Much work might remain for the clergy both in imposing a code of Christian morals , and in determining where the line was to run between what could and what could not form a respectable part of the Christian life .
14 But with the present high interest rates they do not form a great investment .
15 But with the present high interest rates they do not form a great investment .
16 But with the present high interest rates they do not form a great investment .
17 In other words , lampreys and hagfishes do not form a monophyletic group .
18 In the extremest form of love of the mirror image , a person does not form a close heterosexual attachment at all , remaining more comfortable and much safer in the love of a member of the same sex .
19 We simply can not form a clear and distinct idea of the fact that something is conducive or inimical to the actualisation of our essences without this influencing our behaviour towards or away from it .
20 But the graph of performance in Alpine ski racing does not form a smooth line ; in fact it resembles the jagged outline of the mountains themselves .
21 Here Laski was highly critical of the abstract legal idea of absolute legal sovereignty , arguing that it could not form a realistic basis for political relationships .
22 Generally , they did not form a fresh farmstead as they lacked some necessary buildings .
23 The proximal arm spines approach midradially but do not form a single fan .
24 There was also widespread agreement on another major point , namely that the new committee should not form an integral part of the structure of the CGLI .
25 Conference Declarations do not form an integral part of the treaty to which they relate , but , in accordance with the law of treaties , they are part of the context of the treaty for the purpose of its interpretation .
26 Under the contingency insurance arrangements available in the market , but which do not form an integral part of the Agreement , insurance protection can be made available where the sum insured on private dwellinghouses does not exceed the threshold .
27 But on the whole these broader factors do not form an integral part of the explanation of observed differences .
28 First , older people do not form an exclusive group , but one of which every individual will eventually become a member .
29 Clearly , therefore , some of the clinically detected locally confined tumours do not form an immediate threat to life .
30 After another meeting on June 11 in Prague , Klaus said on June 12 that " if we ca n't form a reasonable state , we shall opt for a reasonable and quiet separation " .
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