Example sentences of "does [adv] refer to " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is not a question of instinct — culture is learned , not inbred , and does not refer to basic human needs . |
| 2 | Education about the Third World which does not refer to the socio-economic problems of rural Europe can promote a belief that European development has worked and that failure lives elsewhere in the world , or that there is no relationship between the problems of European DRAs and those of the predominantly rural Third World countries . |
| 3 | The report in the Scottish Law Times does not refer to any evidence to support the view that the maintenance of contact between a child and a birth relative to whom he or she has attachments would cause harm to the child 's developing personality . |
| 4 | So unlike indeed that Jaynes ( 1976 ) does not refer to it as consciousness at all . |
| 5 | He does not refer to the factory or the tannery beside it but points cruelly instead towards some squalid huts behind a tin wall . |
| 6 | This summary of findings does not refer to all foreign aid projects . |
| 7 | ( Note : The use of the term ‘ manual ’ here does not refer to the use of sign language and/or fingerspelling but to the learning of trades such as carpentry etc . ) |
| 8 | In common parlance ‘ the Crown ’ probably signifies the monarch if , indeed , it does not refer to a rather elaborate piece of headgear on show in the Tower of London . |
| 9 | Luke does not refer to the Garden of Gethsemane . |
| 10 | For many , ‘ law ’ and ‘ order ’ refer to the ideal of legality ( or ‘ the rule of law ’ ) — and while it is clear that this does not refer to an uncontroversial notion , it is arguable that most people would agree on certain core features of the rule of law : a congruence of official action with a previously declared rule so as to preserve individual autonomy and freedom from arbitrary state power , and a notion of equal treatment of individuals in the eye of the law . |
| 11 | We are not to argue , though , that since ‘ I ’ does not refer to the man René Descartes it has some other , more intangible , thing to refer to . |
| 12 | Geach says : ‘ We are not to argue , though , that since ‘ I ’ does not refer to the man René Descartes it has some other , more intangible thing to refer to . ’ |
| 13 | The nomenclature of science does not refer to definitive concepts : |
| 14 | The proposal does not refer to sponsorship as such , but it does state , in convoluted Euro-language , that ‘ a ban should therefore be imposed on such indirect forms of advertising which while not actually mentioning the tobacco product , use trade marks , emblems , symbols or other distinctive elements associated with tobacco products … |
| 15 | No District Court accepted the exclusivity argument , many relying on a superficial reading of Article 27(c) of the Convention , which allows Contracting States to permit ‘ by internal law or practice , methods of taking evidence other than those provided for in this Convention ’ ; the better view is that this freedom is given only to the requested country and does not refer to the country from which the discovery request originates . |
| 16 | It has already been noted that a criterion statement such as " can add two whole numbers summing to between 100 and 1,000 " does not refer to a precise domain . |
| 17 | The word ‘ matter ’ does not refer to the subject matter of the proceeding , but to the proceeding itself . |
| 18 | The core of the difficulty faced by duty-based controls lies in the fact that ‘ profit maximisation ’ , even ignoring questions of time-scale , does not refer to behaviour with any definite , objectively identifiable , content . |
| 19 | They can be translated into English either by using a similar ‘ dummy ’ subject , They speak English , where they does not refer to a specific agent , or by using the passive voice , English is spoken . |
| 20 | It is significant , for example , that Nizan does not refer to his literature as " socialist realist " , but rather as " revolutionary " . |
| 21 | This aim does not refer to the effectiveness of actual decisions taken in given circumstances ( which is the central problem of business policy ) , but rather to the attempt to identify those structures of behaviour which contribute to the achievement of organisational goals . |
| 22 | It will be recalled first that the theory-of-finance specification of how to maximize shareholders ' wealth does not refer to any need for corporate diversification . |
| 23 | This does not refer to measuring effectiveness as we have defined it . |
| 24 | British primary legislation , on the other hand , seldom contains anything more than a long title by way of a preamble , and does not refer to any preparatory works . |
| 25 | This is why Domesday Book does not refer to many churches which are known to have existed from other evidence . |
| 26 | It is important to remember that ‘ democratic deficit ’ does not refer to any notion that the Commission is too powerful , but rather to the idea that too many decisions are taken by the ‘ unelected ’ Council of Ministers , and that further powers should be transferred from this body and from national parliaments to the European Parliament at Strasbourg . |
| 27 | The conodont animal looks at ease swimming alongside a collection of her teeth , but the accompanying article does not refer to the identification of dentine as a strong indicator of vertebrate affinity . |
| 28 | abort the other DC and create another , which does not refer to the offending module . |
| 29 | Although it only appears in the sources c.1200 this may not be significant , for the chronicler does not refer to Eadric as Streona or to Edmund as Ironside , but there is eleventh-century evidence for both names . |
| 30 | Furthermore , it is possible that the Chronicle entry for 1022 does not refer to the Isle of Wight at all . |