Example sentences of "does not [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On its own , replication does not validate a theory derived from experimental results ; it merely shows that the results are obtainable . |
| 2 | It should , I think , be emphasised that the present decision of your Lordships does not represent a breakthrough in relation to the principle against self-incrimination ; it is a decision on its own facts in the light of that principle . |
| 3 | This does not represent a reduction in commitment to the idea of Woonerven . |
| 4 | Recently the Treasury has become very slow to approve in lieu deals , which has led to this useful fiscal provision being underused ; in 1991–92 , works of art worth £3.4 million were accepted in lieu of tax , when the provision ( although this does not represent a ceiling ) is for £11 million p.a . |
| 5 | The secretary-general does not represent a continent . |
| 6 | We want , above all else , a system of inspection that does not derive from ideology , that is not a quick fix , that does not represent a commitment to privatisation on the ground that the Department of Education and Science must deliver its element of privatisation . |
| 7 | This , however , does not represent a loss to the incoming population , to whom is left open the chance of reconstructing a sense of ‘ community ’ once the village has been transformed into a more homogeneously residential , as opposed to agricultural , settlement . |
| 8 | He has no intellect and does not improve a bit : I wish he was in the army ’ . |
| 9 | Further , the Vienna Convention does not specify how long the obligations under Article 18 continue , although at some point a signatory State that does not ratify a treaty must surely be in the same position as non-signatories . |
| 10 | p. 167 ) puts it , ‘ building on the technological achievements of capitalism does not necessitate a defence of enterprises on the scale currently common in capitalist countries ’ . |
| 11 | This will cause difficulty if the institution does not appoint a president . |
| 12 | existence of a dispute does not preclude a reference to an expert . |
| 13 | The Schroeder case was applied in Davis ( Clifford ) Management Ltd v WEA Records Ltd [ 1975 ] 1 WLR 61 , in which Lord Denning MR pointed out that the agreement was not in restraint of trade in the traditional sense because : It does not preclude a man from exercising his trade at all . |
| 14 | Treaty does not preclude a nationality requirement of the type at issue in the main proceedings , because discrimination on grounds of nationality can arise only where , under the law of a member state , persons are treated differently on account of their nationality . |
| 15 | ‘ Community law as it now stands … does not preclude a member state , in authorising one of its vessels to fish against national quotas , from laying down conditions designed to ensure that the vessel has a real economic link with that state if that link concerns only the relations between that vessel 's fishing operations and the populations dependent on fisheries and related industries ; … |
| 16 | Without that vision , you can guarantee that every single environmental and animal welfare organisation will be bought off and co-opted by a system that does not care a jot about the natural world and its creatures . |
| 17 | Of course , he does not care a rap whether it is true or not — but he is dreadfully afraid that by prematurely espousing it he might lose some subscribers , though he acknowledged to me the other day he thought it would be generally accepted before long . ’ |
| 18 | Assuming the trustees use the loan to acquire Newco shares which they then distribute to employees ( relying on the Revenue 's press release of 5 December 1990 to ensure the trust does not suffer a capital gains tax charge ) , they will not be able to repay the borrowings , in which case Newco might as well have made a gift of the necessary funds to the trustees at the outset . |
| 19 | This man does not wear a jogger suit for effect . |
| 20 | The food certainly does not wear a hair shirt , and nor does Rex , ebullient and gregarious , ensuring a meal at his place is a sort of crazy party with himself as the slightly eccentric host . |
| 21 | P.B. I would be concerned as a Catholic parent if a lady who does not go by her married name and does not wear a wedding ring is appointed . |
| 22 | INFORMAL Like most of the staff at the home activity coordinator Mrs Georgie Goodall , does not wear a uniform , which adds to the relaxed and informal atmosphere . |
| 23 | " Readers generally have very bad habits " , Nizan remarks.a And yet , and this is crucial , Nizan does not equate a tendency towards evasion and self-indulgence with intellectual inadequacy or critical deficiency . |
| 24 | Conservation will fail if it does not embrace a view of social justice , but both need careful planning — and that is a dirty word nowadays . |
| 25 | If an animal does not eat a food item at one moment but does later , it may only be because it was not hungry before , not because it has learned to see it . |
| 26 | Tritsch Tratsch lasts only about three minutes but in that time it does not waste a second . |
| 27 | Spike is an amateur gynaecologist who has broken the code and does not deserve a delicacy like Little Liz , a Soho Bunny if ever there was one , all ankle-boots and skin-tight black ; it 's enough to make a judge take a dim view of things . |
| 28 | I want to salute Anita Hill , who chose not to remain silent and who , despite ‘ loosing ’ , has confirmed as a fact what many suspected — that Clarence Thomas does not deserve a seat on the US Supreme Court . |
| 29 | A simple extension is to provide a particular value of the tag field which does not specify a data format , and which always causes an error condition to be signalled whenever an operand is accessed with this value in the tag field . |
| 30 | The section gives some indication of the questions the company may ask , but it does not specify a format . |