Example sentences of "does not [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 His main thesis is that the empirical evidence does not validate the instrumental account .
2 This does not gainsay the fundamental proposition that it is every citizen 's duty to retain self-control — at least to the extent of not violating other people 's interests — but it does open the way to a manslaughter verdict and to sentences which are rarely longer than eight years ' imprisonment ( less than half as long as the time served by many convicted of murder ) and may be considerably shorter .
3 However , the freedom to provide or not to provide is regarded as an essential element in that sector , and therefore does not attract the same critical comment .
4 The student grant , equivalent only to low-income-level subsistence ( even if the parent or spouse pays their full calculated contribution ) , does not attract the same right to Housing Benefit .
5 In fact , it is clear that ( 12.12 ) does not generate a new solution , but merely a rotation of the original .
6 It does not lay an adequate foundation for a claim that , even if the solicitors did so advise , that was not advice which a competent solicitor could reasonably have given .
7 However , the frog does not picture the flying insect as we would , because much of its visual information never even reaches its brain .
8 Our view , and the advice given us , is that the Bill does not represent a suitable way to deal with that problem .
9 Kaplan uses little mathematics , and although the book does not represent a thorough course in astrophysics it will make excellent supplementary reading .
10 I quote the 1986 agreement under which the industry agreed ’ to take special care to ensure that their advertising and promotion does not represent a greater attraction to young people than to the population as a whole . ’
11 It certainly does not represent a mere ‘ raising to consciousness ’ of the inhibition .
12 In binocular right-eye and left-eye viewing conditions , brisk OKN is elicited by right-to-left motion ; for left-to-right motion the number of beats is very small and does not represent a normal OKN response ( the traces at bottom illustrate the observer 's description of the pattern of eye movements in the two directions ) .
13 Figure 24.7 thus does not represent a single sequence .
14 Most interestingly however , the equivalent region of the HPV 6/11 URR was unable to compete for Oct-1 binding in these experiments , even at four hundred fold excess indicating that it does not represent a functional binding site for Oct-1 .
15 There is a Whip who does not represent a Scottish constituency .
16 That does not represent a sensible integration with agricultural production .
17 So it ( the catalogue ) does not represent an objective description of a psycho-medical condition ; it shows what teachers say when you ask what stress means to them .
18 It must be clear that the squamous columnar junction does not represent the true oesophagogastric junction or cardia , as it has been previously demonstrated by simultaneous determination of potential difference change and manometric studies .
19 ( b ) by finding that a domestic statute passed prior to entry is repealed by implication by the European Communities Act 1972 in so far as it fails to accord with our community obligations and thus does not represent the latest intention of Parliament ;
20 The United States has threatened to ban EC companies from bidding for a range of government contracts from 22 March if the EC does not drop a three per cent pricing preference for domestic over foreign suppliers in public utility contracts .
21 It should also be apparent , though , that there is a variety of other behaviour which is outside the rules and standards of society but which does not break the criminal law .
22 does not break the spinal cord of its victim with one bite .
23 This does not settle a continuing debate but it does not need to .
24 The ribbed vault is a lighter construction and so does not place the same enormous stress upon the walls and arcades supporting it .
25 Both decisions involve compromise , but we believe the latter approach should now be taken as it targets a sufficiently small group and does not necessitate an expensive mass screening programme .
26 The desire to control public spending does not necessitate the detailed and blanket control of local authorities sought by the Conservative government — still less if it is public borrowing that is crucial ( as monetarist doctrine would have it ) .
27 It is to be hoped that he does not press the wrong ones . ’
28 Those who run the game in Britain will hope fervently that the Cardiff solicitor 's daughter does not go the same way .
29 ‘ the lacuna perceived to exist in the case of insolvent companies where either there is no floating charge or the holder of the floating charge does not appoint an administrative receiver . ’
30 In fact the ERM does not preclude a small cut in interest rates soon , because sterling has lately been strong .
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