Example sentences of "they do [not/n't] conform to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The tribunal has heard from another former staff member that residents were sometimes punished with meals of bread and water and confined to their rooms , if they did n't conform to a strict regime . |
| 2 | Authors are worried that Britain is moving in the same direction as America , where a wide range of groups have mounted campaigns to ban books from schools and libraries because they do n't conform to their particular view 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 | They find it harder to appreciate the successes of the mentally handicapped because they do not conform to their concept of success . |
| 5 | The discourse strategies of a foreign speaker may seem refreshing exactly because they do not conform to conventions of the culture whose language they are learning ; on the other hand they may cause serious misunderstanding and breakdown of communication . |
| 6 | In some cases they do not conform to the kinds of sources that naturally have such material inherent to their structure . |
| 7 | In the words of Dunlop ( 1958 : 20 ) , the technological context of ‘ railroads has many distinctive features affecting the relations of managers and workers : the train operating divisions use small crews working together and in movement far from close and immediate supervision ; complex and expensive equipment is utilized with a high ratio of capital to worker ; … the costs of accidents can be consequential ; the hours of operations for equipment may be around the clock , and they do not conform to normal factory schedules … ’ . |