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

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1 Probably the remedy to try first , two or three times a day especially if there is a thick , milky-white , bland discharge that does not irritate or only very little .
2 Concentration allows you to " switch off " your hearing so that , although the noise gives signals to the brain , it is not recognised as relevant to the purpose in hand , and does not register in the consciousness .
3 She does not register the gesture , but I can feel her watching as we go .
4 Where the opponent does not advance on to your kick , you should generate extra range and power by sliding forwards slightly on the supporting leg as the kicking knee rises .
5 ‘ History , which is , indeed , little more than the register of the crimes , follies and misfortunes of mankind , ’ for instance ; or , ‘ corruption , the most infallible symptom of constitutional liberty , ’ and , most chillingly , ‘ all that is human must be retrograde if it does not advance . ’
6 A mere listing of impressionistic and selective evidence of anti-business attitudes does not advance understanding very far [ Weiner , 1981 ] .
7 You would not say that it was a part of anything around you — it does not attach itself to things or become a particular quality that they have .
8 Although the long tendon attaching to digit 3 will develop initially , even though it does not attach to a muscle , it will not persist unless it does attach .
9 It seems to be established , and rightly so , that the criterion is not geographical — privilege does not attach to letters sent by constituents to a member , even though they are posted to him in the post office in the Lobby of the House of Commons ( Rivlin v Bilainkin [ 1953 ] 1 QB 485 ) .
10 The fourth merit of Johnson 's approach is that it allows for mobility of jobs between categories , although he does not attach as much significance as Hughes ( 1958 ) to the efforts of the ‘ professionals ’ themselves in this regard .
11 The obligation to make a mandatory offer attaches to the principal member or members of the group of persons who are acting in concert and who obtain or consolidate control ; it does not attach to the company itself .
12 D'Costa ( 1981 ) , herself a Jamaican , considered on the basis of a visit to Britain that Jamaican Creole is spreading " as an identifying group dialect common to all West Indians ' but does not document her claim .
13 On its own , replication does not validate a theory derived from experimental results ; it merely shows that the results are obtainable .
14 His main thesis is that the empirical evidence does not validate the instrumental account .
15 A Fokker or an Albatros or a Pfalz does not bleed .
16 Make a more assured and selective use of a wider range of grammatical and lexical features , characteristic of different styles , that are appropriate for topic , purpose and audience , eg in impersonal writing choosing vocabulary that does not betray attitudes or feelings ; in poetic writing choosing vocabulary that conveys attitudes , responses or emotions .
17 It may therefore be wondered if the drafting of Article 100A(4) does not betray some confusion between that concept and Article 36 .
18 Product stability is the stability of the product stored in an inert , impermeable container with which it does not interact and which fully protects it from the ambient atmosphere .
19 Wild-type Myc does not interact with SRF alone ( not shown ) .
20 This difference does not interact with junction , F(9,50)=1.01 , suggesting that it is largely a general improvement rather than one related to aspects of individual junctions .
21 Considering that Oct-2 does not interact with VP-16 efficiently ( 8 , 59 ) it will be of great interest to establish whether the murine Oct-1 and Oct-11 proteins are capable of complexing with VP16 .
22 Right , now if you do n't interact right you 're not gon na get a result and if the customer does not interact with you , then you 're not gon na get a result , right , now if you assume that as you 're working your way through that appointment that your enthusiasm is passing across to the customer or anybody else who is in the room , right , right , but through that interaction right you 're working towards a result , now if you go and come out of that office , about his , with a result , you 'll know you 'll know what you 're getting next week or next month you got ta I mean the customer 's got ta be at the
23 Ensuring the back does not twist .
24 To this end , the analytical department is designing on-line analysers , eg on-line gas chromatography , which can analyse products and intermediates in ‘ real time ’ , and if part of the process does not attain the quality required the computer will work out the modifications needed before the process can continue .
25 The device with the suffix ‘ B ’ only quotes 180 to 480 and does not attain the level we want .
26 As the Cloud-author might say , contemplative understanding comes from nowhere and is experienced as a gift : We must not be surprised if a man does not attain the heights of contemplation or experience its sweetness at the beginning of his Christian life .
27 So that even if a proprietor or advertiser does not exert undue pressure , there are other forces that impinge on the ‘ freedom ’ of an editor and a newspaper .
28 Elemental diet does not exert its beneficial affect by improving nutrition alone , and in this study remission with an elemental diet was achieved as readily in nourished as in malnourished patients .
29 Keith will play with Amy but woe betide her if she does not hand him toys , her food etc .
30 Keith will play with Amy but woe betide her if she does not hand him toys , her food etc .
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