Example sentences of "[adj] [Wh det] does not [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is precisely the interest in the old which does not interest them . |
| 2 | Wimsatt 's use of the term ‘ iconic ’ ( and the title of The Verbal Icon ) derives from Morris 's distinction ( 1971 : 37 ) between the ‘ iconic ’ and the ‘ symbolic ’ sign ; the former is that which ‘ characterizes … by exhibiting in itself the properties of an object ’ , the latter that which does not do so , but has instead a purely conventional relationship with the object that it designates . |
| 3 | Indeed , if it could be shown that any content is possible consistent with the general requirements of justice , then ‘ justice ’ or ‘ natural law ’ would be stripped of their critical function whereby that which does not exhibit conformity of content with ‘ justice ’ or with ‘ natural law ’ is disqualified as law or , at least , is in some way a law less compelling upon conscience . |
| 4 | That which does not kill me makes me stronger . |
| 5 | ‘ That which does not destroy us makes us stronger ’ |
| 6 | Moreover , cancer associated with strictures tends to be more advanced ( 76% stage D , 24% A and B ) than that which does not produce strictures ( 18% stage D , 59% A and B ) . |
| 7 | The state of destination is given a discretion ( though the convention does not specify by which organ of the state the discretion is to be exercised ) to execute a letter rogatory which does not indicate the person to be held responsible for the costs and expenses ; the point here is that there is a discretion to refuse to execute letters in such circumstances . |
| 8 | 570 an order deciding a preliminary issue of documentary construction was held to be a final order for the purposes of an appeal under the Supreme Court Act 1981 which does not allow an appeal to the Court of Appeal in England without leave from an interlocutory order . |
| 9 | Assuming there is a transfer of value and consequently a reduction in the value of the estate of Mr X which does not arise from the disposal of excluded property , and further assuming that the transfer is not an exempt transfer , one is left with a chargeable transfer on which inheritance tax is payable starting at nil per cent ( the nil rate band ) and 40 per cent . |
| 10 | Of the twenty States listed in the Table , thirteen are parties to the more recent Hague Convention of 1965 which does not involve the abrogation of the earlier bilateral Conventions but has in practice superseded them so far as the United Kingdom is concerned . |
| 11 | There was talk of developing a ‘ clean ’ bomb with little fall-out , a chimera at that time , which simply produced a lot of Carbon-14 which does not decay for literally thousands of years . |