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

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1 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 .
2 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 ) .
3 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 .
4 After all , the country does not go to war all that often , even if it is with a second-rate corned-beef republic .
5 If the PB is identified as being that the child does not go to bed until very late , the most suitable way of setting a baseline is to note over a week or two the actual time the child does go to bed .
6 ‘ It is not the least good pretending any longer that the film is a thing one does not go to , ’ admitted Macpherson , the editor of a journal which in 1928 recommended fourteen Russian and European films but at least in a second category included two films by Cecil B. de Mille .
7 But to say that the planned town required a single ownership of the site does not go to the root of the matter .
8 It is not , er this evidence does not go to a matter of law er er and the duty but it matter of practice and my Lord what this case is dealing with is about what if , what is or should be the practice of a solicitors engaged in commercial conveyancing as to the advice that is given to clients and er my Lord the er commercial conveyancing is obviously a matter which particularly concerns .
9 The Pentagon does not care to be investigated by the FBI .
10 of ahi sā that ‘ In the last resort it does not avail to those who do not possess a living faith in the God of Love . ’
11 The computer offers many possibilities to the geographer who does not aspire to the world model .
12 In a series of clumsily transalted catch-all statements he declared , Arte Povera ‘ does not aspire to be a unique definition of works of art ’ .
13 Despite the general belief among cost analysts that the tax on company cars currently does not equate to the benefit , the AA says there should be no further increase .
14 As South East Staffordshire health authority has said , attention to the longest waiters ’ does not equate to attention to clinical priorities . ’
15 Tom Clarke , meanwhile , has to persuade a hard core in his own party that acting in concert with the SNP on certain occasions does not equate to dancing with wolves .
16 Luxemburg does not contribute to the Air component , but all the others contribute in some way to both .
17 There has been some sharp criticism in some areas of the sporting press — principally on three counts : That the turnover generated does not contribute to the levy ; that it is a snub to the all-weather experiment ; that it is pure exploitation of the punter .
18 The article was terminated by a line of words beginning with B. The empty reproduction of information ( a contagion of the Eighties ) does not contribute to rational knowledge and reasoned thought .
19 Thus Reddy concludes that gathered firewood , upon which three-quarters of the people of Pura depend , does not contribute to deforestation .
20 CI is having trouble with the Charity Commissioners ( a notoriously humourless bunch ) who take the view that clowning does not contribute to the alleviation of poverty , suffering and want , and is therefore not a charitable activity .
21 It does not contribute to the definition of a class — for he is adamant that the class positions adopted by particular groups are not indicative of their true class membership .
22 Gestational age does not contribute to this relation .
23 Non-users are saying that they need to seek information but the catalogue does not contribute to fulfilling that need .
24 Warner v. Browne ( 1807 ) 8 East 165 there was an agreement to lease at a rent of £40 per annum and it was agreed that the landlord , W. Warner , should not raise the rent nor turn out the tenant ‘ so long as the rent is duly paid quarterly , and he does not expose to sale or sell any article that may be injurious to W. Warner in his business . ’
25 White Stilton is a very young , immature Stilton and does not compare to the traditional blue variety , although I like it in salads and for cooking , where its slightly sharp flavour is penetrating .
26 Our minds wander to an empty place that does not compare to this natural extravaganza .
27 The fact that our conceptual scheme is inseparable from the idea of such particulars , he might argue , does not testify to their existence per se .
28 There is a childlike belief at the Foreign Office that if it does not admit to the existence of MI6 , foreign governments will believe Britain does not spy on them .
29 He considers religion without morality to be inconceivable , and if it denies any of the virtues we normally associate with morality , such as , truth , mercy and goodness , it does not deserve to be called religion .
30 Should it be unconcerned with the practical affairs of men and take no action to solve men 's problems it does not deserve to be called religion .
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