Example sentences of "[is] not on " in BNC.
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| 1 | I then found my application for financial assistance for part-time study had been rejected ‘ because anthropology is not on the approved list of subjects ( in the Circular ) ’ ( Memo from HQ 1977 ) . |
| 2 | Mr Porras is not on the list of 12 ‘ most wanted ’ suspects whose extradition is sought by the US . |
| 3 | He is a veteran campaigner against the screening system , but at 76 , time is not on his side . |
| 4 | BSB has its satellite in space but is not on the air , and Murdoch laid claim yesterday to reaching only 509,000 households in Britain . |
| 5 | He added : ‘ Communism is not on the agenda today as a social formation . ’ |
| 6 | When he is not on the golf course , he is making large sums as a company director . |
| 7 | The story is that the Volvo Masters is not on his schedule because it will not pay him to appear . |
| 8 | The Czechoslovak economy is not on the brink of collapse . |
| 9 | The emphasis there is not on staying indoors , but on learning how to enjoy a sunny , beautiful country and survive . |
| 10 | Surrendering sovereignty to a UN body or its equivalent is not on even the sketchiest draft agenda for the future . |
| 11 | The story of gene transfer science is not on the whole a tale of villainous practice . |
| 12 | Select a point A that is not on the straight line . |
| 13 | The bomb , which has been safely disposed of , is not on display , but there is much else to admire in the way of embroidery , china , glass , silver and costume . |
| 14 | THE best battle at Stamford Bridge is not on the London football pitch , but for the turf itself . |
| 15 | But the AITC said ‘ a merger is not on the agenda ’ . |
| 16 | Home to gridiron team Orlando Thunder , who play in the World League , it is not on a par with the Joe Robbie stadium in Miami — their bid failed because of the clash with the baseball season — but it is huge and comfortable . |
| 17 | World recovery is not on schedule |
| 18 | This kind of drama for practice in expressing and communicating emotions is far removed from the functioning behaviour required in the game of drama , where the participants ' concentration is not on whether he or she is signalling an emotion but with getting on with solving whatever problem is to hand . |
| 19 | But it seems that the principal focus of the section 25 duty is not on correcting cases of illegality but rather on ensuring that LEAs and responsible bodies play ‘ a positive role in relation to the elimination of sex discrimination ’ . |
| 20 | If this is so , time is not on their side . |
| 21 | Your associate is not on the list . |
| 22 | In University libraries this is well understood , and there are often systems that allow the librarian to know when a book is not on its shelf because it is being used in the library . |
| 23 | Perhaps the television is turned on ( if it is not on already ) or a colour supplement may be taken up , or an illustrated mail order catalogue browsed through . |
| 24 | If a ‘ keep out ’ sign annoys you , stop and think of the stalker and his family before you do anything silly , and even if the whole issue of land use and access in Scotland enrages you , remember the place for a protest is not on the hill , but in the ballot box . |
| 25 | And the best way to tackle that problem is not on the loch itself , but in the centre of town . |
| 26 | But this is not on today 's agenda . |
| 27 | Beautiful scenery is not on the agenda , much of the landscape being barren and unfriendly . |
| 28 | The absence of a Committee on a particular subject ( for example , agriculture or poverty ) does not mean that the Government do not attach importance to it ; and the fact that a particular Minister is not on a Committee does not mean that he does not attend when his interests are affected . |
| 29 | In such circumstances it is improper to raise what may be an important matter which is not on the agenda sent with the summons . |
| 30 | The level of US aid is not on the scale of that provided for El Salvador , but it has still risen six-fold since the beginning of the 1980s to US$82 million in 1986 . |