Example sentences of "not on [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moreover , 87% think that the Royals should be protected from photographers when not on official duty . |
| 2 | this form of alleged manipulative government could only be transformed by the values of the new caesars , the ‘ fact men ’ of history , who relied on blood , instinct and realpolitik and not on rationalistic ideology to influence masses and govern nations . |
| 3 | Entries will be judged not on technical points but on the use of colour , space and understanding of the environmental theme . |
| 4 | The lanky West Indians rely not on lateral movement but on speed and bounce , as to England 's Malcolm and numerous others like him , who do not give the ball enough air in which to swing . |
| 5 | But we need to make certain that this is not just playing with formulae ; it is all too easy to produce " underlying representations " which are compatible with surface data , but which do not come with compelling reasons , based on other observable data and not on mere rejigging of the representational system , for being chosen in preference to various other compatible representations . |
| 6 | Often at this stage , it will be centred not on specific ‘ Church ’ topics or events . |
| 7 | And again apprentice squads done er lesser jobs than the the journeymen such as er riveting casings , etcetera , that were not on watertight and er filling in the odd er seams here and there that er were left out while a riveter was progressing with his job . |
| 8 | They focus on words and arguments , not on real things and observations . |
| 9 | That is why selection for housing is based on housing need not on financial need , that 's the point , that 's why you do it according to housing need , not for money because the money side has been neutralised . |
| 10 | ‘ Officials must concentrate on popularising and organising the game and not on personal relations and politics to stay in power . |
| 11 | My standing with Harold Wilson began to go downhill in the 1970s , not on personal grounds but because of what might be described as political differences . |
| 12 | On most occasions he refers to them to underscore a particular fundamental truth and if evolution is true and creation is simply a myth then some great biblical truths are built on sinking sand and not on solid rock . |
| 13 | I reckon people 's conversations ought to be bleeding private not on bloody tape |
| 14 | To liberal scholars , the Soviet version is a manifest distortion based not on scholarly analysis of historical evidence but on the political requirements of the post-October regime . |
| 15 | Perhaps Spinoza could have strengthened it in various ways , by saying that people can not on odd occasions deliberately act out of the character they try to give their lives , without destroying that character , and that for the rational person the character of a life which includes good relations with other people at large is essential for personal fulfilment . |
| 16 | More often critics attacked the craze for Gothic architecture not because it was wrong in itself but because the mediaeval arrangement , as opposed to mere decoration , was not suitable to a religion based on preaching , not on eucharistic sacrifice . |
| 17 | Most readily distinguished by white eyestripe , no white wing-bar , and white at tip of tail , not on outer feathers . |
| 18 | ‘ That study was based not on preconceived notions but on the observations of structure in the drawings themselves . |
| 19 | Princess Charlotte-Elizabeth declared the regent 's passion for it in a letter dated 13 August 1716 exclaiming , ‘ When my son gets tipsy , it is not on strong drinks or spiritous liquors , but on the pure wines of Champagne . ’ |
| 20 | Certainly not on moral grounds . |
| 21 | The legality of the move was widely questioned by constitutional experts , who claimed that the constitution envisaged the removal of the sovereign only in case of physical or mental inability to rule and not on moral grounds . |
| 22 | HC says it will continue to service their single copy business , but not on wholesale terms . |
| 23 | Property profits , £4.8million in the six months against £4.9 million last year , reflect the group 's continued wish to weed out unwanted retail premises which are not on prime town centre sites .. |
| 24 | Property profits , £4.8million in the six months against £4.9 million last year , reflect the group 's continued wish to weed out unwanted retail premises which are not on prime town centre sites .. |
| 25 | A key feature of the proposals in the consultation document is , once again , that the main focus of policy would be on the economic effects of market structure and conduct , and not on general public interest considerations . |
| 26 | They set up a new organisation called the Sub-Tenants ' Committee , which would campaign ‘ not on political but on humanitarian grounds ’ . |
| 27 | That fairness would ensure the awarding of Government grant on the basis of genuine calculated need and not on political prejudice against some local authorities while favouring others . |
| 28 | Like the Urban Institute , founded in Washington in 1968 after racial riots across America , it thrived not on private philanthropy but on research contracts from the government . |
| 29 | Fred and Wilma , Barney and Betty — these stock East Coast American sit-com couples provided satirical laffs a-plenty in their moderne Stone Age netherworld , all mod cons dependent not on trendy plastic but granite , and powered not by supa-clean electricity but , well , pterodactyls , usually . |
| 30 | People want high quality service , and that 's what money should be spent on — not on expensive public relations and giving shares away free . ’ |