Example sentences of "not on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But even if you knew beforehand who was going to get — say — the fifth plate , how could you put poison on it and not on the other plates ? ’ |
| 2 | 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 ) . |
| 3 | Your weight rests on the balls of your feet , not on the heels , so the calves are under tension . |
| 4 | ‘ You 're not on the rota for cooking . ’ |
| 5 | This is when a phrase finishes on the second ( or weak ) and not on the first or third beat of a final bar . |
| 6 | A smaller SA system is available for people with smaller backs , but unfortunately not on the Condor . |
| 7 | Raskolnikov has admitted to visiting the old woman on the first occasion but of course not on the second . |
| 8 | Mr Porras is not on the list of 12 ‘ most wanted ’ suspects whose extradition is sought by the US . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | He added : ‘ Communism is not on the agenda today as a social formation . ’ |
| 11 | A libel trial is in large parts intensely soporific , if you are not on the receiving end . |
| 12 | Contact your ward councillor and try to interest him or her — even if they are not on the committee they may be able to influence the councillors who will take the decision . |
| 13 | At the time , in a cosmopolitan place , racism was not on the agenda . |
| 14 | Responsibility for Paris 's traffic problem falls upon the Interior Ministry and the Police department , not on the mayor — which Mr Chirac complains is ‘ anachronistic ’ . |
| 15 | Her doctor had told the jury she was not on the pill and knew of no tests . |
| 16 | Mr de Klerk , who said Mr Mandela 's release was ‘ not on the agenda now ’ , expressed the hope that the release of the prisoners would contribute to a spirit of reconciliation . |
| 17 | When he is not on the golf course , he is making large sums as a company director . |
| 18 | Mr Justice Jowitt told Anderson : ‘ I accept that you were not on the prowl looking for a victim and that it was by chance that this young lady got into your car . |
| 19 | It would also help convince them that politicians have decided not on the basis of the best orchestrated campaign but by seeking to occupy the high moral ground , wherever it might be found . |
| 20 | Although Pretoria said the release of Mr Mandela himself was not on the agenda , that decision appears to be his own . |
| 21 | And , further , in areas like Easton , where there is very little crime related to the troubles , the police do not on the whole develop the attitude that law and order is a battle between the RUC and Catholics . |
| 22 | On issues like unilateralism or the economy , papers like the Guardian and Telegraph did seem to influence their readers as much as the tabloids , but not on the question of voting choice . |
| 23 | Go forward ( not on the track of the farm ) across ( first ) field to where the wall meets fence to the right of the farm and here take gate into second field . |
| 24 | This is my pivot on which to turn to the last , and I think most important category of what you call the breakdown of law and order , because it leads us to concentrate our attention not on the silent majority but on another point in society . |
| 25 | For the minority in the Labour Cabinet who opposed the cut in the standard rate of benefit had divided the Labour government , not on the question of whether the budget should be balanced , but , so they claimed , on the subordinate question of how the budget should be balanced . |
| 26 | It contains some fascinating material , but not on the central issues of twentieth century British secret service history . |
| 27 | All of us who were not on the sales and marketing side spent a day a month selling . |
| 28 | The environment within which projects have been planned and executed has frequently allowed these questions to remain unanswered in reality , if not on the paper on which loan agreements are written . |
| 29 | When it was taken up with the Headmaster he said that the boy 's name was not on the roll , they did not know of him . |
| 30 | But the frequency with which women were thus brutalised depended not on the category of entrant they fell into but on whether Immigration Officers wanted to use these methods , and on the attitude of the Minister responsible . |