Example sentences of "[be] [not/n't] [verb] on [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As we suggested in the introduction , " temporary workers are normally thought of as those who are not engaged on indefinite contract of employment , and the obvious opposite of an indefinite contract of employment is a contract for a fixed period of time . |
| 2 | One snag is that some statistical tests , especially calculations of sample error , can not be made on quota sampling because they are not based on random sampling . |
| 3 | Quota samples are not based on random choice and so they are not statistically objective . |
| 4 | The estimates in Figure 8.2 are not based on observed cratering , which happens far too infrequently , but on the exposure of each planet to the small bodies that can be seen today to move among the terrestrial planets . |
| 5 | These percentages are not based on functional literacy but on the most rudimentary writing skills . |
| 6 | In later , calmer moments , those conclusions which are not based on published research material need to be contested . |
| 7 | Multi-AA battery compartments are not used on current Teknetics machines ; they now use PP3s with terminals and wires . |
| 8 | It was evident that both were sexually satisfied within their own needs and that Clive 's worries were not based on unsatisfied propensity for sex . |
| 9 | However , the survey also established that there were some contradictions : the favourable attitudes to wind turbines were not based on firsthand experience of windmills , and to a certain extent their positive response was based on the belief that wind power would be much cheaper than other sources ( since the fuel is free ! ) , a belief which in fact might not be the case at the current stage of development . |
| 10 | Although I have described the events in terms of the DUP 's success in displacing other Unionist groups , the leaders of the DUP were not fixed on personal aggrandizement at any cost . |
| 11 | This might include shifting the burden of proof so that defendants have to satisfy the jury that they were sure they were not trading on illicit information . |
| 12 | The ‘ technocratic consciousness ’ that takes the place of the old bourgeois ideology is not based on collective repression . |
| 13 | The reader who wishes to recap on why the Keynesian treatment of the theory of labour supply is not based on irrational behaviour is referred to Chapter 5 , the section entitled ‘ Wage stickiness and money illusion ’ . |
| 14 | The method of sampling , however , is not based on random chance , and no quantification of statistical sampling error is possible . |
| 15 | Samson Agonistes is not centred on Greek legend which was the staple of classical tragedy but , as Milton 's age believed , on Christian truth , and on truths capable of being repeated in Milton 's present . |
| 16 | Overeating through boredom is a greater danger , so you should monitor the patient quite carefully to make sure he is not putting on excess weight . |
| 17 | Employees of outside contractors sometimes work on nuclear sites , and information about them is not held on nuclear industry 's employee databases . |
| 18 | Its legitimacy was not based on electoral success but on its revolutionary principles and antecedents . |
| 19 | Eamonn Dalton , Chief City Engineer , ‘ said it could be argued that the Ovens claim was not based on objective evidence in that the samples said to have been taken at the dump had been handled , transmitted and analysed in all cases presumably by people with a particular interest in one aspect of the case . |
| 20 | Leese saw Mosley as an unprincipled opportunist and argued that his fascism was not based on racial nationalism . |
| 21 | Erm and I I was n't feeling on top form and er looking back , I perhaps should have gone to a doctor then . |