Example sentences of "and not on " 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 | This is when a phrase finishes on the second ( or weak ) and not on the first or third beat of a final bar . |
| 3 | Academics , like accountants , should be on tap , and not on top . ’ |
| 4 | Supervision of subordinates ‘ is focussed on bureaucratic procedures and not on the quality of service at the point of delivery to the public . ’ |
| 5 | He began to see that God was not a tyrant but a loving Father ; he began to see that the Christian life was not a series of impossible demands to satisfy the whims of an unreasonable employer ; he began to see that he was welcome because of who he was , and not on the basis of what he could achieve . |
| 6 | There had always been an inclination among ministers to preach on their Nonconformity and not on their Christianity and to end up ‘ talking politics ’ . |
| 7 | So will any sensible person who realises that the strength of an economy and the standard of living depend on the ability to sell goods and services , and not on monetary tinkering . |
| 8 | Since most university students work from books to hand and find it impracticable to wait for inter-library loan requests — and you can not browse an inter-library loan book before it arrives , any more than you can browse the contents of books in the memory of an ‘ on-line ’ catalogue and not on a shelf in front of you — the result is a major diminution of standards . |
| 9 | Emphasis should be — and surely was intended to be — on the fact of breakdown , and not on the formal technicalities of establishing such breakdown . |
| 10 | Moreover , part of a nation 's wealth is spent on investment goods , and not on consumption goods ; these are therefore also included in the calculation . |
| 11 | Most transport investment has gone on road construction and not on public transport . |
| 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 | In these cases people focus on their own best interests and not on those of the organization as a whole . |
| 14 | Thus , along with several of his contemporaries at the Palace , Ronnie Dunn was only really appreciated by the Palace fans and not on the bigger stages that his prowess deserved . |
| 15 | First , the analogy itself is rather stretched since many local government services , particularly in education and welfare , unlike those delivered by central government ( for example , through social security ) , have always been based on discretion and variation between individuals and not on standardization in accordance with clearly identified rules . |
| 16 | This practice should be based on proven principles , acceptable to all , and not on routine and ritual . |
| 17 | Green would go to Low Wood for bowling , and also enjoyed hunting — and it must be remembered that hunting in the Lake District is on foot and not on horseback ! |
| 18 | JOCKEY CLUB ROOMS — only available on selected days and not on Newmarket Racedays . |
| 19 | Even if a job spreads over several days , the first half hour rate should be charged on the first day and not on the others . |
| 20 | Each professor has a right to money and manpower resources depending only on his level of seniority and not on his track record in research . |
| 21 | The effect is on memory and not on motor ability itself . |
| 22 | The message is : — The giving of help to ‘ backward ’ peoples must be based on a genuine desire to share the quality of life enjoyed by the givers , and not on an intention to indoctrinate with some orthodox religion . |
| 23 | The problem with approaching children 's reading from a ‘ classics ’ approach — identify the best , the books ‘ of transparently permanent greatness ’ ( Rosenheim , 1980 , p.5 1 ) and give them to the children — is that it places emphasis on the book , on the literary work , and not on the needs and tastes of the individual reader . |
| 24 | I thought that Carl could be right about this — better to get out , relax and concentrate on what I was doing and not on anybody else . |
| 25 | Ronald Dworkin , Oxford Professor of Jurisprudence , clarifies this fundamental principle that concern for the rights of others must rest on their own personal welfare and not on some sense of the ‘ general benefit ’ : |
| 26 | The principle of bankruptcy law was that the debt was essentially a charge on the debtor 's property and not on his person . |
| 27 | She did n't realize it was in the blood and not on the skin ; she did n't see there could be nothing more suburban than suburbanites repudiating themselves . |
| 28 | Within six weeks their most aggressive rivals had a new de Chavigny campaign under way — and not on the drawing-boards , but on the pages of every major magazine in the country . |
| 29 | In the same way assurance of faith depends on our grasp of God and his faithfulness and not on a mastery of all the doubts that are ever likely to assail us . |
| 30 | Always make sure canister filters are sited below the aquarium and not on the same level or above . |