Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] [noun sg] on the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | been attacked over the last few months of not wasting time on the hunt I spend an awful lot of time relieving heavy goods traffic in my area , concerned totally about the environment , about mineral extraction quarries , mining , open cast , things of that calibre . |
| 2 | ‘ While I am pursuing the offender I do not want blood on the streets . ’ |
| 3 | He said they would all be wanting to study the designs the minute Balor had cleared away breakfast and Bith at once reached for the knapsacks , and said he hoped Flaherty had not spilled jam on the drawing of the four-pronged diadem and Flaherty , injured , said indeed he had not and it the best damson jam he had ever tasted . |
| 4 | CAB 's confidentiality had not been fully appreciated nor was it realised that the worker was there to supply information required , not to pass judgement on the client or to offer gratuitous advice based on their personal experiences or prejudices . |
| 5 | The Home Secretary has told the Commission that he can not give advice on the matter . |
| 6 | The traffic going to Mr McGiffert 's shopping complex did not wreak havoc on the Ringdufferin Road , nor would I expect the traffic going to the golf course to do so . |
| 7 | Do not use bleach on the skin . |
| 8 | Intel Corp has put off first deliveries of the P5 microprocessor to the first quarter of next year from the fourth quarter this year , but says that the move has not affected progress on the follow-on P6 , which it had said would start sampling as soon as the fourth quarter of next year , suggesting it will come very hot on the heels of the P5 . |
| 9 | The general rule with regard to these provisions might be said to be that the settlor will not avoid tax on the income which arises from the capital which he has settled unless he and his wife are excluded from all possible benefit . |
| 10 | This is not to cast doubt on the sincerity of Papert and his colleagues . |
| 11 | The movement 's historian has described it as ‘ a landmark in Free Church history ’ although he admitted ‘ it did not take hold on the life of the Free Churches in the way that might have been expected ’ . |
| 12 | They hung the DO NOT DISTURB sign on the door . |
| 13 | Put the DO NOT DISTURB sign on the door . |
| 14 | They welcomed US President Bush 's recent decision to cancel development of new tactical nuclear missiles ( the follow-on to the Lance programme ) and artillery for deployment in Europe , but did not reach agreement on the withdrawal of existing nuclear artillery or short-range missiles before talks with the Soviet Union began . |
| 15 | Since the 1990 Budget , parents with a child in a workplace nursery do not pay tax on the value of the care , but women employed by companies that either ‘ buy ’ places at private nurseries or the 60 or so firms such as British Gas , National Power , Debenhams and BMW which issue childcare vouchers ( worth an average £27 a week ) must pay tax on what is treated as a perk . |
| 16 | In the case described in our earlier debate by the hon. Gentleman , the local authority would make its decision to withdraw or not to withdraw discount on the basis of whether it thought that the dwelling in question was the auntie 's sole or main residence . |
| 17 | They slept in the first grey twitterings of dawn , Jay tore herself away to hang the prosaic Do Not Disturb sign on the door . |
| 18 | A FURTHER ATTEMPT WAS MADE BY PHOENIX TO PUBLISH THE ARTICLE IN A FOLLOWING ISSUE — AND AGAIN THE PUBLISHER JOHN MULCAHY WAS TOLD THAT SMURFIT WEB PRESS WOULD NOT PRINT IT ON THE GROUNDS THAT THEY HAD BEEN ADVISED THAT THE ARTICLE WAS DEFAMATORY . |
| 19 | Chapman laid part of the blame for not winning promotion on the loss of two vital points at Clapton Orient in March , at a crucial stage in the race . |
| 20 | Cranston claimed that his relationship with Keating was essentially no different from that of the other four senators , but that , because he was suffering from cancer and had announced his intention not to seek re-election on the expiry in 1992 of his current term , he had been singled out for sanction as a " scapegoat " . |
| 21 | Lord Taylor said the Crown argued that , although this and other discrepancies demonstrated sloppiness in police procedure , they did not cast doubt on the jury 's verdict . |
| 22 | This is because until the commencement of the lead time period , the seller has probably not started work on the order , and so has incurred no expense . |
| 23 | He added , ‘ I do not put blame on the child exactly , but I do believe she was the aggressor5 . ’ |
| 24 | If a project is a genuine community-based initiative creating jobs and providing a service for the community , and if its management and accounts are in order , it is utterly unacceptable that it should not receive funding on the basis of its alleged political associations . |
| 25 | The theology does not wage war on the story . |
| 26 | There is also the adjective so-called , which in a comparably explicit way calls into question the relation between an entity and the description or properties which might be supposed to belong to it : ( 42 ) it is the so-called liberals who have closed down the press The author of this sentence is not casting doubt on the existence of the people he is writing about , nor on the existence of such properties as may be characterized by the word liberals ( nor for that matter the existence of people who might be so described ) but only on the validity of the relationship between the description " liberals " and the people who are acting as censors in the situation portrayed by this particular sentence . |
| 27 | On 30th March , the Crown admitted that it would not offer evidence on the charges for two of the murders and they were quietly abandoned . |
| 28 | Under s. 1(4) , the duty is to take such care as is reasonable in all the circumstances of the case to see that the non-visitor does not suffer injury on the premises by reason of the danger concerned . |
| 29 | Section 1(4) states that the duty is : " to take such care as is reasonable in all the circumstances of the case to see that he does not suffer injury on the premises by reason of the danger concerned " . |
| 30 | All the nodes were manufactured and all but one was delivered ; however , the parties did not finalise agreement on the price or the terms to govern the contract and S retained the final node at its factory , pending agreement . |