Example sentences of "[not/n't] be [verb] on the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It can not be explained on the grounds that ordinary life is just as tragic ( art is not merely imitation of life ) or by reference to moral feelings or pity and fear . |
| 2 | While the decision can not be impugned on the facts , it undoubtedly confirms the difficulties which inventor employees face where the employer 's sales can only be traced to a single main purchaser of the patented product . |
| 3 | Can we be sure that if this goes wrong and there is military involvement — as there might well be — we will not be involved on the coat-tails of the Germans ? |
| 4 | Typically , project acquisitions could not be distinguished on the shelves or if they could , most of the people we asked could not show us which they were . |
| 5 | What stopped me in my tracks was a sentence reading , ‘ The dung beetle program really can not be justified on the grounds that it is cheaper than a horse ’ . |
| 6 | With an irony that will not be lost on the hosts , the event was staged in Toronto , the home town of Ben Johnson . |
| 7 | They would not be a UK resident person for the purposes of income tax and any overseas source income would not be assessed on the trustees under general principles . |
| 8 | Well I 'd like , Dave Girt , Leeds City , I 'd like s some recognition of West Yorkshire 's problems to be evident in er the deliberations , which er at the moment it 's it 's absent , it may it may have been taken into account but it 's absent in the exposition , and I I 'd also like some erm indication that competing development would not be massed on the boundaries of Leeds , that the scales of er the the distribution of the employment land seems to be to be biased towards those districts which which border Leeds . |
| 9 | However , the naturalistic account should not be rejected on the grounds that it is inadequate , as though it could be polished up a bit and made more acceptable : rather , it should be dismissed because it presents an entirely distorted picture of social reality . |
| 10 | Though he would not be drawn on the details , Smith 's presentation was sprinkled liberally with references to a Windows bulletin-board application that will appear next year . |
| 11 | The traditional C14 carbon dating method could not be used on the walls as the process consumes the object being tested . |
| 12 | In an adult population it can not be excluded on the grounds of age alone . |
| 13 | And let's face it , the Royals will not be sleeping on the streets . |
| 14 | In market situations where the flexibility and responsiveness of work organization is crucial to competitive advantage , successful change strategies can not be premised on the simplicities of the structure-strategy paradigm . |
| 15 | After a certain period a job can not be refused on the grounds of low pay or travelling distance from home . |
| 16 | Liquid manure can not be spread on the fields from harvest until 1 November ( unless it is onto growing vegetation or crops for the next winter ) . |
| 17 | The national gallery told the Minister 's predecessor , the right hon. Member for Shoreham — no doubt the arguments were repeated to the Minister personally by many of the trustees and directors of the museums — that they did not want powers of disposal — not because they did not trust their own intellectual judgment , but , following the line set down in the Museums and Galleries Commission 's 1988 report on the national gallery , because those powers should not be forced on the galleries . |
| 18 | Batty certainly ca n't be excused on the grounds the manager did n't give him a ‘ fair crack of the whip ’ can he ? |
| 19 | It ca n't be blamed on the unions or the last Labour Government . |
| 20 | That fool should n't be allowed on the roads . ’ |