Example sentences of "[vb base] not [verb] on [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The courts make their calculations on the basis of the current provisions and do not speculate on future changes . |
| 2 | One possibility would be for water companies to install phosphate strippers in sewage works , and machinery to keep water moving in reservoirs , as the blooms do not form on active surfaces . |
| 3 | Catalogues raisonnés of modern artists do not depend on scholarly guesswork at attributions , and thus lack the laconic critical judgements reached by connoisseurs . |
| 4 | For the visual computations algorithmically defined by Ullman do not depend on high-level processes capable of identifying ( recognizing ) objects as members of a specific class : the system does not need to know that an object is a fish , or even that it has the 3-D shape that it has , in order to know that it is an object . |
| 5 | Their relative independence of the councils which set them up means that deals can be negotiated and long-term arrangements achieved which do not depend on detailed discussion through council committee . |
| 6 | has said about most cases being unfounded though Mr McPhee does say that they ( the travellers ) do not stay on permanent sites whereas there has been a constant settlement of varying numbers of caravans over the past two years . |
| 7 | As cruise missiles do not rely on long runways , and can be dispersed around the countryside in times of international tension , they are also less likely to be destroyed by a surprise attack . |
| 8 | Do not rely on elderly people saying they do not feel cold |
| 9 | Roofs of houses are now generally constructed with a series of individual trussed rafters , which do not rely on heavy timber purlins and common rafters , as in traditionally constructed roofs . |
| 10 | Do not rely on flying beacon to beacon — there are n't many , and the mountainous terrain makes reception much more difficult than you might imagine or than Bottlang would suggest . |
| 11 | Compared to manual workers clerks still work in relatively small units , they do not work on huge factory floors . |