Example sentences of "[vb mod] not [verb] on a [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Alright he was carrying an injury but surely the onus of the team should not rest on a single player — and besides what was he doing for the first 80 minutes on Saturday . |
2 | [ T ] here is no reason why the law should not protect on a similar basis the enjoyment of other rights . |
3 | However , they could not decide on a fair price , partly because Patino had grown increasingly attached to the painting , and so they finally decided to go to auction to resolve the issue . |
4 | The meeting had been convened at the initiative of Yugoslavia as current chairman of the NAM , and the Yugoslav Foreign Minister Budimir Loncar said at a press conference afterwards that " the foreign ministers could not agree on a joint statement , but opted instead for a plan of action to prevent the war 's escalation … starting with the rapid deployment of a mission of three to four ministers to Baghdad within a few days " . |
5 | But Speywood 's position as a fully-equal partner in this venture is now at risk , because Heath , and his company 's backers could not agree on a long-term strategy for the company . |
6 | After last month 's stormy meeting in Luxembourg , when EC member nations could not agree on a common approach to takeover regulation and supervision , John Redwood , the new junior minister at the DTI , will propose a compromise when the ministers gather tomorrow . |
7 | A better way of life need not depend on a higher standard of living and they were out to stop those whose pursuit of continued economic and industrial growth undermined the basis of life itself . |
8 | the employer is not only provided with maximum assurance that his competitors will make the same settlement that he does ; he is also assured that his competitors will be shut down … when he is shut down , so that he need not reckon on a permanent reduction in market share when calculating the costs of a strike . |
9 | Reactionary trade union officials who had steadfastly declared that they would not stand on a public platform with revolutionary workers , found themselves caught up in the stream and carried forward to participation in great united front unemployed demonstrations . |
10 | In terms of computer technology trade libel would occur if someone falsely claimed that a particular software dealer was trading in pirated software or was in financial difficulties or if a software house 's products were defective or would not operate on a particular make of computer . |
11 | WORK will not start on a new golf course near Darlington until legal agreements have been finalised with the developers . |
12 | I will not comment on a particular by-election . |
13 | Obviously , you can not rely on a hard landing in the case of face punches , so other means must be employed . |
14 | To presuppose this is both contradictory and dangerous ; contradictory because the West can not insist on a certain outcome from free elections and still uphold democracy ; dangerous because , if the confusion of the two in the public mind persists , there will be many more instances of superpowers subverting elected governments because they have not opted for a market economy . |
15 | The type of heads contamination mentioned above with a floppy disk drive can not occur on a hard disk because it is sealed from external air-borne dust , and the disk is assembled in conditions which are scrupulously clean . |
16 | Every horse owner seems to have their own theory or treatment which has worked on previous injuries and the veterinary profession can not agree on a common treatment . |