Example sentences of "not [vb infin] the [noun sg] on [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The government 's promise to provide increased protection did not prevent the murder on Dec. 5 of another judge , Bernardo Jaramillo , who had been investigating activities of the Medellín drug cartel . |
| 2 | The law is illustrated by the pre-Theft Act case of Hassall ( 1861 ) 169 ER 1302 where the treasurer of a Christmas club did not spend the money on Christmas treats . |
| 3 | Slimane Bekki and John Pyle said they could not calculate the effect on ozone depletion , but believed the northern hemisphere would be worst affected , because it has most of the main air routes . |
| 4 | Fortunately for Duffield he will not miss the ride on User Friendly in the Japan Cup as that race is staged on November 29 . |
| 5 | It may also have been reassuring to US audiences , while America was being condemned world-wide for its barbaric acts in Vietnam , to see that they did not have the monopoly on violence , which could even be found in an English village . |
| 6 | We apologise to those readers who did not receive the Guardian on Saturday when mechanical problems at our London printing plant affected some later editions .. |
| 7 | One of the patients could not categorize the expression on faces that she was shown in photographs in terms of whether the expression was one of happiness , anger , surprise and so on . |
| 8 | The BBC 's archives are bulging with entertainment , drama , music , science and educational material , but the corporation can not offer the material on video tape because of a convoluted set of industrial problems . |
| 9 | Ironically , IPC will not challenge the tribunal on appeal . |
| 10 | It was just really terrible I mean the first I was just scared stiff that I never could n't enjoy the dance on Sanday I was that scared of the thought coming back . |
| 11 | She did n't spend the money on clothes — he suspected she just liked to see it mounting up as an escape fund . |
| 12 | Reid almost did n't have the mount on Dr Devious for the maestro Lester Piggott , was hovering in the background and might have pushed Reid to one side . |
| 13 | ‘ Ca n't stand the sun on account of his delicate skin ! ’ |
| 14 | and I was er , I try and switch the machine on it would n't come on , I thought what 's going on here , so I said to Sue , ca n't switch the machine on Sue what 's going on here ? , anyway , apparently the power supply to the machine was a bit dicky , the |
| 15 | You ca n't put the onus on guidebook descriptions , the final decision on whether or not to do the route must rest with the judgement and common sense of the individual on the spot . |
| 16 | So I think there is a lot of work to be done there , but as you rightly say , it has to be done carefully and one must n't get the dependency on calculators which one does see around one . |
| 17 | I could n't get the game on tv or radio , but was glued to BBC world service for any news on the game . |
| 18 | If we do n't receive the balance on time your holiday may be cancelled , and the cancellation charges set out below will be payable . |
| 19 | He needed the sound of a forest fire running under the voice-track , but he could n't find the effect on file . |