Example sentences of "are [not/n't] [verb] [adv] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | By whatever means possible , will the right hon. Gentleman get in touch with Ministers to ensure that , if it is right for the Government to gain publicity over Christmas for looking after a few hundred homeless , it should be right to do something about them now so that they are not turned out on the streets ? |
| 2 | An ESRC-funded study at the department of psychology of the University College of Swansea of 52 people in their twenties with Down 's syndrome found that there is obviously confusion about who can and can not vote , that there is clear overlap in the abilities of those who vote and those who do not and that decisions on voting are not made strictly on the abilities of the person with Down 's syndrome . |
| 3 | Snake and poisonous creature are strict compatibles because adder and cobra , for instance , are hyponymous to both ; furthermore , these species are independently characterisable — that is , they are not established solely on the basis of venomousness . |
| 4 | In nearly all examinations the scripts are not judged simply on the questions that the student has answered , where he has not answered all he was expected to answer . |
| 5 | The auctioneers Phillips have asked us to point out that they are not giving up on the continent , although they are reducing their representation there ( The Art Newspaper No. 21 October 1992 , p. 27 ) . |