Example sentences of "not [verb] [prep] a [noun sg] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now if these maxims of co-operation are not honoured by a speaker on a particular occasion and the hearer has reason to suppose that this is intentional , the hearer will look for meanings other than those which are explicitly expressed . |
| 2 | It appears from the context that this is not intended as a limitation on the use of ‘ judicial channels ’ but rather as a preliminary observation before a specific provision that in such border cases legalization is not required . |
| 3 | If the maritime portion does not take place in the first leg of the journey , the transport document can not attest to a loading on board the vessel when , in fact , the goods are only on board a truck or railroad car . |
| 4 | As any good control theorist ( Box 1981a ; Hirschi 1969 ; Johnson 1979 ) knows , even if people have a high stake in conformity , this will not act as a brake on their criminal behaviour if they perceive — quite rightly in the case of executives contemplating corporate crime — that this stake will not be put at risk by undertaking such a shady but profitable enterprise . |
| 5 | In the new society , we believe that a husband or children will not act as a limitation on women . |
| 6 | Clearly our valuable training input to the local area has not featured as a priority on the local Labour Party agenda . |
| 7 | National Insurance contributions , because they are based on calculations by actuaries , are not classified as a tax on income , yet they are levied as a percentage of income . |
| 8 | But if you are asked the history of the action of assumpsit , do not begin with a paragraph on the medieval precursors of assumpsit -debt , detinue and account . |
| 9 | The Arab group at the UN decided yesterday not to press for a vote on upgrading the PLO 's UN status after the General Assembly President , Mr Joseph Garba of Nigeria , urged the sponsors to drop their resolution . |
| 10 | The Arab group at the UN decided yesterday not to press for a vote on upgrading the PLO 's UN status after the General Assembly President , Mr Joseph Garba of Nigeria , urged the sponsors to drop their resolution . |
| 11 | The Arab group at the UN decided yesterday not to press for a vote on upgrading the PLO 's UN status after the General Assembly President , Mr Joseph Garba of Nigeria , urged the sponsors to drop their resolution . |
| 12 | I 'm not asking for a lesson on highway modelling particularly at half past four in the afternoon but what 's your reaction to what Mr said about the way in which your model would perform in other words on an all or nothing basis , when it 's shorter it all goes that way ? |
| 13 | I 'm not asking for a vote on it I 'm simply giving you my opinion . |
| 14 | I/we are not trained/paid/ supposed to teach these students ’ , I do not launch into a tirade on equal opportunities but try to draw breath instead and substitute a concerned ear about the anxieties of dealing with students seen to be different . |
| 15 | At that time , I could have got that girl a bed straight away in a decent place — I am not talking about a mattress on a floor . |
| 16 | No , I have not switched to a lecture on rally driving , your helicopter is moving forwards and you want to stop it . |
| 17 | This has been a problem on some of the new designs of Sprinter and at present , it is often quite uncertain whether one can or can not travel with a cycle on specific journeys , which discourages cyclists from using rail at all . |