Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] on [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus when we see the often remarkable similarity between the principles of the Godwinians and of Bloomsbury , and the external relations implied by these — a rational and tolerant group wishing to extend reason and tolerance , where necessary by radical reform — we find also that we can not stay on this level , since the actual external relations were also determined by others . |
| 2 | ‘ But he will be asked to accept the arguments put by the ESC and not insist on any extra payment . ’ |
| 3 | Partnership may turn out to have a relatively long life but are not formed on that expectation . |
| 4 | If I had not intervened on these pages to explain a few points this book ( or its opening section ) would be a gun aimed at my own temple . |
| 5 | These were not binding on all members of the ASC in the way that SSAPs were , nor did they require the approval of the councils of the six professional bodies . |
| 6 | The decision of the Divisional Court in the Manchester Corporation case is not binding on this court and , although it may in the event have reached a conclusion with which I would now agree , I find the reasoning by which that conclusion was reached wholly unconvincing . |
| 7 | Further , it is not binding on this court . |
| 8 | The programme is not binding on any of the signatories but is likely to influence the lending and spending of Western donors . |
| 9 | If the relationship between recall and other measures is entirely mediated by characteristics of the different junctions we would expect to find that within an individual junction there would be no consistent differences between those occasions when it was recalled and those when it was not recalled on any of the other variables . |
| 10 | If she did not tread on any of the black , perhaps when she got to the end of the floor she would shiver and rouse in her own long-lost bed , in her striped sheets , and say good morning to the apple tree and look at her own face in the mirror she had not broken . |
| 11 | It has not reneged on any of its claims , but , with the box having become a symbol of the garbage crisis , it concedes that " our customers just do n't feel good about it " . |
| 12 | Bernard , appreciative that Laura in New York would be treated as a queen of design , an extraordinary superwoman who had singlehandedly achieved it all , accordingly decided not to go on this trip . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'd rather not comment on that , ’ he says . |
| 14 | I can not comment on that case . |
| 15 | No , I can not comment on that , but it is relevant to the contract negotiations for Trident 08 — we must protect the public Exchequer precisely from the problem of a monopoly single buyer . |
| 16 | He told the writer Constantine FitzGibbon some years later that he disliked the idea of poets " cashing in " on other people 's misery ; his scepticism about his own motives as well as those of others , and his general belief that one should not comment on any situation until one understood it thoroughly , made him refrain from making the kind of easy judgment or fashionable " stand " in which others indulged . |
| 17 | ‘ But I can not comment on any suggestion that he was worried about his exams in any way . ’ |
| 18 | Yesterday company spokesman Andrew Lincoln said he could not comment on any individual case until he had investigated . |
| 19 | The Treasury will not comment on any possible tax changes prior to the Budget . |
| 20 | ‘ It is a matter of policy that we do not comment on any private correspondence which has been sent to the national secretary . ’ |
| 21 | Although Pearson managing director Frank Barlow would not comment on either of these projects , Asia is certainly an area of expanding interest for Longman ( see facing page ) . |
| 22 | Cantril died in 1969 and so can not comment on this phenomenon . |
| 23 | Officials would not comment on this suggestion , even to deny it . |
| 24 | ( One of the teachers whom I interviewed , and who did not comment on this question , has since told me that she used it with a class . |
| 25 | ( Many different early blueprints may play into this and compound the fear of the opposite sex , but we are not elaborating on this , as homosexuality is not the subject of this book . ) |
| 26 | Although warranties may be implied by statute , not only may they be inadequate , but the vendor will want the purchaser to acknowledge it has not relied on any warranty , representation or undertaking unless expressly set out in the sale agreement . |
| 27 | This implies that the vendor is representing itself as an insurer whereas the real claim is the full value of the damages suffered by the breach of contract ; ( d ) ensuring the purchaser acknowledges it has not relied on any representation other than those incorporated in the sale agreement and that it shall not have any right to rescind the sale agreement . |
| 28 | Golfers often state that they can not concentrate on all their swing ideas at the same time . |
| 29 | If military methods were as aimless as they may appear , should we not concentrate on those moments , perhaps the decisive moments , of violent action when the armies of the two sides clashed in battles which have become part of national myth ? |
| 30 | Some studies they suggest may have failed to detect an effect of parity because they did not concentrate on this risk period . |