Example sentences of "[vb base] not [verb] [noun] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Interestingly , many species of bat seem not to favour flight on moonlit nights , possibly because of the danger from owls and bat hawks . |
| 2 | Decision of UN Human Rights Commission not to consider resolution on Tibet |
| 3 | Alfa Romeo had a now-you-see-it , now-you-do n't glass roof on its 164-based Proteo coupe , but a production future here is altogether more promising . |
| 4 | ‘ Do not demand interest on loans you make to a brother Israelite . |
| 5 | Since the 1990 Budget , parents with a child in a workplace nursery do not pay tax on the value of the care , but women employed by companies that either ‘ buy ’ places at private nurseries or the 60 or so firms such as British Gas , National Power , Debenhams and BMW which issue childcare vouchers ( worth an average £27 a week ) must pay tax on what is treated as a perk . |
| 6 | Companies do not pay tax on their FII since it represents dividends paid out of profits that have already been taxed in the corporate sector ( s 208 ) . |
| 7 | They tend to review their arrangements — perhaps in consultation with their unions — so that allowances remain within Inland Revenue limits ( to ensure employees do not pay tax on them ) and so they provide adequate compensation for any costs incurred and the domestic upheaval involved in moving . |
| 8 | He also notes alternative methods for libraries which do not record issues on date labels in the books , and he shows how to predict the number of books which will be weeded at a given level of future use . |
| 9 | Lord Scarman ( 1981 ) , in providing the social background to the Brixton disorders of 10–12 April 1981 , was at pains to point out that deprivations do not justify attacks on the police or excuse such disorders . |
| 10 | Well , in sum , I do not lay hands on my staff , however much they attract me . |
| 11 | Witnesses do not give evidence on oath . |
| 12 | They hung the DO NOT DISTURB sign on the door . |
| 13 | Put the DO NOT DISTURB sign on the door . |
| 14 | You do not spill blood on your own carpet . |
| 15 | They slept in the first grey twitterings of dawn , Jay tore herself away to hang the prosaic Do Not Disturb sign on the door . |
| 16 | Do not leave objects on the stairs . |
| 17 | We do not waste time on abstract philosophical arguments about ‘ rights ’ . |
| 18 | There are two magnetic conditions , which do not affect orientation on sunny days ( left ) but do on overcast days ( right ) . |
| 19 | ‘ While I am pursuing the offender I do not want blood on the streets . ’ |
| 20 | The SCA deliberately do not make agreements on the grounds that there is a legal right to paddle Scottish rivers , a position disputed by some . |
| 21 | The Neo-Expressionists mostly seem too dour to qualify — and most do not make prints on a sufficiently regular basis . |
| 22 | I did not mean to say but perhaps it is better I should , therefore only remark that I will speak on the subject in my next , but do not suffer alarms on my account — I am in better health than I have been for years and I hope to get to Sydney and get comfortably settled in good time … ’ |
| 23 | PLEASE DO NOT WRITE LETTERS ON BEHALF OF VIC WILLIAMS . |
| 24 | There are , therefore , three kinds of consent that do not impose obligations on the agent : first , where his personal situation is not affected by the consent ; second , where his personal situation is favourably affected , for the consent is a condition of his possession of a right or of some other benefit ; third , where his personal situation is adversely affected , but by waiving a right rather than by undertaking an obligation . |
| 25 | He added , ‘ I do not put blame on the child exactly , but I do believe she was the aggressor5 . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ We do not put pressure on you . |
| 27 | Computer models are wonderful things but they do not put people on the ground , ’ said an angry Coun Messham . |
| 28 | Do not use bleach on the skin . |
| 29 | ( Do not use spirit on this . ) |
| 30 | Lots of young couples do not use contraception on their first time , and many do not use it at all . |