Example sentences of "[not/n't] [vb pp] on a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Eric Forth , consumer affairs minister , told MPs he had been ‘ very affected ’ by the death but ‘ on balance ’ had decided a ban was not justified on a product which carried a warning on the packaging . |
| 2 | it is not painted on a wall : |
| 3 | And Holly had not gazed on a woman for thirteen months . |
| 4 | of its shares and the other shareholders have not served notice requesting the preparation of group accounts and the company 's securities are not listed on a stock exchange in any member State . |
| 5 | Second , if leadership in God 's economy is not given on a basis of superiority then there is no reason to assume that the husband is the best equipped to make a given decision . |
| 6 | Strictly speaking I 'm not occupied on a case at the moment , and this is quite unofficial . |
| 7 | In the case of female homosexuals , the difficulty lesbian mothers have in retaining the custody of their children when this is contested by the children 's father is further evidence that lesbian sexuality is not accepted on a par with heterosexuality . |
| 8 | It 's not handed on a plate or anything . |
| 9 | As has been normal for most organized communities that are not based on a money economy , African society was based on slavery ( in the sense of the life-long ownership of human beings who could be traded ) , which sometimes involved plantation work or even being used as a human sacrifice : there is no calculus to compare the disadvantages of local slavery with those of being taken across the Atlantic and used as plantation or mining labour . |
| 10 | The test is not based on a property lawyers view of the world but that of the businessman . |
| 11 | This certificate will not be required when the demand also requires payment of a separate debt , not based on a county court judgment , the amount of which exceeds the bankruptcy level ( at present £750 ) . |
| 12 | If floating-point hardware is not provided on a computer , then instructions may be provided to help with the programming of floating-point arithmetic subroutines . |
| 13 | ‘ The Guilds have not put on a Mystery here these five years or more ! ’ |
| 14 | If you are the Approver of the package deny approval using option 1.5.3 — Grant / Deny Approval To Package and advise the package manager that a module(s) included in the package are not referenced on a DC . |
| 15 | The valuation of shares in private companies is notoriously controversial , for the simple reason that the shares are not available for subscription by the public and their price is not quoted on a stock exchange . |
| 16 | We have n't decided on a name for the band yet , though ! ’ |
| 17 | ‘ We 've been planning a family for a while but I would n't be surprised if the baby 's born and we have n't decided on a name , ’ she says . |
| 18 | ‘ So you have n't decided on a set number for yourself ? |
| 19 | If I could also ask those of you who have n't decided on a confirmation name , I think really by the time we meet again you should . |
| 20 | The sight-saving operation had n't worked ; the doctors had n't reckoned on a rebellion in the form of a massive eye haemorrhage . |
| 21 | ‘ Harry was n't impaled on a radio , ’ I said . |
| 22 | It has n't passed on a penny to the landlord … and his tenancy agreement may not now be worth the paper it 's written on |
| 23 | If you 're a dinghy sailor and you have n't lived on a cruiser before , do a ‘ Brush-Up ’ course , either in Falmouth ( p46 ) , or on Villa-Flotilla ( p8 ) , to learn about anchors and engines . |