Example sentences of "[not/n't] [vb infin] [art] [noun sg] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even HARPY , which brought its full syntactic and semantic knowledge to bear immediately , could not make a decision on a word-by-word basis . |
| 2 | High Tables does not make a profit on his management of the ingredients budget — it simply charges a management fee for the entire contract . |
| 3 | Revenues generated from all Unix sales grew about 28% — the same as last year — and although unit sales of mid-range products increased 76% , the company did not make a profit on mid-range Unix products because of increased R&D spending in that area , Bonfield said . |
| 4 | I thought that I had made it clear that we did not make a profit on the war . |
| 5 | Will you , Mr. Speaker , tell the House whether you have been approached on the subject , and , if so , have the Opposition told you why they do not want a statement on it ? |
| 6 | They did not want an election on 7 November . |
| 7 | But it did not throw a spotlight on the inadequacies or otherwise of British weapons and equipment , apart from obvious shortages of transport aircraft and ageing of her amphibious shipping . |
| 8 | Mr Steve Byron , of the Community Radio Association , said the bill would not deliver the diversity on the airwaves that the government had promised . |
| 9 | At least Gooch has been told he does not need an operation on a troublesome knee and will be fully fit for the start of the season . |
| 10 | I can not promise a debate on it next week , but perhaps he will find his own opportunities to discuss it in greater detail . |
| 11 | It does not include a ruling on methyl chloroform which accounts for five per cent of depletion and carbon tetrachloride which is responsible for eight per cent . |
| 12 | Among other things I hit on the idea of writing down a very simple minuet , in order to see whether she could not compose a variation on it . |
| 13 | A regime that could not win a war on its own soil was ripe for reform . |
| 14 | At just the same time George Stephenson also invented a safety-lamp very like Davy 's ; but he did not know the principle on which Davy had designed his , and his lamp was the fruit of practice , of trial and error , guided by the general idea of restricting the supply of gas-laden air . |
| 15 | Do not buy a caravan on Field Park ! |
| 16 | If a client does not identify a failure on the part of a landlord to make repairs to a rented house as a problem appropriate to a solicitor , or if a solicitor considered such a matter outside his or her field , it would not , under such a definition , be a legal problem . |
| 17 | The government 's promise to provide increased protection did not prevent the murder on Dec. 5 of another judge , Bernardo Jaramillo , who had been investigating activities of the Medellín drug cartel . |
| 18 | Charging pensioners and children for medical prescriptions picked that one up and dropped it like a hot potato and charging for hospital treatment and why so why not do a U-turn on on this one ? |
| 19 | Certainly , I have known some undergraduates who would rise brilliantly to such a challenge ; but they are an exception , and one can not base a course on what would suit the exceptional student , much as one would like to . |
| 20 | After the end of the hearing yesterday , Det Insp Young , 33 , said : ‘ As far as I know they did not base the character on me . |
| 21 | It was held ( a ) that it was a statement of present fact , namely that at the time the letter was sent the traveller had a definite and certain booking , ( b ) that that statement was false because the airline 's overbooking policy meant that the traveller 's booking was exposed to a risk that it might not give a seat on the aircraft , and ( c ) that the airline made the false statement knowingly ( and not merely recklessly ) since the airline was well aware of its own overbooking policy . |
| 22 | To substitute ‘ customer ’ for ‘ depositor ’ does not provide an answer on the matters mentioned above . |
| 23 | Can you not stick a band on pretty soon or nothing like that ? |
| 24 | Indeed , mere permission to reside in that country for more than three weeks was strictly limited and one had to satisfy the authorities that one would not become a burden on the state . |
| 25 | She could not understand the look on his face , and she was afraid . |
| 26 | The 1989 Kiwis do not look a patch on their predecessors . |
| 27 | He did not keep a watch on her ; there was no necessity , and in his own mind he was almost convinced that nothing would happen . |
| 28 | On the contrary , a company that does not keep an eye on how its employees are functioning is probably itself being badly run . |
| 29 | So why not keep an eye on the steering , and forgo any announcement to interested passengers that there was now , say , a splendid view of the Atlantic Ocean down below ? |
| 30 | The following provisions should be noted in particular : As regards 5.9.1 , many company tenants do not like a restriction on holding on trust for another as this may interfere with their internal arrangements , but the landlord 's concerns are understood in this regard . |