Example sentences of "[not/n't] [vb infin] on the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had other questions but Stan chose not to be sidetracked from the serious business of telling Oliver he could not stay on the premises after all . |
| 2 | The next day was hot and sunny , but I needed food and water , so I could not stay on the moor . |
| 3 | Hunger is a problem that simply should not arise on the F-Plan , even though you are restricting the actual number of calories consumed each day . |
| 4 | Official nature conservation policies in France are only very recent in origin so the framework of protected sites simply does not exist on the scale and extent it does in the UK . |
| 5 | That means do not thump on the piano . |
| 6 | The court astonished everybody by deciding that it could not rule on the legality or otherwise of something that had not happened yet . |
| 7 | His Honour Judge Morrell did not rule on the bank 's main contention , which was that since a guarantee card guarantees cheques and a forged cheque is not in fact a cheque , the card is of no significance at all in a transaction if the signature on the cheque is forged , though this is obviously an alternative approach . |
| 8 | We did not rule on the applications at the time , as they were opposed by Mr. Munby , for the foster mother , but he agreed that we should look at the evidence de bene esse and make our ruling as part of our judgment . |
| 9 | I can not comment on the devices available in other languages , but in Arabic , for instance , the particle qad may be used with the past tense of the verb to convey emphasis . |
| 10 | Mrs Thatcher did not comment on the snub and her spokeswoman refused to comment on her association with Philip Morris . |
| 11 | Contrary to reports , a spokesman for Sun Microsystems Inc said the company 's chief financial officer did not comment on the outlook for the quarter — ‘ We generally do not comment on the Street or analysts ’ earnings expectations , ’ he said . |
| 12 | I can not comment on the evidence , but the Lord Advocate has made it extremely clear that the criminal proceedings are the result of an extremely brilliant , thorough and painstaking investigation by the Scottish police services and their colleagues , to whom I also pay tribute . |
| 13 | A spokesman for the receivers , from the accountancy firm , Arthur Andersen , said he could not comment on the possibility of a buy-out at Birmingham . |
| 14 | The senator 's Washington office said he would not comment on the claims . |
| 15 | I can not comment on the details , and I certainly can not promise a statement next week . |
| 16 | We therefore can not comment on the use of supplemental oxygen in these patients . |
| 17 | Mr Peter Stewart , hospital unit general manager , would not comment on the outcome of the appeal until he had heard officially that it had been defeated . |
| 18 | British Coal would not comment on the protests by Lancashire Women Against Pit Closures . |
| 19 | The government service organisation questioned would not comment on the quality of the headhunting service it had received but , of eleven firms it cited , mentioned only one top international consultancy , Spencer Stuart . |
| 20 | Bond Corp would not comment on the situation . |
| 21 | European observers were reported as saying that they had witnessed no serious problems during voting but did not comment on the claim of fraud after the close of stations . |
| 22 | British Gas would not comment on the matter yesterday . |
| 23 | British Gas would not comment on the matter yesterday . |
| 24 | Obviously , I can not comment on the inquiry because of those investigations . |
| 25 | Contrary to reports , a spokesman for Sun Microsystems Inc said the company 's chief financial officer did not comment on the outlook for the quarter — ‘ We generally do not comment on the Street or analysts ’ earnings expectations , ’ he said . |
| 26 | Those observations do not assist on the point with which I am concerned . |
| 27 | This , however , does not assist on the point now under consideration . |
| 28 | It is often , at least initially , a response to social distress , and in turn , this indicates that counselling responses to problems of excessive drinking should not concentrate on the drinking alone , which can be regarded as a symptom , but on the deeper underlying social and emotional causes which have given rise to it . |
| 29 | Theorists of representative government are simply apologists for the bourgeoisie : ‘ We need not linger on the fiction of ‘ popular representation ’ — poppycock grinds no flour' was Pareto 's withering remark . |
| 30 | — Ecclesiastes ; ‘ Doth the eagle mount up at the command / And make her nest on high … ’ — Job ; ‘ Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing ? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father . ’ |