Example sentences of "not [verb] [verb] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus a Representative from a Midwestern State will not want to serve on the Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee , but would probably covet a place on either the Agriculture Committee or the Appropriations Committee ( especially its Agriculture Subcommittee ) . |
| 2 | She 'd been living with one of his men , a guy who knew a lot about his affairs , and Connie could n't help knowing plenty of things that Bonanza would not want advertised on the radio . ’ |
| 3 | Observers see the Royal couple no longer enjoy each other 's company and reports reveal Diana did not want to go on the trip . |
| 4 | I had not intended to speak on the motion , but I feel that I must bring to the attention of the House certain points made by the Select Committee on Procedure in two reports to the House on the passage of legislation . |
| 5 | The windsurfing concept is not limited to use on the water and in recent years windsurfing sails have been seen on land , snow and ice . |
| 6 | So she did not need to go on the offensive and was not required to fight . |
| 7 | The ICL machine , not expected to appear on the market until 1994 , will utilise up to 128 pairs of superscalar Sparc RISC chips — one CPU for the application , the other to drive the network — each with 64Mb memory . |
| 8 | Nourse LJ also considered it was arguable that the plaintiff could not seek to rely on the literal clauses of the agreement when it had known that the disclosure letter was incomplete as to do so would be dishonest . |
| 9 | He had kept away from the house , not wanting to intrude on the Bonnards ' private grief . |
| 10 | Edwards , who ran despite a knee ligament injury during his successful record attempt , admits he does not like to dwell on the punishment he is inflicting on his body . |
| 11 | He said Sabine rushed out of the study , saying she was not going to wait on the boat any longer . |
| 12 | Last week the Director of Public Prosecutions formally told the men 's second appeal court that he was not going to rely on the scientific evidence . |
| 13 | but it does highlight a need and I 'm not going to tread on the Treasurer 's toes in this instant but certainly that will add to the financial burden of running the Association but if its to increasing its lobbying power and authority over those in positions of influence , then above all we do need a very large membership . |
| 14 | Moving down , I am not going to comment on the Conservative resolution , erm there 's all sorts of cuts in there and lack of growth , I am going to ignore it actually , the Tories are so far out of touch , huh , on , erm both nationally and locally , totally out of touch with what people think and that the government will obviously untouched , we all know that , but I 'm surprised and disappointed the Conservative opposite are also out of touch and the figure is way out from both the Liberal and the Labour way out , and with all the consultations it 's had . |
| 15 | In other words , the sceptic , if he is to make himself understood , can not avoid relying on the conceptual scheme that he is overtly attacking , and if so , his argument collapses before it can even get off the ground . |
| 16 | Teetotallers did not stop insisting on the primary importance of individual commitment but the change in attitude did begin to filter through Nonconformity as a whole and it would have long-lasting effects on attitudes towards the state . |
| 17 | They stood about deferentially at the back of the little chapel , not wishing to intrude on the privacy of the family 's mourning . |
| 18 | While not wishing to comment on the economic arguments for communism in terms of its capacity to create more wealth more equally distributed , an aim Freud thought to be very important for the future , he thought that communism contained an ‘ illusion ’ about man 's nature . |
| 19 | The Home Secretary is not bound to act on the advice of the inspectorate of constabulary , but he must take into account a large number of other factors . |
| 20 | ‘ … the innocent party is not bound to go on the market and buy or sell at the date of the breach . |
| 21 | Even the previous day 's visitors could not have landed on the same spot as you because the ice , and the herd , move many miles each night . |
| 22 | We do not have to rely on the verse which embarrasses Yates ( ‘ the Spirit had not yet been given , because Jesus was not yet glorified , ’ John 7:39 ) for this , though that is unambiguous enough . |
| 23 | We should not have to rely on the private sector to assist in providing facilities especially as , currently in many cases it does not provide such facilities . |
| 24 | Now we did not have to sit on the edge of the bed — a much wider bed — because there were two chairs , and I had my own shower and facilities for making coffee and snacks . |
| 25 | First , as we wish to encourage carers and strengthen families — even the extended family — if a person who is caring for someone loses them to a home , the person 's home should not have to go on the market to meet the cost of fees . |
| 26 | ‘ Besides , now that I do not have to stop on the way to Paris for lunch I can go later . |
| 27 | If the hon. Gentleman 's attitude had been noted and acted on , we should not have got on the treadmill of nuclear arms escalation for the following 10 years . |
| 28 | Whilst we would not wish to comment on the suitability or otherwise of the particular applicants , we do however appreciate the value of such establishments to rural communities . |
| 29 | Belvoir Park Hospital 's spokesman said the Ladies Committee did not wish to comment on the controversy . |
| 30 | With regard to point ( c ) , I had been a teensy bit lazy in the last few maths lessons , not having worked on the set tasks with much enthusiasm at all . |