Example sentences of "not [verb] [noun] on [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The natural communication system for humans is speech , not typing messages on keyboards and watching messages on television screens .
2 Ann Windiate , director of social services , conceded : ‘ I can not make guarantees on job security . ’
3 People 's view of building is often somewhat different , and many feel savings can be made by not expending money on architect 's fees .
4 Because the international standards of vital statistics give priority only to age and parity ( United Nations , 1964 , pp. 11–12 ) , death certificates ordinarily do not include questions on birth interval ; the importance of spacing can be determined mostly from special studies in which birth and death records are matched , and there is a conspicuous lack of these studies even for the more advanced countries .
5 In making recommendations , to take into account the need not to increase calls on teachers ' and pupils ' time for activities which do not directly promote learning , and to limit costs .
6 Since then single malt has been a great success , but Mr Sandy feels that the Treasury is exploiting it : ‘ Of course we were glad that the Chancellor decided not to increase excise on whisky , but last week 's Budget has not made things right .
7 He was responding at Commons question time after Labour urged the Chancellor not to increase tax on whisky in the Budget on 16 March .
8 Differentiation on certain levels did not prevent fusion on others .
9 However , if the scheme is viewed as one that does not tax interest on savings , then more consumption in the future can be financed from a given volume of savings and those seeking a target future consumption can meet it with a lower level of current savings .
10 I made my statement because , against the criticism that on occasions we have not made statements on incidents in Great Britain , I believed it important that there should be one .
11 The Department does not collect data on London weighting allowances .
12 TCGA 1992 , s69(1) deems the trust to be a person who is not resident in the United Kingdom ; 3. the trust is therefore outside the UK capital gains tax regime and the Revenue can not collect tax on capital payments under TCGA 1992 , s87(4) .
13 One problem is that the government does not collect information on wealth for tax purposes .
14 Papers that did not include a control group , were not randomised , did not allow calculation of ‘ intention to treat ’ results , or did not collect information on mortality or the incidence of respiratory or gastrointestinal infection were excluded .
15 Witnesses do not give evidence on oath .
16 This model accepts the virtues of plurality and local independence , and argues that a competitive local government is in the end a more efficient system ; nevertheless , it does not believe consensus on policy is realistic or desirable .
17 This group of professionals has not even bothered to ease the biggest problem facing entrepreneurs — apart from the unavailability of cheap finance — which is the lack of cash flow that results from customers not paying bills on time .
18 After all , brewers are not paying tax on beer that contains little or no alcohol , so it should be half the price of normal beer .
19 It has been their job to see that local councils do not spend money on activities which can not be justified by statute .
20 Police ringed the court at Darlaston , Walsall , West Midlands , as prosecutor Nelson Jerram asked magistrates not to free Cartwright on bail .
21 It is also advisable not to leave handbags on view inside the vehicle . ’
22 Gardeners are often advised not to sow roots on ground that has recently been manured , as this will produce distorted shapes .
23 ‘ Do not demand interest on loans you make to a brother Israelite .
24 In view of the international and domestic controversy generated in 1985 when Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone visited the shrine , together with the complications arising from Japan 's strict constitutional separation of church and state — those commemorated by the shrine being revered as Shinto deities — and the recent accusations of incipient militarism made by many neighbouring countries following the enactment of the PKO bill , however , Miyazawa stressed that his visit would be " in a private capacity " and would not take place on Aug. 15 , the anniversary of the ending of the Pacific War .
25 But we are determined that bait digging will not take place on Budle Bay and we will rigorously protect it , ’ he said .
26 People tend to think , because they are not doing sums on paper they are not learning maths — but they are . ’
27 They say they do not understand why their headmaster is so intent on persecuting them when 20 Jewish students do not attend school on Saturdays , a normal part of the school week in France .
28 Decision of UN Human Rights Commission not to consider resolution on Tibet
29 Looking to the future however some significant studies in the storage of electricity must be made before solar generation — or any of the other renewable techniques which can not produce power on demand — will really come into its own .
30 Now I comes to think on it , I 've not set eyes on Black Will since afore we went to the Garden Tower last evening . ’
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