Example sentences of "not [vb infin] on a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gregory argues that if God did not take on a humanity like ours , then we are not redeemed ; for it was through sharing our humanity that Christ redeemed it . |
| 2 | You should not take on a case if you or your firm has a conflict of interest . |
| 3 | The fashionable discussion of incentives usually overlooks what may be one of the more potent of the disincentives operating on the productivity of the British labour force : the anticipation of domesticity , discouraging young women from seeking training and employers and educational institutions from providing it , even to women who do not take on a family or a traditional role within one . |
| 4 | The last one we had we had a budget of ten thousand pounds the company which did it said that it would normally not take on a project of that sort of cost but they found a junior member of staff to take it on and the end product I mean that 's going back nearly five years now , was quite er acceptable and welcome but now it it looks very much out , the force has been reorganised , we need to give it a new look . |
| 5 | Rory did not switch on a light , but strode to the window and jerked back the drapes . |
| 6 | If other readers have been victims of con tricks why not pass on a warning to others through our Letters Page ? |
| 7 | No we just no it was just , people had said these things and wo n't take on a Sunday . |