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

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1 Is it not possible to focus on form because you want to make your meaning clear , because you want to be more communicatively effective ?
2 Low capitalisation tended to be a factor in stifling competition , as firms were not willing to compete on price terms if they did not have the capital backing .
3 Where leave was given , it was not uncommon to find on investigation that there were no grounds for granting any relief .
4 Now that may not be the best way to have structured it , but some of the checks that we 're imposing at the moment are not necessary to put on paper .
5 But it is not wise to rely on fairy godmothers reappearing .
6 In Mecca Ltd. v. Kirkcaldy Burgh Licensing Court , 1975 S.L.T. ( Sh.Ct. ) 50 , it was held that a licensing court was not entitled to found on information neither adduced in evidence , nor within judicial knowledge .
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