Example sentences of "not [vb infin] [adv] on [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Theory Y , however , depends on mature individuals ; maturity , given the influence of group psychology etc , does not exist sufficiently on the shop floor to be practicable in its extreme form . |
| 2 | The Education Department would not comment directly on the court case but said it would be the responsibility of head teachers and school governors to see that tests went ahead as planned . |
| 3 | It is clear that he can not object solely on the ground of the freedom of the individual or because that particular doctor usually examines for insurance companies . |
| 4 | If the ray focus does not fall exactly on the film , the image will be blurred . |
| 5 | Baldwin could not retreat again on the subsidy , and the prospect of finding a solution without it was dismal . |
| 6 | Whilst the White Paper acknowledges that local policy objectives and resources must be a key context in planning and delivery services , the government appears to be clear that at the point of assessment , decisions must be needs-based and ‘ should not focus only on the user 's suitability for a particular existing scheme ’ ( DoH , 1989b , p. 18 ) . |
| 7 | Hormones modify the cells which may become cancerous , rendering them less , or more , likely to do so , but the hormones do not act primarily on the processes which turn any quiescent cell into one that divides without control . |
| 8 | Is it that you may actually have lost fat but the loss may not show much on the scales because you are retaining water . |
| 9 | Chords which would sound thick and dull on the piano do not sound so on the harp . |
| 10 | They did not work directly on the draw : rather on so lessening his degree of fade that it would be that much easier for him to move the ball the other way when circumstances dictated . |
| 11 | He did not sleep much on the plane . |
| 12 | The desired torque on this motor does not depend much on the settings of the elbow and the shoulder . |
| 13 | With automation , output from the plant does not depend directly on the effort of any individual worker , Mallet suggests . |
| 14 | At first sight , this approach has the advantage that the classification issue does not depend solely on a value judgment by the court about the appropriate scope of governmental activity . |
| 15 | The results of Warman 's experiments strongly suggest that in normal language comprehension syntactic processing is not autonomous , in the sense that the time taken to understand a sentence does not depend solely on the amount of syntactic analysis required . |
| 16 | You must not discriminate unfairly on the basis of the ethnic origin , gender , marital status , sexual orientation , religion , age or disability ; |
| 17 | In the peacetime years of the Third Reich , the ‘ Jewish Question ’ did not rank prominently on the scale of priorities of most of the German population . |
| 18 | Just as you can not live easily under a leaking roof , so you can not write easily on a chair that is not right for you . |
| 19 | Ken Neil won the competition on ‘ how many ways to use an egg ’ and , after a few games of bingo , the 50 members enjoyed browsing around the Thrift Shop which had been opened specially because many can not get there on a Wednesday morning . |
| 20 | Some novels , indeed , do not operate primarily on the level of plot , but develop an internal theme through the use of recurrent motifs . |
| 21 | This introduces a new avenue of analysis into Marxist writings ; it opens the possibility of recognising that social and political systems may not operate solely on the basis of objective laws but may have a degree of freedom driven by the individual , group and elite perceptions . |
| 22 | ‘ Could we not travel safely on the road now ? ’ she asked cautiously , as they forded yet another stream . |
| 23 | Darby said the machine had obviously had heavy wear and not been well maintained : the ‘ d ’ , for example , was slightly twisted and the capitals in ‘ MacQuillan ’ did not sit firmly on the line . |
| 24 | ‘ I can not say much on the telephone . |
| 25 | He moved at once , for he would not lie here on the floor before this ancient evil creature and , although it was awkward and painful to stand up because of the ropes that bound his arms , he did so in a swift fluid movement and stood eyeing the Robemaker . |
| 26 | The first consideration was seasonal : from a hot country plants should be sent in spring in order to recover before winter , while those from a colder clime would travel best through winter , when they would not shoot unduly on the voyage . |
| 27 | As for drinking , we did n't do badly on the day and more followed later . |
| 28 | You do n't do so on the basis of someone else 's plans , ’ Mr Baker told the US Senate finance committee . |
| 29 | It is not a promotional video but shows the problems that can occur if we do n't work together on a job . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Actually , Georg , we do n't perform together on the stage . |