Example sentences of "can not be [adv] [verb] on " in BNC.

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1 However , on the free movement of persons within the Community , it " had to take note of the fact that [ this ] can not be completely assured on Jan. 1 , 1993 " .
2 The second type ( 2b ) consists of lexical sets , the membership of which can not be reliably predicted on phonological grounds alone , and this type is additional to the types of variable that were studied by Labov ( 1966 ) in New York City ( these were types 1 and 2a ) .
3 Thus , the distinction between a benign andmalignant lesion may be impossible since signal intensity values are similar for both , and , furthermore , the characteristic patterns of cortical bone destruction and new bone formation can not be well visualised on MRI .
4 These interact in a complex fashion : indeed certain features of the system , for example bifurcation , can not be neatly placed on one side or the other of the ( ultimately artificial ) material/ideological divide since they are both ideologies and material practices at the same time .
5 Shape can not be truly represented on a fiat map except over small areas but some map projections , described as orthomorphic , have the properties that ( i ) lines of latitude and longitude intersect at right angles , and ( ii ) the scale is the same in all directions at a given point , but the scale may differ from one point on the map to another .
6 This hypothesis can not be convincingly proven on current evidence , but if accepted , it would suggest an early ribbon development with short side-streets and lanes , perhaps extending c. 700 m ( 2300 ft ) either side of the main north-south road junction , followed by a mid to late second-century remodelling of the region to the west , perhaps contemporary with the new defences .
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