Example sentences of "can [not/n't] be [vb pp] on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Together with the credits provided by export credit agencies , much of it for military hardware , this policy has culminated in the late 1980s in the accumulation of a mountain of debt which can not be serviced on the original schedule of payments . |
| 2 | The defendants accept that , in relation to any costs which are ordered by the court to be taxed , the taxation can not be conducted on a basis more favourable to themselves than the indemnity basis . |
| 3 | " X exists " evidently can not be treated on a par with " x is green " , or " is fat " , or " runs " , for all their surface similarity . |
| 4 | Although differential diagnoses can not be made on the evidence of a postal survey alone , an attempt was made to identify factors that aid diagnosis . |
| 5 | The differentiation between patients with Zollinger-Ellison syndrome and those with omeprazole treatment for reflux oesophagitis can not be made on the basis of the pepsinogen A:C ratio , although a low ratio may suggest treatment with omeprazole and a pepsinogen A:C ratio greater than 4.7 Zollinger-Ellison syndrome . |
| 6 | Although changes in global policy can not be made on the basis of the present study alone , the results suggest that a supplemental dose of IPV or OPV administered at the time of measles vaccination might increase a population 's immunity against poliovirus types 1 and 3 . |
| 7 | Nylon is made waterproof during the weaving process using a high temperature/oven baking method which can not be repeated on a made up tent . |
| 8 | It can not be explained on the grounds that ordinary life is just as tragic ( art is not merely imitation of life ) or by reference to moral feelings or pity and fear . |
| 9 | It is particularly suitable for displaying very low frequency trends ( such as a battery discharge ) which can not be displayed on an oscilloscope due to the limitations of a CRT . |
| 10 | They realize , without necessarily evaluating the implications of the realization , that patients can not be kept on a machine for ever . |
| 11 | Many situations can not be handled on the basis of ‘ A per cent of records give rise to B per cent of accesses ’ . |
| 12 | There must , of course , be money-making enterprises as well to buy those necessities that can not be grown on the farm , but these will be looked upon as secondary calls on the agricultural operations in which farm surpluses are sold to supplement the cash income from non-farming sources . |
| 13 | Whilst regarding as correct the shift of the centre of gravity to the production of the means of production , we must at the same time remember the danger involved in tying up too much state capital in major construction work , which can not be realised on the market for many years . |
| 14 | What the X-rays reveal , which can not be seen on the surface , are the soldered joins at the neck , handle and base as well as around the hole for the missing spout . |
| 15 | the virtual monopoly that UK coal enjoys in its home market can only be maintained by government protection of that market and can not be maintained on the basis of price ; |
| 16 | If that income is lawfully accumulated in an irrevocable settlement it can not be taxed on the settlor . |
| 17 | Education can not be assessed on the simplistic measure of a league table of exam results . |
| 18 | On the highly contentious issue of whether the CPSU should be a " vanguard " or a " parliamentary " party , Gorbachev reaffirmed that " the vanguard role can not be imposed on the community " , and that the party would operate as a " parliamentary " party in the sense that it would work to retain the mandate of the ruling party within the bounds of the democratic process . |
| 19 | The first section shows that the authority which states and governments claim can not be based on the main argument for the justification of authority , i.e. that described by the normal justification thesis . |
| 20 | If we still object , then our objection can not be based on the principle that no individual should vote against his conscience . |
| 21 | There is , it seems , nothing that can not be done on a croquet lawn that can be done on a golf fairway . |
| 22 | That can not be done on an on-off basis . |
| 23 | The validity of an act done by a company can not be questioned on the ground of lack of capacity by reason that the act is beyond the company 's objects . |
| 24 | Fourth , the argument can not be rejected on the similar grounds that it argues directly from the fact that you might be wrong to the conclusion that you do not know . |
| 25 | If the complaint turns out to be more serious or if agreement can not be reached on a resolution , it must be referred back for a full investigation . |
| 26 | where agreement can not be reached on the substantive rule but can be reached on the conflicts rule ; |
| 27 | If a motion about a particular industry can not be placed on the agenda , that of our congress then we lose the accountability . |
| 28 | While the decision can not be impugned on the facts , it undoubtedly confirms the difficulties which inventor employees face where the employer 's sales can only be traced to a single main purchaser of the patented product . |
| 29 | What stopped me in my tracks was a sentence reading , ‘ The dung beetle program really can not be justified on the grounds that it is cheaper than a horse ’ . |
| 30 | But conventionalism can not be justified on the sole ground that surprise is inefficient or undesirable in these ways , because conventionalism does not protect against surprise as well as a simpler and more straightforward theory of adjudication would . |