Example sentences of "can [adv] be [verb] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once jurisdiction can properly be established on this basis then the effect of article 5(1) in the light of the Effer v. Kantner decision is that the court has jurisdiction finally to determine the issues between the parties . |
| 2 | In reality this can rarely be achieved on the mountains . |
| 3 | Huge cuts in EPA 's research Funds ( down by nearly 50 per cent since Reagan took office ) can perhaps be justified on the grounds that , in hard times , scientific priorities can be temporarily reshuffled with little or no long-term damage . |
| 4 | This case can perhaps be explained on policy grounds as the plaintiff was a rescuer and the courts do not wish to deter rescue . |
| 5 | Another distinction is between so called European type options which can only be exercised on the settlement day , and American type options which can be exercised at any time up to and including the settlement day . |
| 6 | Château de Monte Cristo : It can only be visited on Saturdays and Sundays . |
| 7 | This is a major area which can only be touched on here . |
| 8 | Physiology of Insect Muscles — Various aspects of the physiology of insect muscle , reviewed by Pringle ( 2966 ) , Usherwood ( 1967 , 1969 , 2975 ) , Aidley ( 1967 ) and others , can only be touched on here . |
| 9 | Like finance , the administration of the social services is a vast topic , which can only be touched on here . |
| 10 | It continued : " Reconciliation can only be built on truth . " |
| 11 | This can only be done on specified cliffs and a cagoule must be carried , though not necessarily worn . |
| 12 | So at the end of the day it must be for the courts to decide how to classify particular functions , and this can only be done on the basis of some normative judgment about the desirable scope of judicial review . |
| 13 | While such research can be of value , there is much work which can only be done on " live " systems . |
| 14 | Edinburgh 's continued success as a growth capital within Europe can only be planned on a city region scale . |
| 15 | Indeed , in my opinion , the privilege can only be justified on two grounds , first that it discourages the ill-treatment of a suspect and secondly that it discourages the production of dubious confessions . |
| 16 | This kind of coordination can only be studied on whole animals , and could never even be guessed at from … experiments on tissue culture . |
| 17 | The crucial difference in cricket is that the consulting process can only be conducted on the field |
| 18 | The effects of retirement can only be understood on an individual basis , its significance depending upon a personal interpretation of the value and importance of work , and what the individual wants and expects from the rest of his or her life . |
| 19 | Rather there is an essential assumption of that basic face-to-face conversational context in which all humans acquire language , or as Lyons ( 1977a : 637-8 ) has put it rather more precisely : The grammaticalization and lexicalization of deixis is best understood in relation to what may be termed the canonical situation of utterance : this involves one-one , or one-many , signalling in the phonic medium along the vocal-auditory channel , with all the participants present in the same actual situation able to see one another and to perceive the associated non-vocal paralinguistic features of their utterances , and each assuming the role of sender and receiver in turn There is much in the structure of languages that can only be explained on the assumption that they have developed for communication in face-to-face interaction . |
| 20 | Treatment for Thrush can only be obtained on prescription from your doctor or clinic . |
| 21 | When British Telecom was approached on the subject , we found that DDI can only be operated on a digital system ; the existing system is analogue . |
| 22 | Regarded in systems terms , programmed instruction can not be an isolated continuously developing activity because it depends on the skills of the programme writer and these skills can only be developed on the basis of experience in the classroom . |
| 23 | SMCC is allegedly telling customers SunSoft products can only be run on Sun hardware , making it harder for Sparcettes to snare the upgrade business . |
| 24 | Whether a single lift costing little more than half the balance lift is advisable or not can only be determined on working out the details of the site where it is required to be constructed and the conditions under which it would have to be worked . |
| 25 | One swim I know on the Hampshire Avon near Ringwood can only be fished on a quiet day , when few other anglers are around . |
| 26 | Equitable Life Assurance Society in Guernsey ( 0481 716021 ) has designed International Investment Plan written under Guernsey life law and which can be on joint lives ; while International Personal Pension Plan written under Guernsey pensions legislation can only be written on a single life . |
| 27 | Bookings can only be accepted on the payment of a non refundable non transferrable deposit of £5 per person . |
| 28 | The same reasoning does not apply where the money is sent by a stranger , in which case it can only be accepted on the terms upon which it is sent . |
| 29 | Arable crops can only be grown on any significant scale on the comparatively small areas of grade 1 and 2 land . |
| 30 | This approach can only be created on the basis of managerial trust in the professional skills and attitudes of teachers . |