Example sentences of "action can [not/n't] be [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The statement of the principle of subsidiarity in the Maastricht text is in what would be a new Article 3B of the EEC Treaty , to the effect that ‘ in areas which do not fall within its exclusive competence ’ the Community should take action only if and so far as the objectives of the proposed action can not be sufficiently achieved by the Member States and can , therefore , by reason of the scale or effects of the proposed action , be better achieved by the Community . |
| 2 | In areas which do not fall within its exclusive competence , the Community shall take action , in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity , only if and in so far as the objectives of the proposed action can not be sufficiently achieved by the Member States and can therefore , by reason of the scale or effects of the proposed action , be better achieved by the Community . |
| 3 | According to Article 3B , ‘ the Community shall take action … only if and in so far as the objectives of the proposed action can not be sufficiently achieved by the Member States and can … be better achieved by the Community ’ . |
| 4 | A new article in the treaty declared that the EC would act " only if and in so far as the objectives of the proposed action can not be sufficiently achieved by the member states " . |
| 5 | If the actions can not be independently observed at all though , this might force the optimal contract to contain some element based on general risk , in order to provide incentives to efficiency . |