Example sentences of "[vb mod] not be relied on " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , this increase in speed must not be relied on if the launch is too slow and the pilot wants more speed , because the cause of a slow launch may be the beginning of a power failure , in which case steepening up in the hope of creating more speed would be dangerous . |
| 2 | Therefore , because it is unlikely that there will ever be revised editions , and because I should just hate to see my name on anything that could not be relied on , the probability is that the books will progressively be withdrawn from publication after a currency of a few years . ’ |
| 3 | Family help could not be relied on , even in a crisis . |
| 4 | Customs confirmed that parts of the leaflet could not be relied on in a recent appeal at the London VAT Tribunal by the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children . |
| 5 | MacArthur understood the danger from the Soviet Union and now stated that he knew a Soviet promise to observe Japanese neutrality could not be relied on . |
| 6 | It is the essential but usually overlooked fact that in any psychophysical experiment when , for example , subjects are asked whether or not they perceive a stimulus , their responses , verbal or otherwise , can not be relied on as accurate accounts of their conscious experiences . |
| 7 | Statistics for the UK chemical industry , as provided by the government , can not be relied on , warned Freeman . |
| 8 | The ferry too can not be relied on throughout the year but will generally be available on request . |
| 9 | The Tide tables can not be relied on for precise highs and lows of the tides . |
| 10 | Almost by definition , crises are periods when the normally routinized operations of the bureaucracy are insufficient or can not be relied on , when decisions have to be quickly pushed up through the chain of command , and where unusually large and direct role in controlling policy implementation has to be taken by political leaders . |
| 11 | Where an absolute norm for English can not be relied on , the next best thing is to compare the corpus whose style is under scrutiny with one or more comparable corpuses , thus establishing a relative norm . |
| 12 | This theorem can not be relied on in other cases . |
| 13 | Whilst the factual study produced considerable valuable information , there are gaps and some errors in methodology which mean that its conclusions can not be relied on exclusively in an assessment of the present procedure . |
| 14 | The test therefore , from this and other evidence can not be relied on completely . |
| 15 | Hodson-Smith says , however , that the software has not been fully debugged and thus can not be relied on in an emergency . |
| 16 | In addition , it is obvious that it can not be relied on until there has been a substantial amount of trading between the same parties . |