Example sentences of "can [not/n't] be [verb] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Statistics for the UK chemical industry , as provided by the government , can not be relied on , warned Freeman . |
| 3 | The ferry too can not be relied on throughout the year but will generally be available on request . |
| 4 | The Tide tables can not be relied on for precise highs and lows of the tides . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | This theorem can not be relied on in other cases . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The test therefore , from this and other evidence can not be relied on completely . |
| 10 | Hodson-Smith says , however , that the software has not been fully debugged and thus can not be relied on in an emergency . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | " X exists " evidently can not be treated on a par with " x is green " , or " is fat " , or " runs " , for all their surface similarity . |
| 15 | One snag is that some statistical tests , especially calculations of sample error , can not be made on quota sampling because they are not based on random sampling . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | MRI may also show early organ invasion which can not be detected on computed tomogram . |
| 20 | It is submitted that the judgment can not be supported on principle , though , as regards the particular application of the principle , but no further , it must be taken to be law in any court of first instance . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | In the former slave economies this can not be explained on political grounds , since the South was conquered and the old plantation aristocracy was at least temporarily powerless , though it soon returned . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Please note — prizes can not be accepted on Saturdays . |
| 26 | They realize , without necessarily evaluating the implications of the realization , that patients can not be kept on a machine for ever . |
| 27 | A new international order can not be built on double standards : one standard for rich and powerful nations and for those whom they support , and another standard for those who are poor and have limited power and resources . |
| 28 | But mass movements can not be built on denunciation alone , and few people believed that ‘ worker 's power ’ was on the immediate agenda . |
| 29 | The qualification concerns the fact that holism can not be studied on its own . |
| 30 | Many situations can not be handled on the basis of ‘ A per cent of records give rise to B per cent of accesses ’ . |