Example sentences of "[not/n't] be [vb pp] on the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is of the utmost importance that the Rawlsian method of argument requiring unanimity behind the veil of ignorance should not be defended on the ground that otherwise the resulting principles would not be fair because unanimity is a condition of fairness , or by any other moral argument . |
| 2 | If a motion about a particular industry can not be placed on the agenda , that of our congress then we lose the accountability . |
| 3 | His Minister of State , Mr. Patten , stated that ‘ there is no great principle ’ of English law that burdens of proof should not be placed on the defence , and he recited examples which are familiar to readers of textbooks on criminal evidence — the Prevention of Corruption Act 1916 , etc. ( ibid . , |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | On behalf of the Do n't Tax Reading Books Group , the BA has produced A2 , A3 and A4 posters , and A5 bag stuffers/leaflets which have a poster on one side and the arguments as to why books should not be taxed on the other . |
| 6 | If that income is lawfully accumulated in an irrevocable settlement it can not be taxed on the settlor . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Can we be sure that if this goes wrong and there is military involvement — as there might well be — we will not be involved on the coat-tails of the Germans ? |
| 11 | Mains-voltage cable should not be run on the surface of the ground and should never be attached to fences — as these can be easily blown down . |
| 12 | The peasantry was constantly eroded by the proletarianisation of those whose holdings were too small to support them , or the emigration of those extra mouths which demographic growth multiplied , and which could not be fed on the family 's land . |
| 13 | Many situations can not be handled on the basis of ‘ A per cent of records give rise to B per cent of accesses ’ . |
| 14 | On a single syllable ‘ why ’ , the pitch movement might be of this sort : but if there are syllables following , the fall may not be completed on the tonic syllable : why did you go |
| 15 | Indeed , an extraction set may not be based on the denotation of any noun explicitly mentioned at all ; an equally valid extraction set for ( 19 ) might be the creatures we had shot that day . |
| 16 | If we still object , then our objection can not be based on the principle that no individual should vote against his conscience . |
| 17 | ‘ It shows that investigations should not be based on the gut feeling of a particular officer — it has got to be more professional and CATCHEM is . |
| 18 | Records must not be based on the measurement of subjective impressions such as the number of times parents felt depressed about their child 's behaviour . |
| 19 | Typically , project acquisitions could not be distinguished on the shelves or if they could , most of the people we asked could not show us which they were . |
| 20 | So , between 10.00 and 17.00 hours from the 23rd of May to the 30th of September inclusive , bikes should not be ridden on the Llanberis Bridleway , the Snowdon Ranger Bridleway and the Rhyd Ddu Bridleway . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | The task was to repeat the words " double , double , double " over and over again , and it was used on the assumption that , while vocalising , judgements about words would not be made on the basis of their phonological codes . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | After the meeting of the Cabinet held that same Sunday evening , when it became apparent that agreement could not be reached on the economy package , MacDonald , on his way to the palace , told Sir Ernest Harvey , the Deputy Governor of the Bank of England : ‘ I am off to the Palace to throw in my hand . ' |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 ’ . |
| 28 | Thus in United Brands Co. v. Commission ( 1978 ) , the Court held that United Brands had abused its dominant position by charging different prices for bananas according to the member state of their destination , where these prices could not be justified on the basis of transport costs . |
| 29 | It was agreed by the parties that if the proviso on its true construction operated as a restraint of trade it could not be justified on the ground of reasonableness . |
| 30 | 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 ; |