Example sentences of "can be explained on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of the genuinely difficult cases , those in which the jurist appears to use unclear language , most can be explained on the linguistic argument . |
| 2 | The three properties can be explained on the assumption that a synapse will be potentiated if , and only if , it is active at a time when the region of dendrite on which it terminates is sufficiently depolarized . |
| 3 | This apparent third party relationship can be explained on the basis of the continued existence of the Mandate as an international status , on estoppel , and on the need to protect the rights of the inhabitants . |
| 4 | Although there is no overall meaning , everything can be explained on one measure or another . |
| 5 | Now , the , there , it appears that there 's a whole variety of phenomena er which suggests that sentence divides up in this way and that can be explained on hypothesis we just call such a division a constituent , and then we stipulate that , as certain operations can only apply to constituents . |
| 6 | But there is another possible kind of explanation , often more powerful , in which some linguistic feature is motivated by principles outside the scope of linguistic theory : for example , it seems possible that the syntactic processes known as island constraints ( Ross , 1967 ) can be explained on the grounds of general psychological principles ( see e.g. Grosu , 1972 ) . |
| 7 | McCutcheon can be explained on the basis that the terms of previous contracts had not been consistent . |