Example sentences of "can not [verb] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Does he realise that he can not sit on the fence on this one , and what does he intend to do about it ? |
| 2 | So the net is cast very wide , as to who can not sit on the |
| 3 | We can not compete on the basis of low educational standards or poor working conditions . |
| 4 | But she knows she can not trade on the goodwill of her nation for much longer . |
| 5 | But work can not start on the course for some months . |
| 6 | The butterfly spread can be reversed ( Fig. 7.1 0(b) ) to cater for the investor who can not decide on the balance of his or her expectations . |
| 7 | Of course , that does not always happen because the judge is entitled to draw a reasonable inference from the evidence that one party was entirely to blame even though he can not decide on the basis of the evidence exactly how an accident happened . |
| 8 | I can not comment on the devices available in other languages , but in Arabic , for instance , the particle qad may be used with the past tense of the verb to convey emphasis . |
| 9 | I can not comment on the evidence , but the Lord Advocate has made it extremely clear that the criminal proceedings are the result of an extremely brilliant , thorough and painstaking investigation by the Scottish police services and their colleagues , to whom I also pay tribute . |
| 10 | Obviously , I can not comment on the inquiry because of those investigations . |
| 11 | Unless she asks a more precise question about a particular regulator and a particular action , I can not comment on the detailed points that she makes . |
| 12 | I can not comment on the individual circumstances of the contracts . |
| 13 | I can not comment on the details , and I certainly can not promise a statement next week . |
| 14 | We therefore can not comment on the use of supplemental oxygen in these patients . |
| 15 | They do have their problems ; they are difficult to open , you can not stand on the wing and lift them up , so you have to struggle from the ground . |
| 16 | We reserve the right to refuse payment on any bet which we can not substantiate on the microfilm copy , or any bet which we have no record of . |
| 17 | But Burma can not depend on the Army indefinitely . |
| 18 | The seller can not expect on the one hand to be fully compensated for the sale falling through and on the other to be allowed in addition to retain a deposit already received . |
| 19 | Eastern Europe can not draw on the deep pockets of the German taxpayer ; the danger of being landed with a bill for remedying sites there is a big deterrent to foreign investors . |
| 20 | Philips can not improve on the price , particularly now that the lamp is available with an electronic ballast . |
| 21 | Causality is Granger causality , which is based on the idea that , if past values of the variable × improve predictions of the current value of variable Y , relative to predictions made using just the past values of Y , while past values of Y can not improve on the predictions of the current value of X made using past values of X , X ‘ causes ’ Y , in the special sense that X leads Y . |
| 22 | I can not improve on the information that my right hon. Friend the Chancellor gave in his statements to the House yesterday and in the papers supporting the Budget . |
| 23 | You can not rely on the right questions coming to you on the spur of the moment . |
| 24 | However there is still a need for caution ; undertakings can not rely on the Commission adopting a rule of reason approach in every case and would therefore need to be prepared to appeal to the Court . |
| 25 | Kendall can not rely on the likes of Barry Horne , who has not scored since the first day of the season , and youngster Billy Kenny to ease the burden on his goal-shy strikers . |
| 26 | The other reason most often given for government ownership is that government needs a voice of its own and can not rely on the privately owned press . |
| 27 | The possibility of obtaining damages from the state is particularly essential where , as in the present case , the full effect of Community provisions is conditional on the state taking certain action , and , in consequence , in the absence of such action being taken , individuals can not rely on the rights accorded to them by Community law before national courts . |
| 28 | ‘ provided that … the rights of non-member countries are not involved , a member state can not rely on the provisions of a pre-existing convention of that kind in order to justify restrictions on the marketing of products coming from another member state where the marketing thereof is lawful by virtue of the free movement of goods provided for by the Treaty . |
| 29 | When there is a stay or a suspension of execution , he can not rely on the order for possession as giving him a right to possession . |
| 30 | This consists of a less affluent underclass of young males who , unlike previous generations , can not rely on the prospect of a steady job and membership of a well-integrated occupational community to nourish their sense of security and esteem . |