Example sentences of "can [not/n't] use a " in BNC.

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1 So you ca n't use a punchcard carriage on an electronic machine .
2 If you ca n't use a credit card the next best options are a crossed cheque , a postal order , or try to persuade the company to take cash on delivery , once you 've had time to inspect the goods , of course .
3 If you ca n't use a sprinkler , draw back a little of the top soil to form a ridge just beyond the spread of the branches around each plant — like a saucer .
4 They do n't have electrical power , so they ca n't use a telegraph . ’
5 But I ca n't use a different face , ’ she said .
6 You can use the whole thing with a mouse ( is there anything you ca n't use a mouse with these days ? ) , but we found that the I-beam cursor was anything but stable with a mouse .
7 If this is something that maybe in the future , then you ca n't use a Mortgage Master for a , for a future house purchase , you can use the P S P .
8 You know as you ca n't use a tennis court for anything else or bowling green for anything else .
9 Eh you ca n't use a cheque , Access Card , nothing .
10 You can not use a singular form of the verb with a plural pronoun. ( 17 November 1988 )
11 Due to the tunnel going through several types of rock of varying hardness , the tunnellers can not use a tunnelling machine like the ones used in the Channel tunnel work .
12 A dog will not be deprived if it can not use a chair .
13 However , we can not use a simple average ( mean ) of the four ratios for each township to produce a single multiplier factor because they were determined by different methods .
14 You can not use a parametric test because the size-frequency of the potential prey population is unlikely to be normal .
15 This spoon it must have , though it can not use a spoon for spooning but only brutishly wave one while mashing fistfuls of food — the feeding is done by Ma .
16 Taking the second first , the pathname specified for the concealed logical must be a physical pathname — you can not use a concealed logical of a concealed logical in order to traverse deeper than 16 directory levels .
17 They can not use a vocabulary which they do not know , nor relate to what they are in deepest ignorance of ; 5. promote pupils ' own search for a commitment by which to live and find meaning and fulfilment in wrestling with ultimate questions ;
18 Since local variables are also stored on the processor 's stack , you can not use a FOR …
19 Because a single stack is used , you can not use a FOR …
20 You can not use a file until you have told the system it exists .
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