Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] not be used [prep] " in BNC.

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1 The first time she discovered the awful mess he had deliberately left in the kitchen , Beth was determined she would not be used as a skivvy .
2 The ban takes the form of a circular stating that it is illegal to sell , purchase , import , export or even carry tiger bones or rhino horns and that they may not be used in medicines .
3 Council spokesman Doug Allan said labels on any household chemical warned they must not be used in association with other products .
4 Fitzgerald herself does not go so far as to suggest that they should not be used at all .
5 They should not be used for turning nuts which are to be used again .
6 Learners like hand-outs , but they should not be used with monotonous regularity to echo everything the teacher says .
7 I believe the present main warning is that they should not be used with ‘ canmotors ’ , and the May issue of Continental Modeller reviewing a German-made locomotive quotes the accompanying leaflet as saying that it is powered by a ‘ Faulhaber ’ motor which must not be used with ‘ pulse power units ’ .
8 They should not be used with waste disposers .
9 The evidence of this study indicates that while simplicity in initiating proceedings , informality in surroundings , and procedural flexibility are valuable qualities worthy of preservation , they should not be used as a justification for denying the contribution that representation makes to tribunal decision-making processes , nor the need of appellants to have cases advocated on their behalf .
10 They should not be used as part of the user-supplied entries ( e.g. in comment fields ) .
11 They should not be used as part of the user-supplied entries ( e.g. in comment fields ) .
12 Although open lines of communication are important , they should not be used by the superior to command the subordinate in a matter where authority has been delegated to the subordinate .
13 They should not be used in any quantity as they can cause stomach upsets , but are extremely useful for the presentation of nouvelle cuisine dishes .
14 One would ‘ ring-fence ’ or protect the grants to be given to local authorities so they could not be used for other purposes ; the other would give elderly and disabled people in local authority residential homes the same social security rights as those in private or voluntary sector homes .
15 This neutralised the efforts of the consortium since all funds committed so far had been for the purchase of the collection intact ; they could not be used for individual sale bids or any subsequent related negotiations .
16 They can become a rigid system for controlling students and teachers , but they need not be used in this way .
17 But the opposition parties demanded their return , and the king had to promise that they would not be used except defensively , not even to eject Iraq from Kuwait .
18 If this is the case , they will not be used by the student .
19 A different , and in some respects more constructive , approach adopted by some international lawyers ( especially Cassese , 1979 ) points to the weakness in terms of effective enforcement of a prohibition of weapons based only on the argument that they can not be used without violation of the general principles of the humanitarian law of war .
20 Having looked at a number of hypothetical fossil records varying in degree of completeness , they state that ‘ Sometimes fossils can be used in phytogenetic reconstruction without reference to stratigraphy : sometimes they can be used in combination with stratigraphy : sometimes they can not be used at all ; and sometimes phylogeny is in principle not reconstructible . ’
21 When deprived of these sensations they can not be used as checks when maintaining a safe environment .
22 A further point is that your protected rights must be used to purchase the annuity which will pay for your annual pension when you retire ; they can not be used as a contribution towards your lump sum .
23 What is indubitable is that they are used of effects , that they can not be used of unnecessitated events , and hence that effects as we understand them are not unnecessitated events .
24 The main limitations to the use of Pitot tubes are their size and the slowness of their response ; they can not be used in flows of very small length scale , nor to measure rapid velocity fluctuations .
25 These extra cards can only be used by that shaman — they can not be used by other shamans .
26 The statute occasionally provides in so many terms that the information may be used in evidence ; sometimes that it may not be used for certain purposes , inferentially permitting its use for others ; or it may be expressly prescribed that the evidence is not to be admitted ; or again , the statute may be silent .
27 In other words , syntactic analysis is always carried out but it may not be used in the interpretation of any particular sentence .
28 The tablet is orange flavoured , sugar free and chewable so it is suitable for children , although it should not be used for infants under 2 years of age .
29 It should not be used without reference to that commentary .
30 It should not be used without reference to that commentary .
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