Example sentences of "[pers pn] could [not/n't] be use [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | And , secondly , company law set about the task of demonstrating that the power of corporate managers was not unlimited but was subject to checks and controls which ensured that it could not be used for the manager 's own purposes or for any other arbitrary end . |
| 4 | But a mask is what it was , and he had hated the mask ; and unlike Falkenna , Sinisalo , Hollower , it could not be used at whim . |
| 5 | A fingerprint was found — but she was told it could not be used as evidence and other officers were not questioned about it , she told an industrial tribunal . |
| 6 | ( 3 ) Information which was confidential , such as details of a secret process ; this type was so confidential that it could not be used by the employee at any time for the benefit of anyone but the employer . |
| 7 | Although Crawford was one of the few Test cricketers to play in spectacles it would seem that his eyesight was not so poor that he could not be used by the military . |