Example sentences of "can [adv] be used [prep] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The official statistics , therefore , can only be used as indicators , rather than accurate statements , but they do offer some guides to the occupational picture .
2 Statistics of baptism , civil marriage and civil funerals , too , in some countries , may help , but they can only be used with difficulty .
3 But Tony Murrell , managing director of financial advisers Fraser Marr said : ‘ In most circumstances we would not recommend the use of educational trusts because these can only be used for school fees — nothing else .
4 Tape files can only be accessed in this way ( figure 5.2 ) and therefore tapes can only be used for serial or sequential files .
5 The law should prohibit : the export of military , security and police equipment and training where these can reasonably be assumed to contribute to human rights abuses ; the manufacture of equipment which can only be used for torture or other cruel , inhuman and degrading treatment of prisoners .
6 It is not suitable for domestic purposes and can only be used for power generation .
7 Scrolls can only be used by wizards , for example and only Heroes can wear magic armour .
8 Scrolls can only be used by wizards ( ie , shamans ) , for example .
9 Scrolls can only be used by wizards , for example , while a Runefang may only be used by heroes of the Empire ( this does include Champions and Lords incidentally — all characters who are not wizards are heroes just as all wizards are wizards even if they are Wizard Lords or Master Wizards ) .
10 These can only be used by Charities recognised ( and given a number ) by the British Charities Commission .
11 The loop operates in the flat floored area of the lower level from the stage to the front of the tiered seating and is fed from signals from the existing amplification system and , therefore , can only be used in conjunction with that system .
12 It is certainly worth taking advantage of the Use-Wysiwyg command on the Services menu but notice that it can only be used in SHEET mode .
13 Behind these come what I have called the gybing straps , since these are used during the carve gybe , and at the back of the board are the two high wind straps , which can only be used in Force 4 or above .
14 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 .
15 Presently-available RDS radios can not be used for TMC , and can not be adapted .
16 If the term ‘ beetle ’ gets its meaning from what is in the box , it can not be used for communication with others , who being ignorant of that beetle 's nature will not be able to understand the term .
17 During elections , Number 10 can not be used for party political purposes .
18 Standard bobbins can not be used for E cores , since all three legs have to be used for the isolated topology .
19 APACHE II scores on admission to ICUs can not be used for comparison of performances of ICUs as they fail to take into account the influences that management prior to ICU admission , such as stabilisation in an operating theatre or ward , may have on physiological variables .
20 The postural muscles , on the other hand , can not be used at will .
21 Keywords can not be used as part of the user-supplied information ( e.g. within COMMENT fields ) .
22 When deprived of these sensations they can not be used as checks when maintaining a safe environment .
23 Confessions which have been obtained as a result of oppressive questioning can not be used as evidence in criminal proceedings ( s.76 ) .
24 Hence the normality of 42 when the dogs referred to are of opposite sexes can not be used as evidence against the existence of two senses of dog , since it can be fully accounted for by claiming that only the general sense is operative .
25 This whole group of paints are in no inferior to the very liquid paints , they are similarly versatile , but can not be used as inks , which the thinner acrylics do so well .
26 Construction questions can not be used as material for challenge to the determination after it has been made unless the expert has addressed the " wrong question " : see Nikko Hotels ( UK ) Ltd v MEPC plc [ 1991 ] 28 EG 86 , discussed at 13.6.8 .
27 II can not be used as means of production in their natural material form .
28 Now , interpretation of such adverbials in English is systematically determined by ( a ) the calendrical vs. non-calendrical ( and specifically deictic ) modes of reckoning , and ( b ) the distinction between common noun units , like weeks , months , years , and proper name units , like Monday , December , and perhaps afternoon , which can not be used as measures ( Fillmore , 1975 ) .
29 Can not be used over masonry paint .
30 Self-venting cylinders can not be used with corrosion inhibitors and are seldom installed these days
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