Example sentences of "can not be use [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The same method can not be used for a polymer and one must resort to comparative techniques . |
| 2 | The unique Client name is already known to LIFESPAN and therefore can not be used for a new Client name . |
| 3 | But it can not be used as a way of endowing anyone with authority where that person had none . |
| 4 | However this can not be used as a guide to future performance as investments can go down as well as up . |
| 5 | However , this can not be used as a guide to future fund performance , as unit prices can fall as well as rise . |
| 6 | These phenomena can not be used as a warning of incipient fracture because , to observe the effects , it is necessary to cut thin sections of the stressed part and to look at it in an optical microscope . |
| 7 | However , this can not be used as a pretext to justify inertia . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Here , surely , are sufficient examples to show that , however banal or simple our definition of democracy , it soon turns out that it can not be used as a plain , uncomplicated term of description at all . |
| 10 | Many marine organisms time their reproduction by the moon , and some land organisms also breed by the lunar cycle , particularly those living in equatorial regions where day length is virtually constant and so can not be used as a guide . |
| 11 | The Soviet Military Encyclopedia in 1978 defined a neutral or neutralised zone as a defined geographical region in which by international agreement ( or the unilateral decision of a state to which this region belongs ) ‘ the preparation of military operations ’ is prohibited , and which ‘ can not be used as a theatre of military operations or a base for the conduct of war ’ . |
| 12 | For example , at the end of 1986 a small fund owned and administered by a group of workers in a nationalized industry which we shall call ‘ The General Sickness and Funeral Fund ’ had the following investments : Notes : The figures for the gross yield on equities takes into account the time over which the investment has been held ( unstated ) and can not be used as a holding period return for CAPM as the periods are unequal . |
| 13 | Finally , the description unenforceable really means that up until the time of judgment it was valid but thereafter can not be used as a basis for an action . |
| 14 | But poor refereeing is part and parcel of football and can not be used as an excuse for Newcastle 's plight . |
| 15 | Losing the potent force of Murdo MacLeod can not be used as an excuse , either . |
| 16 | These mops can not be used with an ordinary mop bucket because of their shape and are employed with hand or foot operated roller compression buckets or geared press wringers which are bucket mounted . |
| 17 | Your Lordships accept that a civil court should never make an order that will inhibit the processes of the criminal law , but regard the letter written by a Principal Officer in the Crown Prosecution Service as a sufficient assurance that the prosecution will be placed at no disadvantage if pursuant to the order of the court the defendants produce a number of incriminating documents that can not be used in a prosecution . |
| 18 | Gandhi claims that it can not be used in an unjust cause but what he might mean is that it should not be used in an unjust cause . |
| 19 | It must however be emphasized that these powers can not be used by a solicitors ' incorporated practice to do anything in breach of the Solicitors Act 1974 , the Rules or any rules , principles or requirements of conduct applicable to incorporated practices — in this regard attention is drawn to the proviso set out in Clause 3(a) . |
| 20 | It must however be emphasised that these powers can not be used by a solicitors ' incorporated practice to do anything in breach of the Solicitors Act 1974 , the Rules or any rules , principles or requirements of conduct applicable to incorporated practices — in this regard attention is drawn to the proviso set out in Clause 3(a) . |