Example sentences of "it can not be used [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Apart from the disinfection role a sterilising sink has a useful secondary role in providing heated soaking facilities for heavily soiled small equipment although it can not be used for both roles at the same time . |
| 2 | The only disadvantage of the method is that it can not be used for certain solvents , such as alcohol , which do n't appear to be absorbed by Tenax . |
| 3 | for so long as may be necessary to enable the vehicle , if it can not be used for such purpose without stopping in that length of road , to be used for fire brigade , ambulance or police purposes or in connection with any building operation , demolition or excavation , the removal of any obstruction to traffic , the maintenance , improvement or reconstruction of that length of road , or the laying , erection , alteration , repair or cleaning in or near to that length of road of any traffic sign or sewer or of any main , pipe or apparatus for the supply of gas , water or electricity , or of any telegraph or telephone wires , cables , posts or supports . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The machinery is so specialist that it can not be used for any other purpose . |
| 6 | It can not be used on suede or synthetic materials . |
| 7 | It can not be used on aluminium or galvanised surfaces . |
| 8 | But it can not be used as a way of endowing anyone with authority where that person had none . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 11 | In order to use the monitor however , the speaker must have sufficient time to mentally prepare the utterance ( usually this means it can not be used in conversation ) , must be concentrating on the form of the message itself and must have complete knowledge of the rule , or rules , which have to be brought into use . |
| 12 | However , the coefficients of this model are unknown , and so it can not be used in the empirical investigation of the risk premium . |
| 13 | The Norwegian artist Edvard Munch said that ‘ the camera can not compete with painting as long as it can not be used in heaven or hell ’ . |
| 14 | It would be grossly unfair to suggest that it can not be used by anyone else , but the degree of achievement attained by such users will be limited |