Example sentences of "[noun pl] can not use " in BNC.

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1 Orthographically irregular words can not use the GPC route , and will fail by the analogy route if there is a mismatch between the regularity of the word and its associate ( if you do n't know how to pronounce " have " , you should n't try matching it with " save " ) .
2 That ‘ inwardness ’ so prized by some English readers , and characteristically found by them ( implausibly ) in Lawrence , is an attention directed so far ‘ inward , that it can never come to the surface for long enough to notice how the sunlight breaks upon the edges and volumes of a piece of sculpture ; and that is why indeed such readers can not use the word ‘ aesthetic ’ except ‘ in a limiting sense ’ .
3 Due to the tunnel going through several types of rock of varying hardness , the tunnellers can not use a tunnelling machine like the ones used in the Channel tunnel work .
4 Hearing BSL learners can not use the traditional language learning approaches of dealing with grammar in the written language or phonology in the language laboratory , since there has simply not been enough information available .
5 A public body which has power to construct lavatories can not use that power in order to build a subway under a street .
6 And , is there any good reason the Royals can not use the same commercial flights as the rest of us ?
7 Very dry and sensitive skins can not use alcohol-based cleansers and may even find water-cleansing too much .
8 It is impossible to break the magic wards on the Grimoires , so the adventurers can not use them .
9 About 700m ecus are still waiting to be collected , partly because spending tends to bunch at the end of a period and partly because Britain 's system of local-authority finance means that some councils can not use the money .
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