Example sentences of "[noun sg] can not be used " in BNC.
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| 1 | This extra card can only be used by that shaman — the card can not be used by other shamans . |
| 2 | Your card can not be used to withdraw more than your daily limit from Cashline machines . |
| 3 | Leisure Card can not be used in conjunction with Moneysavers , S.E.A.T. , Party Booking Discounts , Standbys and other special concessions . |
| 4 | Because of its protein content Simplesse can not be used for deep fat frying , although it can be used in some cooking applications — the cream can be used to make sauces or the cheese to make pizza or lasagne , but both these products are only available in the US at the moment . |
| 5 | Coarse sand can not be used for this purpose , because it soon enlarges the hole through which it flows . |
| 6 | If a company 's ACT can not be used to reduce its current year tax liability , it will become surplus . |
| 7 | Under the Act of 1987 the privilege against self-incrimination becomes unnecessary because a statement made in response to a requirement under the Act can not be used in evidence in criminal proceedings . |
| 8 | The decision marks a significant development because it shows that national copyright law can not be used to justify conduct which is incompatible with the objectives of Article 86 . |
| 9 | Deportation can not be used to achieve extradition , and the Home Secretary could not use his powers to revoke television licences where people had bought a new licence early in order to avoid a price increase . |
| 10 | Section 32 enables the Inland Revenue to adjust the value at which Target 's shares are disposed of to counteract the depressant effect of this sort of arrangement , while s176 ensures that a hive-up can not be used to realise an artificial loss on the disposal of Target 's shares ( eg , when it is liquidated ) . |
| 11 | Once again it is clear than the concept of bureaucracy can not be used in blanket terms . |
| 12 | The purchaser will seek to allow the management of the vendor company as little latitude as possible in the preparation of the completion accounts and will be seeking to ensure that past practices which have no doubt been adventageous for the vendor can not be used . |
| 13 | ‘ The approved evidential breath testing device can not be used on this occasion because the calibration check has proved unsatisfactory . |
| 14 | Unfortunately the mouse can not be used to actually enter notes and symbols , but keying the notes in is straightforward so this is no great hardship . |
| 15 | Measurements at a single site can not be used to calculate global changes . |
| 16 | For small samples , say below 50 , the normal distribution can not be used and it is necessary to use the Student 's t distribution . |
| 17 | For small samples , say below 50 , the normal distribution can not be used and it is necessary to use the Student 's t distribution . |
| 18 | Indeed , contrary to MAFF 's stubbornly held views that the LFA Directive can not be used to support conservation except as an ancillary to agricultural development , the then Minister of Agriculture , Mr Peter Walker , answered a question in the House on 10 December 1981 on how successful the LFA Directive had been in encouraging production in the UK . |
| 19 | If there is , and if both music and commentary are to be pre-recorded onto parallel tracks of a cued tape , the stop-start transfer routine can not be used : the sound tape has to be run non-stop , and we are then back with problems of tape-to-tape synchronisation . |
| 20 | Some elements , such as fluorine and phosphorus , have only one stable isotope , and isotopic substitution can not be used conveniently to identify vibrations involving them . |
| 21 | It is also unique , so a later top can not be used as it is six inches narrower than the Series One . |
| 22 | Contact with the service can not be used in disciplinary proceedings . |
| 23 | If one of a pair of riding boots is damaged the other boot can not be used on its own and we should pay for the cost of a new pair . |
| 24 | ‘ Stolen evidence can not be used in court but facts learned can be verified . ’ |
| 25 | But the same argument can not be used for ignoring Europe . |
| 26 | Patterns can be affected by climate , which varies from region to region , so that a particular tree-ring pattern established in one area can not be used for dating timbers from another part of the world . |
| 27 | Porcelain can also be TL tested , but it is such a hard ceramic that a drill can not be used to take the sample because of the heat generated and the spurious luminescence signals produced . |
| 28 | Confessions which have been obtained as a result of oppressive questioning can not be used as evidence in criminal proceedings ( s.76 ) . |
| 29 | The purpose of this is to reduce the parent company 's chargeable gain , though this mechanism can not be used to create an allowable loss for the parent company ( see s176 TCGA 1992 ) . |
| 30 | The same method can not be used for a polymer and one must resort to comparative techniques . |