Example sentences of "[not/n't] [adv] be used [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As in the previous areas discussed , objects may not merely be used to refer to a given social group , but may themselves be constitutive of a certain social relation . |
| 2 | The informal interview can not generally be used to test hypotheses very accurately , but it can be used most fruitfully to clarify them and to elaborate them . |
| 3 | They can not easily be used to describe those events outside of us , like our social circumstances or what psychiatrists call ‘ life events ’ , that have such a critical impact on our emotions . |
| 4 | The reason is that this is cash that banks are likely to need anyway , and which can not therefore be used to meet an increase in demand for cash . ) |
| 5 | Gastric emptying tests can not therefore be used to make the diagnosis , although they can , nevertheless yield results consistentwith the diagnosis . |
| 6 | But those of us in the recycling business must take issue with the statement from the British Plastics Federation that recycled plastics can not safely be used to package food . |