Example sentences of "can [not/n't] be use as " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it can not be used as a way of endowing anyone with authority where that person had none . |
| 2 | However this can not be used as a guide to future performance as investments can go down as well as up . |
| 3 | However , this can not be used as a guide to future fund performance , as unit prices can fall as well as rise . |
| 4 | When deprived of these sensations they can not be used as checks when maintaining a safe environment . |
| 5 | II can not be used as means of production in their natural material form . |
| 6 | This whole group of paints are in no inferior to the very liquid paints , they are similarly versatile , but can not be used as inks , which the thinner acrylics do so well . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | However , this can not be used as a pretext to justify inertia . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Confessions which have been obtained as a result of oppressive questioning can not be used as evidence in criminal proceedings ( s.76 ) . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Hence the normality of 42 when the dogs referred to are of opposite sexes can not be used as evidence against the existence of two senses of dog , since it can be fully accounted for by claiming that only the general sense is operative . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 ’ . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Keywords can not be used as part of the user-supplied information ( e.g. within COMMENT fields ) . |
| 17 | Although Ennodius 's panegyric can not be used as absolute proof that Gregory 's chronology for Clovis 's conversion is wrong , it does suggest that there was conflict between the Franks and the Alamans shortly before 508 . |
| 18 | Now , interpretation of such adverbials in English is systematically determined by ( a ) the calendrical vs. non-calendrical ( and specifically deictic ) modes of reckoning , and ( b ) the distinction between common noun units , like weeks , months , years , and proper name units , like Monday , December , and perhaps afternoon , which can not be used as measures ( Fillmore , 1975 ) . |
| 19 | Construction questions can not be used as material for challenge to the determination after it has been made unless the expert has addressed the " wrong question " : see Nikko Hotels ( UK ) Ltd v MEPC plc [ 1991 ] 28 EG 86 , discussed at 13.6.8 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | But poor refereeing is part and parcel of football and can not be used as an excuse for Newcastle 's plight . |
| 22 | Losing the potent force of Murdo MacLeod can not be used as an excuse , either . |