Example sentences of "so can not be used " in BNC.
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| 1 | The argument is therefore an inductive one and so can not be used to justify the principle of induction . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | The lexical procedure works by retrieving previously learned information about the specific letter string being read ( and so can not be used for reading non-words aloud , since the reader has never seen these before ) . |
| 4 | The non-lexical procedure works by applying rules specifying how a particular letter or letter group is to be pronounced ( and so can not be used for reading exception words aloud correctly , since such words disobey the rules : if you apply the rules to read an exception word aloud , you will produce an incorrect pronunciation , such as reading pint as if it rhymed with mint , hint , lint , etc . ) . |
| 5 | Although in spreadsheets like 1-2-3 and SuperCalc you can type in an entry like Sep-11 this is just a text entry and so can not be used in arithmetic — which is the whole point of a spreadsheet like this . |