Example sentences of "not [be] use [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dust layered the bottom of the chamber pot ; it had not been used for a long time and was probably meant for show . |
| 2 | The research team 's leader , Dr David Porteous said the Oxford and Cambridge results were an important first step even though the treatment could not be used on a regular basis on human cystic fibrosis sufferers . |
| 3 | The unique Client name is already known to LIFESPAN and therefore can not be used for a new Client name . |
| 4 | As a general rule , age should not be used as a primary discriminator in recruitment , selection , promotion and training decisions . |
| 5 | We must ensure that the new system will not be used as a political tool . |
| 6 | The cardiotocography machine must certainly not be used as a poor substitute for midwifery care , nor should a shortage of midwives be used as an argument for a policy of continuous cardiotocography . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | But their success has caught the eye of Tewkesbury Borough Council , which says that the land is for agricultural use only , and should not be used as a retail outlet for bonsai trees . |
| 9 | Cost effectiveness estimates should not be used in a mechanistic fashion ; at best they provide a useful aid for decision making . |
| 10 | The solvent-weld cement gives off powerful fumes and should not be used in a confined space . |
| 11 | Since , the " Commando " had a clear warning that the contents should not be used after a certain time , this was deemed to put the plaintiff on notice not to use the herbicide and he could not complain that his own misunderstanding of the consequences of ignoring the warning had rendered the herbicide unfit for the purpose which it was supplied . |
| 12 | Gorbachev on Jan. 5 decreed that " in order to activate the implementation of land reform " republican and local authorities should make an inventory of " lands which are not being used in a rational manner by collective and state farms " , and of the land holdings of USSR ministries , with a view to making these available leasehold to private farmers and as allotments for town dwellers . |
| 13 | it does n't matter because all of them are as it happens fairly er new and indeed as Kevin says quite correctly , dry because they have n't been used for a long time . |
| 14 | The traditional wok ca n't be used on a ceramic hob because there 's not enough contact between the rounded base and hob to produce the high temperatures needed to stir-fry . |