Example sentences of "can only [be] used [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The official statistics , therefore , can only be used as indicators , rather than accurate statements , but they do offer some guides to the occupational picture . |
| 2 | General Condition 3 of the policy , ‘ Your Duty of Care ’ presents frequent problems and the following notes can only be used as a guideline . |
| 3 | Curiously , while ( 64 ) can only be used as a greeting ( at least in British English ) , ( 65 ) can only be used as a parting : ( 65 ) Good night so that we have here an interaction of time and discourse deixis . |
| 4 | Curiously , while ( 64 ) can only be used as a greeting ( at least in British English ) , ( 65 ) can only be used as a parting : ( 65 ) Good night so that we have here an interaction of time and discourse deixis . |
| 5 | We can conclude from the previous section that a change in national income ( even when adjusted for price and population increases ) can only be used as an indicator , and not an accurate measure , of a change in economic welfare . |
| 6 | Due to its sheer weight it can only be used at the Centre by special permission of the Department of Transport . |
| 7 | Statistics of baptism , civil marriage and civil funerals , too , in some countries , may help , but they can only be used with difficulty . |
| 8 | 1974 ) and , of course , the procedure can only be used with those psychiatric patients for whom ECT has been chosen as the treatment of choice . |
| 9 | This can only be used with one or more floppy drives , and copies all the information from one disk to another . |
| 10 | The most notable is the relative pronoun that , which can only be used with a restrictive relative clause . |
| 11 | ‘ I ended up with the same look as with the hot-air brushes , but it can only be used on dry hair . |
| 12 | Many people are worried that it can only be used for the disable person . |
| 13 | But Tony Murrell , managing director of financial advisers Fraser Marr said : ‘ In most circumstances we would not recommend the use of educational trusts because these can only be used for school fees — nothing else . |
| 14 | The law should prohibit : the export of military , security and police equipment and training where these can reasonably be assumed to contribute to human rights abuses ; the manufacture of equipment which can only be used for torture or other cruel , inhuman and degrading treatment of prisoners . |
| 15 | Because of the last row knitted before casting off has to be knitted at a looser tension , the linker can only be used for casting off all the stitches . |
| 16 | Microscopes can only be used for close work , telescopes for viewing objects from arm 's length distance to infinity . |
| 17 | Instead the contributions can only be used for boosting the actual pension itself . |
| 18 | The woodwind can only be used for doubling notes which are already present in the brass . |
| 19 | It is not suitable for domestic purposes and can only be used for power generation . |
| 20 | This method can only be used for non-porous and crystalline rocks ( particularly limestones ) , as the lead tends to be forced into any pores and , unlike powdered abrasives , it can not be washed away . |
| 21 | Tape files can only be accessed in this way ( figure 5.2 ) and therefore tapes can only be used for serial or sequential files . |
| 22 | Is she also aware of the fact that the National Sounds Archive now housed in Exhibition Road in South Kensington , ought really to be next door to the Music Library and it has always been the ambition of the Library to put it there and that furthermore , and here I speak from great knowledge because I negotiated the arrangement , if that site at Exhibition Road for the National Sounds Archive Library is sold , that money can only be used under the term of that agreement to provide similar accommodation elsewhere . |
| 23 | Essentially , Hart follows John Stuart Mill in answering ‘ no ’ , and suggests , as Mill did , that power can only be used over someone against their will in order to prevent harm to others . |
| 24 | Slim-line tension rods , which are telescopic , are used to carry net curtains neatly without any fixing brackets , but they can only be used within a window reveal as they spring out to grip the sides . |
| 25 | SPC can only be used within a PRINT or INPUT statement . |
| 26 | The title Architect is protected by law and can only be used by those appropriately qualified and registered . |
| 27 | A spokesman said : ‘ Obviously the bikes can only be used by those fit enough . |
| 28 | Scrolls can only be used by wizards , for example and only Heroes can wear magic armour . |
| 29 | These extra cards can only be used by that shaman — they can not be used by other shamans . |
| 30 | This extra card can only be used by that shaman — the card can not be used by other shamans . |