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The phrase "are not licenced" is correct and usable in written English, although "licensed" is the more common spelling in American English.
You can use it when indicating that someone or something does not have the necessary official permission or certification to perform a certain activity.
Example: "The drivers in this area are not licensed to operate commercial vehicles."
Alternatives: "are not authorized" or "lack certification".
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The Government also points out that, by law, doctors can prescribe drugs for purposes for which they are not licenced.
E-cigarettes are not licenced as NRTs and because at present their safety, quality and efficacy cannot be assured, they are not recommended.
Technically, doctors can prescribe drugs for a purpose for which they are not licenced, but charities and clinicians said that most seek the assurance of a licence before prescribing.
However, some of the small streams in the upper reaches are polluted by discharges of effluent which are not licenced, and there are areas where the water in the aquifer, and hence the river, has raised levels of nitrates, largely caused by agricultural fertilisers.
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"We're not licenced for suicides around here.
However, EDTA is not licenced for use in countries such as the USA.
Availability of artesunate has been limited in many countries, including the UK, as the drug is not licenced and is only available on a named patient basis.
According to the British National Formulary guidelines [ 37], an anti-obesity drug should be considered only for those with a BMI of 30 or greater (page 207), and we felt that this recommendation should be followed in the case of Topiramate, even if this drug is not licenced for this use.
The BBC is paying Discovery £173m for that deal, which is coming from BBC Studios and is not licence fee money, Lord Hall said.
Octreotide is not currently licenced for the indication of SUA-induced hypoglycaemia.
The release of the amino-acetonitrile derivative (AAD) drug, monepantel, in 2010 represents the first new anthelmintic class since the launch of ivermectin in the early 1980s for use in sheep, but this drug is not yet licenced in Norway.
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