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'cannot be had' is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It can generally be used when talking about something that is not possible to acquire or obtain. Example: His favorite food cannot be had from any local grocery store.
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True education cannot be had on the cheap.
Being a public right, compensation cannot be had by private parties for any injury affecting it.
The cattle fodder that is now ready to be picked cannot be had.
The museum acknowledges this is the first time that it has acquired something that "cannot be had".
Because the GTO was rushed into production, some features typically available on American cars cannot be had for any price.
In any event, relief cannot be had by this bill, on the ground of undue discrimination, at the present stage of the controversy.
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The men who undertake the hard labour cannot be having much fun.
But now there must be watertight security, they cannot be having as many people at the end of the race".
At the vital moment you cannot be having a parish council meeting, as Robshaw and Owen Farrell discovered in the closing moments against South Africa last season.
He, alone, cannot be held to have blocked the sidewalk.
The boy from Dublin, who cannot be named, had been refused bail on December 26.
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