Example sentences of "can [be] used for [adj] purposes " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 There is scope for a thesis of sorts on the distinction between the Commission on Instructional Technology 's definition : " Instructional technology means the media born of the communications revolution which can be used for instructional purposes alongside the teacher , the textbook and the blackboard " ( AVI , April 1970 : 89 ) ; and the National Council for Educational Technology 's definition , for the UK , of educational technology : " the development , application and evaluation of systems , techniques and aids to improve the process of human learning . "
2 The plant is built around a modular system which means the reaction vessels can be used for various purposes and new parts can be added when required .
3 He said : ‘ There are so many products that can be used for intoxicating purposes it would be impossible to lock them all away .
4 Television and radio can be used for educational purposes , to spread modern values and inform people .
5 The formative advantages of the record are considerable ; it provides an on-going record which can be used for evaluative purposes by student , teacher and parent , and thereby a basis for the consideration of future planning of learning and teaching .
6 As such the concept of social representation will necessarily be some son of general , background concept , and it will be difficult to find elements of socially shared consciousness , which are not social representations and which can be used for contrastive purposes .
  Next page