Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] can be used [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All sorts of phenomena can be used as representations in this way . |
| 2 | Different coloured books of checks can be used for easier identification of the various departments from which the charges originated . |
| 3 | In Cornwall , some of the most intractable of wastes can be used for agriculture , for ornamental gardens and playing fields , or be converted to semi-natural habitat , as woodland or heath . |
| 4 | All kinds of things can be used as reflectors : projection screens ; aluminium foil which has been crumpled , roughly straightened out and stuck onto a sheet of hardboard ; or purpose-made reflectors bought from photographic dealers . |
| 5 | Bands of stripes can be used above cuff welts or at the neck edge of a garment . |
| 6 | For example , two nurses are required to do the medicine round , and the administration of drugs can be used as a learning opportunity . |
| 7 | Comparisons with computers can be used for the data transfer elements of this process , modelling the flow of sequential current variations along circuits , and also for the transfer of information , in the form of structured data ( i.e. the computer program ) which interacts with the information processing elements of the communicating machines . |
| 8 | This debate has been , for the most part , concerned with the degree to which the ( undoubtedly ) rather crude models used by econometricians can be used for fine tuning of one aspect of the marketing budget , on the basis of figures which critics regard as of dubious significance . |