Example sentences of "[vb pp] to [adj] use " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Americans would have thousands of surplus transport aircraft that could be turned to civil use , and a well-developed transport aircraft industry ; the British , on the other hand , would have virtually none . |
| 2 | But the absence , say , of sterile dressing packs can be turned to good use . |
| 3 | Some land had been transferred to environmental uses . |
| 4 | Data from the Melbourne Colorectal Cancer Study , which investigated 685 colorectal cancer cases and 723 age/sex frequency matched controls showed no higher risk related to laxative use . |
| 5 | Certainly there was in the P.Y.A. Quarries case , but the complaints there related to unreasonable uses . |
| 6 | Tamed and framed to courtly uses , |
| 7 | Well , we have seen electrical cars in the form of milk floats for many years , and of course they 're particularly suited to intermittent use , stopping and starting every few yards . |
| 8 | Words in narrative form are hardly suited to choral use , though they can occasionally find their place in some kind of chanting , or may be spoken by a narrator or part of a choir . |
| 9 | These systems may have to be restricted to passive use based on the extraction of information in well-defined forms . |
| 10 | Undoubtedly , databases not to be restricted to in-house use will soon be compiled at RBG , but need to be done so in the light of the rapid advancements being made internationally . |
| 11 | Gun-mikes are generally restricted to outdoor use ; indoors , sound reflections off walls defeat the directional characteristics to a large extent . |
| 12 | One example of good practice is the road around Loch Katrine , which is open to cyclists but restricted to local use for vehicular traffic . |
| 13 | Such Corinthian capitals were adapted to Byzantine use ; generally the two rows of acanthus leaves were retained but the rosettes and volutes were altered in different ways ( 182 ) . |
| 14 | And as you would expect in a town of enterprise , some of these buildings have been sensibly adapted to modern use . |
| 15 | Since the building of the huge medieval tithe barns , constant changes in farming methods have meant that most farm buildings have had to be adapted to new uses or else demolished or simply abandoned to the elements . |
| 16 | Now let's take a look at talents and abilities you already possess and which can be adapted to new uses in whatever new direction you want your life to take . |
| 17 | Adapted to domestic use . |
| 18 | ‘ But as you so clearly realize , scientists have many times created tools that can be used for good , but which have then been perverted to evil use . |
| 19 | Claiming that some weapons equipment " could be diverted to civilian use " , Aziz stressed that Iraq had to be allowed to establish civilian industries which would " benefit our people " . |
| 20 | Although many adjectives can , in this phrase or that , be unambiguously assigned to ascriptive use or associative use there is undoubtedly a border zone where adjectives can be interpreted either way ; there will be many phrases for which both interpretations can be mapped onto the same single situation , not just in some particular token occurrences , but in all cases . |
| 21 | More recently , it has been shown that the aim of preservation has been somewhat relaxed , and some attention has been given to non-agricultural uses of green belts , particularly for recreation ( Hebbert and Gault 1978 ) . |
| 22 | ( Consideration being given to possible use by Public Services for retail cash sales etc ) . |
| 23 | Sir Nicolas Browne-Wilkinson V-C granted an order limited to overt use of the information . |
| 24 | There was evidence , he added , that some children from one-parent families , those exposed to heavy use of alcohol and those who began smoking early were at greater risk from drugs misuse . |
| 25 | Most are ill-adapted to the demands of modern , mechanised agriculture and , unless converted to new uses , may well disappear . |
| 26 | Some of the schools will be converted to new uses : adult education centres , for example . |
| 27 | It was during the early part of his occupation that the last of the Painswick cloth mills finally went out of business and a number of others , such as Damsell 's , were converted to other uses . |
| 28 | Though many mills have been either demolished or converted to other uses , the great buildings still dominate the town . |
| 29 | converted to various uses , the building is a landmark of South London |
| 30 | Although many windmills have been converted to domestic use , it is plain that there are distinct limitations on the opportunities for winning convenient living accommodation from these structures . |