Example sentences of "[Wh det] [vb mod] be use [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is , however , a power which must be used sparingly for the government can decline to debate such a motion where the power is being used to abuse the process of the House . |
| 2 | Russian President Boris Yeltsin on April 11 issued a decree setting up an arms export commission , the aim of which would be to regulate and prevent the export of material and technology from Russia which might be used abroad in the manufacture of military hardware or weapons , including weapons of mass destruction . |
| 3 | Classrooms as such tended to disappear ; they were replaced by areas and bays which could be used both for informal workshops and for formal teaching . |
| 4 | Teyler , Roemer , Harrisson and Thompson ( 1973 ) recorded evoked potentials when subjects simply thought of the meaning of words which could be used either as nouns or verbs . |
| 5 | Even more imaginative , not to say fanciful , was the concept of ‘ Battle Zone Portable Launchers ’ , which could be used close to the fighting front . |
| 6 | Mr. Allen : Will the Hon. Gentleman consider using some of the time of those operators for the installation of a fax machine which could be used collectively by right Hon. and Hon. Members rather than duplicating many times a facility that could be provided and serviced by one additional member of staff , or even by current members of stall ? |
| 7 | Firstly , some fancy edgings which can be used instead of the usual welt . |
| 8 | The ‘ Auxiliary ’ section has three jacks : ‘ Tuner ’ , which can be used either for plugging in an electronic tuner or as a non-effects direct out ; ‘ Phones ’ which is self-explanatory ; and ‘ Mastercontrol ’ , a special socket for use with a volume pedal — very useful for electro-acoustics without onboard volume controls , or even violins or mandolins . |
| 9 | The heart of this new technology is , of course , a small chip of silicon , measuring less than 10 mm. square , containing extremely complex electronic circuitry which can be used either as the central processing unit or the memory of a computer . |
| 10 | Durant and Fabb claim that Literary studies in action is a pedagogical tool which can be used either by individual students or groups of students working in isolation , or as a course book . |
| 11 | It is best to acknowledge that " style " , like " meaning " , is a word which can be used either in a broader or a narrower sense . |
| 12 | The products of the repression trade may be of two types : equipment for torture , execution of those which result in ‘ cruel inhuman or degrading treatment ’ such as leg irons ; or equipment which can have an every day use , such as computers and telecommunications ( this category also includes items such as tear-gas and hand guns which can be used legitimately for law-enforcement or crime prevention ) . |
| 13 | There are detailed rules contained in regulations , which can be used strategically by representatives , and the documents used to outline the grounds of claims are increasingly being regarded as pleadings , so that inconsistencies or changes of tack revealed later may prejudice the parties . |
| 14 | A standard personal computer which can be used both for business and home purposes ( for instance with a standard word processing package ) would be a good example . |
| 15 | credit card or trading check which can be used only in specific shops ) ; or it is unrestricted , where the borrower gets a loan of money which he could in practice use for whatever he wants ( even if he has in fact arranged to use it for some particular purpose ) . |