Example sentences of "[noun sg] could be use [prep] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The resulting room could be used for private parties and conference meals .
2 This meant that the rotor could be used in heavy winds and should not compromise the ship 's safety .
3 We can thus see that the whole of the rest of the parish could be used for arable .
4 Wang , the chief engineer at China 's space science and technology centre in Peking , said the delay is because the US believes the hardware could be used for military purposes .
5 In other areas , however , land could be used for arable , arable and pasture , pasture , or wood , and how it was used depended to a large extent on the proximity of settlements and in what sort of economy the local farmers were engaged .
6 The Act also sought to restrict the extent to which a woman 's prior sexual history could be used as admissible evidence in court , thus indirectly affecting the material available to the press to publish .
7 Then he went on to the Global the New Consumer , looking at ways and how consumer power could be used for ethical purposes .
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