Example sentences of "[noun pl] [modal v] [be] used [to-vb] [prep] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | These methods would be used to triangulate on the key themes . |
| 2 | Since discourse unfolds in time , it seems natural that time-deictic words can be used to refer to portions of the discourse ; thus analogously to last week and next Thursday , we have in the last paragraph and in the next Chapter . |
| 3 | Plural anaphors may be used to refer to collections or sets of things which are introduced in a variety of different ways . |
| 4 | Photographs , videos and models will be used to put across the feeling of the Cumbrian farming landscape , including a section devoted to the Trust 's work , and the NHK will be making a donation of £50,000 towards the Trust 's Lake District Appeal . |
| 5 | The PF1/6 keys can be used to ABORT from the input page . |
| 6 | The PF1/6 keys can be used to ABORT from the current page . |
| 7 | If the Offline Operator does not want to enter information , or has finished entering information but does not want to action it , the TAB and BACKSPACE keys can be used to move to the next or previous field requiring an entry . |
| 8 | The TAB and BACKSPACE keys can be used to move between the fields . |
| 9 | The TAB and BACKSPACE keys can be used to move between fields and the UP ARROW and DOWN ARROW keys can be used to move between lines . |
| 10 | The TAB and BACKSPACE keys can be used to move between fields and the UP ARROW and DOWN ARROW keys can be used to move between lines . |
| 11 | The TAB and BS keys can be used to move between the fields . |
| 12 | When it did , various nearest match strategies could be used to select among them . |
| 13 | Considerable variation was found within this population and comparisons are currently being made between those children who might be regarded as readers of poor , average and high ability to establish whether different patterns of cognitive abilities may be used to account for this variation . |
| 14 | If it does happen different officers will be used to deal with the two groups , so the cross-fertilisation theory does n't hold water . |
| 15 | Midland eurocheques can be used to pay for goods and services at more than 5 million shops , garages , hotels and restaurants in 28 European countries . |
| 16 | A SPECIAL tax or a levy on lawyers should be used to pay for legal aid work , it was suggested yesterday . |
| 17 | Biological " tracers " placed on farms can be used to match against samples of polluted water . |
| 18 | Its wording on financial compensation , moreover , fell well short of UK suggestions that frozen Iraqi assets could be used to compensate for loss or damage suffered by Kuwaitis ( the Kuwaiti central bank governor having estimated on Oct. 17 that a restored Kuwaiti government would seek $12,000 million in compensation for looting , theft or damage ) . |
| 19 | Twin self supporting light guides can be used to light from an almost infinite variety of angles , and ring lights are available as are focusing lenses . |
| 20 | ‘ For example , while concepts relating to the forms , design , and control of paper documents may be used to assist in the design and control of input and display screens in a computer system , management of underlying information may require a radically different approach . |
| 21 | Both pronouns can be used to refer to ‘ a man ’ or ‘ a woman ’ in the abstract ( e.g. Sonnets 3 , 21 , 32 , 38 , 41 ) and They can also refer to ‘ men , women , the world ’ ( e.g. Sonnets 20 , 25 , 69 , 121 , 123 , 124 , 125 ) . |
| 22 | Those languages which have number and gender distinctions in their pronoun system are less constrained in using this cohesive device , since different pronouns can be used to refer to different entities within a text with less possibility of confusion . |
| 23 | I question both the justice of all governments and the principle by which my taxes can be used to pay for machines of mass destruction . |
| 24 | Although short sticks can be used to jab at close range , longer sticks and chains become almost useless when there is no room to swing them in , or against a very close opponent . |