Example sentences of "[vb mod] be used [prep] [det] way " in BNC.
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1 | Indeed , it is not unusual for business groups to argue that competition policy should be used in this way . |
2 | The Local Government ( Miscellaneous Provisions ) Act 1976 is not designed for that purpose and it is dubious whether it could be used in that way . |
3 | The term ‘ culture ’ could be used in this way in less complex , smaller-scale social systems , but it has other meanings in industrial society and seems inadequate for the task of relating everyday life to historical development . |
4 | Article 6 has never been implemented and it is highly unlikely that it would be used in this way , especially as the consequence would be to release the offending State from those Charter principles that were not deemed to be customary international law . |
5 | ‘ We were never told it would be used in this way , ’ the teacher said . |
6 | They are able to argue this because they believe that the state in capitalist society is neutral and can be used in any way that the people desire . |
7 | Flashing can be used in another way . |
8 | Indirect tests can be used in another way , which in some cases can seem more reliable . |
9 | Flashing can be used in another way . |
10 | Since they accept that some types of nuclear weapons can be used in this way , the argument is designed to legitimise the development and deployment of tactical or ‘ counterforce ’ nuclear weapons and other weaponry associated with a shift away from Mutual Assured Destruction towards Nuclear Utilisation Target Selection ( MAD versus NUTS : see Keeny and Panofsky , 1981 ) . |
11 | Only small hand weapons ( knife and dagger ) can be used in this way anyway . |
12 | It is certainly true that it can be used in this way but it is far from being the only way to use video in the classroom — particularly in language teaching . |
13 | The fact that language can be used in this way as a political tool is a key to understanding the link between politics in the public sphere and personal politics . |
14 | There are a range of signals which can be used in this way . |