Example sentences of "can [adv] [be] used [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I ended up with the same look as with the hot-air brushes , but it can only be used on dry hair . |
| 2 | Microscopes can only be used for close work , telescopes for viewing objects from arm 's length distance to infinity . |
| 3 | This method can only be used for non-porous and crystalline rocks ( particularly limestones ) , as the lead tends to be forced into any pores and , unlike powdered abrasives , it can not be washed away . |
| 4 | The pilot scheme can only be used by consenting parties which consent can not be withdrawn without leave of the court . |
| 5 | For example , in Thai the morpheme khrab is a polite particle that can only be used by male speakers , the corresponding form reserved for female speakers being kha ( Haas , 1964 ) . |
| 6 | Punning , coining and wordplay are not immediately accessible to many readers ; and as sustained devices , they can only be used in written texts , not in everyday speech . |
| 7 | The use of this method in the mouse is currently in its infancy and since the procedure requires cells to pass through a round of replication in the presence of BrdU , it can only be used in cultured cells , which , because of the numbers required , are limited to third passage embryonic fibroblasts from pooled day 12 — IS embryos . |
| 8 | In ‘ Capital ’ Marx wrote that the ‘ immanent laws of capitalist production itself lead to ‘ the growth of the cooperative form of the labour process , the conscious technical application of science … the transformation of the means of labour into forms which can only be used in common , the economising of all means of production by their use as the means of production of combined , socialised labour ’ ( 1976 , p. 929 ) . |
| 9 | a simple embedded mark-up that can easily be used by other tools . |
| 10 | A well built unit can always be used for other purposes should your venture not come up to expectation . |
| 11 | Besides , swimming-trunks can always be used as reserve underpants . |
| 12 | The PCR templates can also be used for directed sequencing using custom primers . |
| 13 | UTS on the Amdahl mainframe can also be used for developing applications for other environments — the new Cobol generates an intermediate code that is portable to 250 different hardware and software environments . |
| 14 | Use of the Internet already involves the use of e-mail software for routing messages , so that this can also be used for internal communication . |
| 15 | daysack large enough to hold climbing gear which can also be used for lightweight weekend walking/backpacking . |
| 16 | This approach can also be used to good effect with other well constructed languages : this is illustrated in { laws } , where a simple sequential language ( Dijkstra 's language of guarded commands unc is considered . |
| 17 | Calcium plumbate primer can also be used on galvanised iron , but zinc chromate or zinc phosphate is used on aluminium alloys . |
| 18 | Calcium plumbate primer can also be used on galvanised iron , but zinc chromate or zinc phosphate is used on aluminium alloys . |
| 19 | It can also be used on stiff nuts . |
| 20 | Can also be used with traditional dog beds or cat baskets . |
| 21 | Can also be used with traditional dog beds or cat baskets |
| 22 | They can also be used with other forms of security , thereby improving the overall protection of a property . , , . |
| 23 | Coated with a conductor , they can also be used as electrical connectors , enabling about 100 to be packed into a ½ in plug . |
| 24 | Provided the left-hand operand is a variable ( such as " memory " ) and not a constant , " ? " and " ! " can also be used as binary operators . |
| 25 | All statements can also be used as direct commands . |
| 26 | The ‘ foxes ’ and ‘ branches ’ can also be used as independent border designs , as illustrated . |
| 27 | Switch can also be used in selected outlets of : |
| 28 | Rated at four channels of 50 watts each into 8 ohms it can also be used in bridged format to produce the equivalent of a normal stereo amplifier rated at 10 watts mono plus 50 watts stereo. ) the Units will cost £229.99 . |
| 29 | The weapon has a shorter range than the Repeater Hand Gun but it has the advantage that it can also be used in hand-to-hand fighting . |
| 30 | Digital Equipment Corp has enhanced its Signalling System 7 product , DECss7 2.3 , designed to enable DEC VAX systems to be used as applications servers in public telecommunications networks : a new entry-level system is now available , and multiple applications programming interfaces can now be used at different levels of the signalling protocol . |