Example sentences of "can [be] used [verb] [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is because the pen as an input device can be used to facilitate many other sorts of interaction besides the input of freehand text . |
| 2 | If the damaged area is small , wood hardener and repair paste can be used to replace cut-away rotten timber . |
| 3 | Judicial review can be used to enforce those statutory limits . |
| 4 | The extra money balances are therefore available as a direct form of wealth holding , or else they can be used to purchase those financial assets which are a close substitute . |
| 5 | Pressed flowers can be used to decorate many other stationery ideas besides the ones shown here . |
| 6 | Here , the items of contention in the theories of the state appear as features which can be used to characterize each particular state ; for we need to consider in every instance the extent to which the state is independent of other social spheres , or on the contrary is subordinate to ‘ constellations of interest ’ which themselves have to be specified , and further , the degree to which the state is a repressive agency which dominates society ( and what the sources of that domination are ) , or is rather the executive body of society as a whole . |
| 7 | The four MSS bands provide four measures of surface reflectance which can be used to characterize different land-cover classes , as noted in Section 5.3 . |
| 8 | The problem with Hellige 's formulation is that it can be used to explain any particular pattern of results but can not readily predict them since the nature and difficulty of both primary and concurrent tasks needs to be taken into account . |
| 9 | As the spatial file contains all the geometric relationships necessary to specify the body , this can be used to generate any pictorial view . |
| 10 | In this sense science is not a sociological category ( i.e. one that can be used to describe specific social forms ) nor is it an epistemological category ( i.e. one that can be used to account for the form or validity of knowledge ) . |
| 11 | This leads to the relaxation potential model , which can be used to rationalize observed chemical shifts , to predict the chemical shifts of new systems and , it is hoped , to increase our understanding of chemical bonding . |
| 12 | Each such index can be used to give limited partial inversion , i.e. of one descriptor at a time , but they are generally provided and employed to allow the file to be accessed in ways other than by the major key , rather than to carry out an elimination of master file records not meeting some search criterion . |
| 13 | This month I 've chosen a variety of recipes — like cherry gâteau , banana and chocolate soufflé , and ginger truffles — to show just some of the ways chocolate can be used to add that special mouthwatering touch to your cooking . |
| 14 | Tense , therefore , can be deictic inasmuch as it can be used to encode specific temporal relations with respect to the encoder . |
| 15 | The asymmetric deployment of forces can be used to change one geometric form into another . |
| 16 | There is no " black box " which can be used to provide any desired output motion from a specified input . |
| 17 | The technology can be used to produce interactive educational and interpretive programmes , integrating text , graphics , and still and moving video images . |
| 18 | The technology can be used to produce interactive educational and interpretational programmes , making use of text , graphics , and still and moving video images . |
| 19 | It is therefore to be expected that many of the familiar solution generating techniques can be used to obtain new colliding plane wave solutions from already known , or ‘ seed ’ , solutions . |
| 20 | It also seeks to refine the ways in which computer techniques can be used to handle complex social processes ( especially group and spacial dynamics ) through time . |
| 21 | It is only on large research machines that it is possible to perform various geometric and surface mapping techniques that can be used to handle general complex objects . |
| 22 | Multiple regression analysis computer programs can be used to introduce other independent variables that might increase the statistical reliability of the regression equation ( increasing the value of Rs towards 1.0 ) — in our example , perhaps , the cost of cars , the cost of petrol , the total length of roadway in the country , and so on . |
| 23 | Steam inhalations should be avoided if you suffer from asthma , as the concentrated steam may trigger an attack , but they can be used to help other respiratory problems such as those mentioned above . |
| 24 | We have seen that three types of colligative property can be used to determine relative molecular mass . |
| 25 | Dry flyash can be used to make specialist concrete products and conditioned flyash is a filler for large civil structures like roads and building foundations . |
| 26 | If the potential for cost reduction through learning more about the product and its manufacturing processes is significant , the experience-curve theory shows how cost analysis and pricing can be used to protect that strategic advantage . |