Example sentences of "[be] used to [adj] effect " in BNC.
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| 1 | Diagrams presenting data and clear summaries are used to good effect . |
| 2 | Dr Longstaff said : ‘ Our study will enable us to find out more about the causes of asthma , suggest ways of preventing it , and make sure the resources to treat it are used to best effect . ’ |
| 3 | Note here whether any general types of grammatical construction are used to special effect ; eg comparative or superlative constructions ; coordinative or listing constructions ; parenthetical constructions ; appended or interpolated structures such as occur in casual speech . |
| 4 | This drug has been used to good effect in generalized viral infections , when it can be injected directly into the blood stream , but this is not without hazard and is not indicated unless the infection is life-threatening . |
| 5 | That weapon may have been used to good effect against the Scots who were defeated at Falkirk in July 1298 . |
| 6 | Both styles are well finished , a satin stain/varnish has been used to good effect , the eye is well placed high on the body and on all of the floats I received was free of varnish . |
| 7 | These had been used to good effect by the PRD in the presidential elections of July 1988 , when the PRD candidate Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas Solórzano had accused the PRI of indulging in blatant electoral fraud to deny him victory [ see pp. 36367-69 ] . |
| 8 | The DNA technique has already been used to spectacular effect , even trapping a murderer . |
| 9 | The eyes had been used to great effect as Queen Gertrude , Imogen , Portia , and Lady Macbeth . |
| 10 | Lustre powder has been used to great effect here , giving a lovely ephemeral glimmer to the castle . |
| 11 | Here , an unusual combination of ash and cherrywood has been used to superb effect . |
| 12 | By and large , the occasions when the nobility might exploit a situation as cavalry and those when artillery could be used to best effect were not the same . |
| 13 | Debates about what a modern health care system can be expected to provide , how limited resources can be used to best effect and what needs to be done in a broader sense to improve the health of the population are edged to the margins or never addressed . |
| 14 | Capital and clearing requirements can be used to similar effect . |
| 15 | Better network management has , as a prime objective , constant awareness of network conditions , providing accurate and timely information to permit the network capacity to be used to greater effect . |
| 16 | But much more needs to be done to co-ordinate effort if limited resources are to be used to greatest effect . |
| 17 | Pattern can be used to delicate effect in a bedroom . |
| 18 | Thick felt-tip pens can be used to good effect . |
| 19 | Table lamps and lamp standards can be used to good effect when showing off the house in the evening or on dark winter afternoons . |
| 20 | At whatever level Procedure Audit is applied , it is a worthy addition to the toolboxes of all analysts or managers who are concerned at any time with making improvements of a procedural nature , and provides a further example of how soft systems ideas can be used to good effect for everyday analysis work . |
| 21 | This led him to suggest that perhaps bladders full of oxygen and gunpowder might be used to good effect in mining . |
| 22 | Sauce is n't all that cranberries are fit for — they can be used to good effect in a number of recipes . |
| 23 | Left : Scenes shot on telephoto appear to have compressed perspectives which can be used to good effect . |
| 24 | In addition , you must be able to choose small flowers and small parts of flowers that can be used to good effect . |
| 25 | Cabled rib is very attractive and can be used to good effect on an otherwise plain sweater . |
| 26 | It was still there , and would be used to good effect in the relatively near future when the pitched battle returned as the more usual way of deciding the outcome of wars . |
| 27 | However , this is no excuse for inaction , for a number of systems have been described which are of considerable assistance ; for example , the Telford system which relies largely on professional judgement can be used to good effect ( 1 ) . |
| 28 | It can provide information regarding the possible need to change management style , to accelerate , decelerate or even terminate the activity earlier and hence save scarce resources which can be used to good effect elsewhere . |
| 29 | A piano can be used to good effect with the organ , provided its pitch is compatible . |
| 30 | 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 . |