Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] can [be] used " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Their experience can be used as part of the learning progress for Social Work and joint examination of the subject can be fruitful . |
| 3 | The intention is that doctors will know which herbs can be used in the treatment of certain complaints . |
| 4 | All of their shampoos can be used as an all over body wash and The Conditioner from Paul Mitchell has wonderful moisturising properties which make it super to shave with . |
| 5 | Reading need not be a solitary activity : there are a number of ways in which readers can be used to encourage classroom interaction . |
| 6 | At the other , encoders wishing to ensure that their texts can be used for the widest range of applications , will want provide a level of detailed documentation approximating to the kind most often supplied in the form of a manual . |
| 7 | These ‘ needs ’ constitute sources of control because they provide for both incentives and disincentives : their satisfaction can be used to lure us into conformity , and the threat of their denial can be used to divert us from criminality . |
| 8 | First , with talk of deregulation , laissez-faire , greater competition etc , it seems appropriate that we should focus on the role of economic analysis , in particular , the way in which economics can be used to shape law and public policy . |
| 9 | Dealers take account of the areas sown with each kind of grain , of the forwardness and weight of the crops , of the supply of things which can be used as substitutes for grain , and of the things for which grain can be used as a substitute . |
| 10 | This month , Diane moves from basic weaving to some of the more unusual ways in which weaving can be used . |
| 11 | Their answers can be used to construct an index of functional disability ( Townsend and Wedderburn 1965 ; Bebbington and Davies 1983 ; Arber et al. |
| 12 | Moreover , before its results can be used , participants in special employment measures have to be excluded . |
| 13 | This way of skinning the cat involves changing the burden of proof , extending the way in which benefits can be used , and not backdating them . |
| 14 | There are three main ways in which classification can be used in online searching : |
| 15 | The reply , then , it can be said , does not make use of a feature of effects independent of their being necessitated events , which feature can be used to argue that they are necessitated events . |
| 16 | In Chapter 5 Ryan shows how her formula can be used as a " fiction automaton " , that is as " a machine built for the purpose of telling fiction from non-fiction " ( p. 80 ) . |
| 17 | The quality and quantity of language a child hears from adults may result in variations in speed of acquisition ( Clarke-Stewart 1973 ) and knowledge of the ways in which language can be used ( Heath 1983 ) . |
| 18 | A very similar sort of enterprise has been engaged in by philosophers interested in the notion of speech act ( addressed in Chapter 5 ) : either by examining a special set of verbs called performative verbs , or by more abstract conceptual analysis , they arrive at classifications of the basic purposes for which language can be used ( see e.g. Searle , 1976 ) . |
| 19 | The papers by Christoph Sauer and Kiernan Ryan are both concerned with the way in which language can be used to influence people 's conceptions of themselves and of the socio-political environment they live in , as well as to condition and constrain their behaviour . |
| 20 | These ‘ needs ’ constitute sources of control because they provide for both incentives and disincentives : their satisfaction can be used to lure us into conformity , and the threat of their denial can be used to divert us from criminality . |
| 21 | Your manual will tell you which cards can be used for tuck and slip . |
| 22 | What methods can be used to reduce foreign exchange risk ? |
| 23 | What methods can be used to eliminate or reduce noise ? |
| 24 | What means can be used to isolate the implacable opponent of such a change ? |
| 25 | What arguments can be used to support each of these viewpoints ? |
| 26 | Procedures used elsewhere in Europe will be scrutinised to see what lessons can be used for England and Wales . |
| 27 | What can realistically be accomplished by Community Economic Development strategies and what criteria can be used to determine and evaluate success ? |
| 28 | She says we 're very pleased , we 're trained for this.We feel that it 's excellent that our expertise can be used in such a situation . |
| 29 | The bearings given in response to your transmissions can be used in the following ways : 1 . |
| 30 | let you know if your idea can be used |