Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] can be used " in BNC.
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| 1 | A key assumption in economics is that money can be used to buy things that satisfy people 's wants and make them happy ( ‘ utilities ’ ) . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 ) . |
| 4 | The double-length light can be used with Fair Isle , weaving , punch lace , and , with caution , with tuck and slip . |
| 5 | Neither dispenser can be used with corrosive fluids as these materials tend to corrode the return spring and cause discoloration and contamination of the chemicals . |
| 6 | Strong tea can be used in the same way for a lovely brown colour . |
| 7 | The frequency count collected for each gram can be used as a way of deciding which grams to include if rarer items are to be excluded . |
| 8 | Each compartment can be used to hold a particular type of component over a limited range of values . |
| 9 | Only a part of the electromagnetic spectrum can be used for remote sensing for , as noted earlier , energy in some spectral bands is absorbed or scattered by the atmosphere . |
| 10 | A healthy well-balanced diet containing proper nutrition can be used to help cope with stress . |
| 11 | This paradigm can be used to study child-child communication , but it can also be used in a more controlled fashion , in which the experimenter takes the role of one participant in order to control more precisely one side of the communication process . |
| 12 | This function can be used as the " anti-log " of a natural logarithm . |
| 13 | This technique can be used , also , as part of a smaller scale , group-based pre-test . |
| 14 | Some prime numbers can usually be found that give a good transformation — in fact it is the high probability that any suitable prime chosen will do so , allied to the ease with which this technique can be used to fit any number of records into precisely the required storage space , that makes this such a convenient method . |
| 15 | Me know the answer ! , in contrast , both the extra-verbal person evoked by me and the generalized person incorporated within the infinitive know as the support of a merely potential knowing are situated in the present , which explains the absence of to and the fact that this sentence can be used to call into question the possibility that the speaker has the knowledge at the present moment . |
| 16 | Most of the techniques used to develop detail on cut faces of slices or plaquettes are non-destructive , so that a different technique can be used on the same face after washing or re-polishing . |
| 17 | A remortgage is one of the cheapest ways of borrowing money and the money raised by this money can be used for a host of purposes . |
| 18 | ‘ The Computational Fluid Dynamics Service is a good focused example of how this money can be used to open up potentially lucrative markets and innovative technology . ’ |
| 19 | This money can be used for funding small research efforts and arranging meetings . |
| 20 | Because we never actually forget anything but store it all in our mental filing system , hypnotic regression can be used to bring back both good memories and bad . |
| 21 | However , they also suggest that while this study can be used to support the view that university residence tends to reduce the probability of non-completion , the possibility that the residence factor may be acting as a proxy for other university characteristics , can not be dismissed ) . |
| 22 | This equation can be used to investigate whether X ‘ causes ’ Y ( given the values of Z , if Z is included in the regression ) , and whether Z ‘ causes ’ Y ( given the values of X , if X is included in the regression ) . |
| 23 | Thus , from equation ( 2 ) we obtain This equation can be used to calculate the molar mass ( MA ) of liquid A. EXAMPLE A sample of phenylamine ( aniline ) , C6H5NH2 , was steam distilled at 98.6°C and one atmosphere pressure . |
| 24 | It should be emphasized that much information gained from petrofabric research can be used to back up field studies and forms an aid to provenance studies , including facies analysis and construction of depositional models ; these applications are commonly lost amongst an ever-growing number of papers solely on aspects of diagenesis . |
| 25 | ( The guidelines towards the end of this chapter can be used to identify this group of parents . ) |
| 26 | Do you think the issues discussed in this chapter can be used to justify such a policy ? |
| 27 | This light can be used with Fair Isle , weaving ( though do n't forget you 'll be doubling the width of the floats ) and , with caution on slip , punch lace and occasionally tuck . |
| 28 | This card can be used in the same way as any other credit card . |
| 29 | But any change in an organization or in a social setting can be used for controlled non-participant observation . |
| 30 | The S1 and S2 buttons on the GK-2 controller can be used to reassign the footswitches to hold , pitch up or pitch down an octave , control signal modulation or to start or stop the in-built sequencer ( of which more later ) . |