Example sentences of "[conj] it can be used " in BNC.

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1 While it has the advantage of putting slurry at plant root level where it can be used quickly , it can not bury the same volume of slurry or reduce the smell as much as it can with deep injection .
2 Conversely , many players get caught up with the fashionable aspect and spend ages learning how to , say , play slap impressively , then get a gig with a band only to find that there is n't a context where it can be used .
3 Parsytec reckons it is ideal for bank , insurance , legal , database and government operations where it can be used to automate the keying in of information for processing , archival and retrieval .
4 Its most subtle use is as a colour modifier where it can be used to transform one shade into another in a smooth and , apparently , stepless transition .
5 It can have faults in its design , or it can be used incorrectly ( correct use needs trained skills ) .
6 Even at its most basic it can break up a plain stocking stitch garment or it can be used as an all-over pattern there are numerous ways of arranging the cables to form different patterns .
7 The pens are also refillable and , if you wish , the refill ink can be applied directly with wide brush pads supplied for the purpose , or it can be used as an airbrush colour .
8 100–250 copies can be obtained from the master copy or it can be used for short runs until the carbon deposit is exhausted .
9 Two minutes of video can provide an hour of classroom work , or it can be used to introduce a change of activity for five minutes .
10 In this way the product can be customised to an individual child or groups age — or it can be used as a vocabulary primer for French , German , Spanish , Italian , English or even ‘ American English ’ .
11 Or it can be used to express requests for which one can assume willingness to comply : ( 209 ) ( She ) took me by the hand , and bidding me be of good cheer , set off with Gus in a coach , to pay a visit to those persons .
12 Because of its protein content Simplesse can not be used for deep fat frying , although it can be used in some cooking applications — the cream can be used to make sauces or the cheese to make pizza or lasagne , but both these products are only available in the US at the moment .
13 At a tete-a-tete recently with analysts and the press , Windows NT product manager , Dwayne Walker , said that although it can be used on a server , it was ‘ first and foremost a desktop operating system . ’
14 The planning process is , thus , one which gathers ( either formally or informally ) , translates and communicates information so that it can be used to make decisions .
15 It is all-round in that it can be used in light and strong winds and is the most popular type you will see today .
16 Blakemore inverted the concept , suggesting that it can be used to indicate an error band about a digitized line .
17 A DBMS can store , retrieve , update and compare this information on millions of ‘ record cards ’ so that it can be used for business purposes .
18 The value of doubt is that it can be used to detect error .
19 The strength of scepticism is not that it can be argued consistently but that it can be used effectively against unwarranted dogmatism .
20 This is extremely useful for illustrators , but fine artists should not disregard the creative possibilities of the technical pen , especially now that it can be used with an infinite range of colours .
21 The most complicated detailing can be formed on site and Sarnafil 's real flexibility means that it can be used where conventional products would fail or be totally impractical .
22 Both authors of CALL have extensive practical experience in the area , and they have organized the book so that it can be used by teachers with any degree of experience in CALL .
23 Furthermore , because the state fulfils this function , the contradictions of the formation are ‘ condensed ’ in its own structure , so that it can be used as a sort of map of society at large .
24 You perhaps get restoration of fishery or enhancement of amenity or enhancement of the quality of the water such that it can be used for a far wider spectrum of requirements than it was before .
25 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 .
26 The purpose of making notes is primarily to set out , in a shortened but logical form , information that you have gathered from a variety of sources on a particular topic so that it can be used for revision purposes and as an aid to memory .
27 When the programs are transferred onto a new PC , an unpacker or unzipper puts all this information back into the program file so that it can be used by the PC .
28 It is certainly true that it can be used in this way but it is far from being the only way to use video in the classroom — particularly in language teaching .
29 It is very effective , in that it can be used to cool an extinguish solid combustibles and flammable liquids , and systems which apply it can be made to do so over a limited ‘ volume ’ of the racking where the fire is i.e. the fire can be ‘ pin-pointed ’ .
30 ( If you ever have to do this , leave the piece of wood with its string attached next to the cistern so that it can be used again . )
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