Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [pron] be use " in BNC.

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1 If a bank is not recognized , it can not use the word ‘ bank ’ in its title ( unless it is an overseas bank operating in the UK and it is made clear that it is using the title ‘ bank ’ because it is entitled to do so in its country of origin ) .
2 Allied to this advice , I would counsel you to be very careful if you are using figures from real life in your story .
3 ‘ Often the man is the only breadwinner and without him the family has to rely on state benefits — the social security system can be horrendous if you 're using it for the first time .
4 Sometimes the workmanship in these archaic stone artefacts was very fine , and it is possible that they were used as insignia of rank , in much the same way as stone maces in the Wessex Culture in southern England ; if so , it is curious that the same obsolete tool became associated with rank in two cultures that were geographically so widely separated .
5 In the course of many years the accumulation of mal had made the soil in the paddy fields so dark and rich that it was used as a black dye , together with the red and green dyes from wild plants and flowers , for printing skirts .
6 Yes there all sort of fairly standard that they 're using
7 Like any faculty , the psychic sense is more prominent if it is used and If the society in which an individual lives is conducive in its attitudes to the encouragement of such ability .
8 Small tubes , 20ml for example , are useful when needing a colour from the most expensive series , whilst large tubes are appropriate if you are using larger quantities of oil paint .
9 Small tubes , 20ml for example , are useful when needing a colour from the most expensive series , whilst large tubes are appropriate if you are using larger quantities of oil paint .
10 Paving slabs may have shaped edges and a textured face , both of which will be visible if they 're used as treads .
11 And how can deposit requirements be administratively impossible if they were used by the Bank of Italy in the 1970s and by the Bank of Spain just last year ?
12 A different criticism is that non-statutory rules are undesirable if they are used as a substitute for legislation to achieve ends which might encounter political opposition in Parliament .
13 In practice when items of archaeological information , such as the date of the sculpture and its style , are taken into account , we can eliminate some quarries because they are not operational at that date or because we know the sculptors were working in certain places and it is highly improbable that they were using distant rather than local sources .
14 It displays a method of building which was so logical and so satisfactory that it was used from the end of the fourteenth century until well into the eighteenth .
15 Lavender 's use can be traced back to the Greeks and Romans and it is more than likely that it was used all round the Mediterranean by Egyptians , Arabs , and Sumerians for a variety of domestic , cosmetic and perfumery needs .
16 It will be obvious that I am using liberal here in a very broad sense .
17 One important principle is that information is only valuable if it is used to inform decisions and actions that positively influence health .
18 This algorithm , if it deserves the title , becomes valuable if it is used together with one simple assumption : We assume that in almost identical circumstances , almost the same will happen again .
19 ‘ I said : no , when you get someone running very fast and you 're using th a second , you ca n't expect them to be .
20 Village fetes , car boot sales and occasional markets are exempt because they are used for less than five days in any five consecutive weeks .
21 Linen ( where provided ) is not always as large as we are used to at home and towels in particular can be fairly small .
22 data file sorry but I 'm using windows
23 The name is so good that it is used twice at opposite ends of the Peak District , and both routes are major middle grade classics .
24 The telephone can be rather cold as a method of first contact , but very useful if it is used in conjunction with a letter or a visit .
25 This exercise would be especially useful if it was used in work looking at the development of castles , from motte and bailey , to stone keep , to sophisticated fortress .
26 This is a vertical buttonhole and useful if you are using large buttons .
27 Essentially , this either bungs the whole output through the effects loop ( good if you 're using EQs , gates or compressors ) or else splits the output in two , sending one half past the effects loop and straight to the power stage ( best , apparently , for when you have a multi-processor in the loop ) .
28 ( The key is referred to as the Enter key as it is used to enter a command , and sometimes as the Return key in word-processing because of its similarity with the typewriter carriage return lever . )
29 ‘ We do n't accept that our products damage teeth as long as they 're used properly , ’ said spokesman Nick Attenborough .
30 I have no objection to photographs , although I never use them , as long as they are used intelligently .
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