Example sentences of "[prep] be use [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If monetary policy is to be used to control aggregate demand , it will be through interest rate changes . |
| 2 | From 1957 onwards some buildings began to be used to incarcerate difficult mental patients , or those deemed ‘ untreatable ’ , from other Greek hospitals . |
| 3 | She wanted university endowments to be used to fund poor preachers and scholars from humble backgrounds . |
| 4 | One possibility being considered is for solar power to be used to pump downstream water back up to the main reservoir , so restoring the head of water needed to generate hydro-electric power . |
| 5 | Activated carbon tends to be used to treat low concentrations of highly odorous compounds or large concentrations of lesser odorous compounds which may or may not be toxic . |
| 6 | City Challenge resources are to be used to turn empty space above the stage at North Ormesby Pavilion , Middlesbrough , into a training and activity room . |
| 7 | Figure 3.1 An example of a decision tree to be used to design behavioural experiments |
| 8 | Shamir delivers his highly controversial " big Israel " speech in which he states that the occupied territories are to be used to settle Soviet Jewish immigrants . |
| 9 | SFA lists certain criteria to be used to judge relevant experience and understanding for the particular transaction . |
| 10 | India , which had removed the final contingent of Indian Peace-Keeping Force ( IPKF ) troops from Sri Lanka in March 1990 [ see p. 37316 ] , expressed concern for the plight of Tamil civilians but made it clear that it would not permit its territory to be used to support militant activity . |
| 11 | One is a lump sum to be given to the Sports Centre to be used to offset junior activities of their choice . |
| 12 | This spreadsheet is to be used to keep weekly scores for 16 boys and the problem it posed is that when you want to type in scores for weeks in the second half of the year or for Harry , Ian and John and so on whose names are entered to the right of the spreadsheet , you can no longer see the row and column labels — unless you freeze these titles . |
| 13 | Some US$40,000,000 of the unfrozen aid was destined to be used to replenish foreign exchange reserves , pay for oil imports and pay off arrears to international organizations . |
| 14 | Competition is fierce and this is where American marketing methods have to be used to help British products compete . |
| 15 | Charge Code A valid LIFESPAN charge code to be used to reserve new module names . |
| 16 | Article 235 has continued to be used to develop new policies . |
| 17 | Behavioural and sound signals seem to be used to communicate sexual interest , and among the toothed whales , with their great acoustic sensitivity , receptivity to sex may be communicated by something which a dolphin can ‘ see' ’ or ‘ ‘ hear' ’ with its sonar . |
| 18 | Nor will it avail them to advance further money on a floating charge on the understanding that this is to be used to repay existing loans ; a creditor can not by use of the floating charge transmute an unsecured into a secured debt by attempting to manipulate the saving provisions of section 245 . |
| 19 | For these more orthodox members , the machinery of the House had to be used to protect Labour ministers and to project their achievements . |
| 20 | A distinction must be made at this stage between things which can be used to make unauthorized copies of programs , but which also have legitimate uses ( for example , computers with two disk drives and cassette players with twin tape decks ) and things specifically designed to overcome copy-protection such as software to be used to copy other software which has been copy-protected . |
| 21 | This matter must not be singled out in a way that allows it to be used to override National Park objectives . |
| 22 | This matter must not be singled out in a way that allows it to be used to override National Park objectives . |
| 23 | Also in the same year he bequeathed £20 a year , the rent from the property known as Gassons in Snodland , to be used to provide great coats for the poor inhabitants of the same parishes . |
| 24 | D N A testing is to be used to provide positive identification of the Britons who lost their lives in the Waco cult siege . |
| 25 | Whilst there was much talk of objects at the COSE initiative roll-out , firms associated with the effort do not yet seem to have decided if or how this playing field can be levelled , or whether basic object functionality is to be used to gain competitive advantage . |
| 26 | While there was much talk of objects at the Common Open Software Environment initiative roll-out , firms associated with the effort do not yet seem to have decided if or how this playing field can be levelled , or whether basic object functionality is to be used to gain competitive advantage . |
| 27 | Simple restitution by way of returning expropriated lands and property had been ruled out on practical grounds , and instead claimants would receive compensation in the form of vouchers to be used to buy privatized state property ( the scheme was designed to limit the government 's cash liability ) . |
| 28 | In the early years of the scheme , most of the money invested had to be used to buy individual shares . |
| 29 | Coercion had to be used to get local farmers to undertake these ( technically dubious ) measures . |
| 30 | Other skills involved were the planning of time , the allocation of tasks , drawing up a questionnaire to be used to cover local facilities , telephoning and interviewing local licensees and decision-making in relation to the selection , organization and editing of information gathered . |