Example sentences of "can be use [verb] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 In his well designed writing , too , Spenser reveals that the fruits of Renaissance humanism with its concern for eloquence ( a matching of rhetoric and substance ) as a demonstration of moral civilised life can be used to argue genocide .
2 In this report , we describe a GST-protein fusion strategy that can be used to define sites of protein phosphorylation by the DNA-PK and , potentially , by other kinases .
3 Syntagmatic and paradigmatic relations of sense can be used to define degrees of dissonance .
4 It has eight different decorating uses : it can be used to strip wallpaper , remove old paint from woodwork , or excess paint from windows .
5 At times of low demand , electricity can be used to pump water from a low reservoir to a high reservoir .
6 One takes a high level reservoir and if there is more electricity available than the demand requires , then some of that can be used to pump water up into the high level down .
7 In this limited way care programming can be used to set targets and measure progress in developing mental health services .
8 These highly mobile skirmishers can be used to draw Goblin fanatics out of their units prior to a charge by more heavily armed troops .
9 These commands can be used to draw maps and graphs by a programmer writing in a high-level language such as FORTRAN or BASIC ; the D and M commands are used to draw line segments , given the x , y coordinates of the start and end of each segment , while the P command is used to add annotation .
10 Given the validity of this theoretical result , the size and direction of this correlation for existing futures can be used to draw inferences about the effect of marking to the market on futures prices .
11 For example , the Chelsea Card from Chelsea Building Society can be used to draw £200 daily in local currency from more than 4,000 machines in Europe and more than 50,000 in America , Canada , Australia and Japan .
12 If the result is a map , then the total set of output maps can be used to draw confidence intervals or ‘ credibility regions ’ which can be overlaid on the deterministic results as a visual indication of the effects of data uncertainty .
13 For choosing between leasing and buying , the NPV and IRR methods can be used to evaluate cost-effectiveness .
14 The equations ( 12.19 ) and ( 12.22 ) can be used to evaluate f g as we see that and .
15 Once a unit has been written towards clearly defined aims ( or ‘ intentions ’ in philosopher 's language ) it can be used to promote thought about the relationship between these aims and the behaviour that results in practice .
16 Comprising a fleet of canoes and a display stand , it can be used to promote canoeing throughout Wales .
17 However , environmentalists are calling for proof from manufacturers that no other propellant can be used to replace CFCs in these instances , so that emissions are kept to a bare minimum .
18 The value of doubt is that it can be used to detect error .
19 As long as it can be used to purchase goods and services , the medium of exchange ( notes ) does not need to have an intrinsic value , providing confidence is maintained in the currency by the avoidance of excessive inflation .
20 People need a means whereby the fruits of today 's labour can be used to purchase goods and services in the future .
21 For example , the photograph on the previous page shows how pressed flower designs can be used to decorate photograph frames .
22 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 .
23 There is an argument to support virtually every gauge of shotgun that can be used to kill rabbits bolted from burrows .
24 At intense levels U/V light can be used to kill bacteria in the system .
25 This item was introduced to encourage knitter who do not have colour changers to try out jacquard knitting but can be used to hold yarn when knitting simple stripes or any colour patterns where yarns are changed on one side of the work only .
26 As well as being used to produce economic forecasts , the model can be used to answer questions on the impact over the whole economy of alternative economic policies .
27 The results from the model can be used to answer questions relating to the long-term behaviour of the river basin .
28 These leaflets should include horticultural advice , so that they can be used to answer enquiries .
29 It is an important input to marketing planning because it can be used to formulate company " product-market " objectives , by which the enterprise may : * define its markets ; * position ranges of brands and product varieties ; * identify gaps which offer significant opportunities for expansion or new product positioning ; * rationalise policies for existing brands , products and mixes .
30 By denying that we could empirically identify the linguistic framework employed by other agents ( or , indeed by ourselves ) , Quine challenged the claim that we can have a substantive prior conception of truth which can be used to formulate questions for transcendental reflection .
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