Example sentences of "[noun] [modal v] be used to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Already , the swift-moving German vanguard was groping its way into the Bois des Corbeaux ; the only wood near the Mort Homme , where those well-tried infiltration tactics could be used to excellent advantage . |
| 2 | As long as this is respected , the rigidity can be used to good purpose . |
| 3 | Subtle wash effects can be used to great effect on iced backgrounds , where different coloured fondants would be too strong . |
| 4 | Thick felt-tip pens can be used to good effect . |
| 5 | I am sure they feel much safer in open water , where their surrounding radar system of lateral lines can be used to utmost effect . |
| 6 | Terrain can be used to great effect by the course designer . |
| 7 | The relationship between the popes and the religious houses could be used to papal advantage . |
| 8 | A piano can be used to good effect with the organ , provided its pitch is compatible . |
| 9 | At whatever level Procedure Audit is applied , it is a worthy addition to the toolboxes of all analysts or managers who are concerned at any time with making improvements of a procedural nature , and provides a further example of how soft systems ideas can be used to good effect for everyday analysis work . |
| 10 | Pattern can be used to delicate effect in a bedroom . |
| 11 | You can argue about the amount of resources devoted to health but what you can not sensibly argue about is that the resources devoted to health care should be used to maximum effect . |
| 12 | Capital and clearing requirements can be used to similar effect . |
| 13 | Table lamps and lamp standards can be used to good effect when showing off the house in the evening or on dark winter afternoons . |
| 14 | This led him to suggest that perhaps bladders full of oxygen and gunpowder might be used to good effect in mining . |
| 15 | 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 ) . |
| 16 | Bombs can be used to blow-up awkward lines which you want to clear-out . |
| 17 | Film strips and slides can be used to great effect . |
| 18 | Wind power can be used to great effect in Third World countries and outlying areas to pump water , to drive diesel engines and to store electricity in batteries . |