Example sentences of "[noun] [vb mod] be used [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Finally , and perhaps most significantly of all , test cases may be used as political catalysts ‘ to spark off a process in the political arena , ( Prosser , 1983 , p. 5 ) in the hope of extending the rights of those concerned . |
| 2 | One advantage is that if for any reason the storage system becomes unused the building may be used for other purposes . |
| 3 | It is because of this that observations in shear flows may be used for experimental investigations of the Kolmogorov law , eqn ( 20.11 ) . |
| 4 | What fuels may be used in thermal power stations ? |
| 5 | We are considering whether a small number of test air crews from industry in the Royal Air Force Voluntary Reserve should be used as front-line reinforcements for fast jet aircraft . |
| 6 | Different types of notes should be used for different learning purposes and different subject-matter . |
| 7 | We have already discussed these fully in the previous pages , and it remains only for us to point out that contrapuntal forms must be used with an-overall formal design in mind . |
| 8 | Ultrasonic signals may be used for short-range control purposes . |
| 9 | I think antibiotics should be used in young animals as they can become very ill with strangles . |
| 10 | Whereas in the past the boards would say that advanced calculators could be used without additional calculating programmes or memory banks , such programmes and data banks are incorporated in the latest generation of machines as a matter of course . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | The additional revenue would be used for job-creation measures in the former East Germany . |
| 13 | However , it is part of the nature of timeshare that units will be used by other people , so I do n't think this is very significant . |
| 14 | The company says the funds will be used for continued product development . |
| 15 | Sometimes a cell will be used in augmented or diminished note-values , or an occasional note may be lengthened . |
| 16 | Underlying this approach is a fear that judicial review will be used for tactical purposes to cause delay and ultimately defeat the takeover bid . |
| 17 | The plant is built around a modular system which means the reaction vessels can be used for various purposes and new parts can be added when required . |
| 18 | Individual units can be used as supplementary material with other courses . |
| 19 | Desktop computers can be used as electronic mailboxes into which messages can be posted at a moment 's notice for a correspondent to return to . |
| 20 | Neither dispenser can be used with corrosive fluids as these materials tend to corrode the return spring and cause discoloration and contamination of the chemicals . |
| 21 | The sand wheel can be used with wet or dry sand . |
| 22 | But any change in an organization or in a social setting can be used for controlled non-participant observation . |
| 23 | In the four books which Ransome set in East Anglia , the geographical details are so specific that the books can be used as accurate guides to the appropriate parts of Norfolk , Suffolk and Essex . |
| 24 | Suitable for 15mm outside diameter tubing , the valves can be used on hot and cold pipes . |
| 25 | The gravel cleaner may be used in accessible areas and your fingers can gently disturb the gravel elsewhere , before syphoning out the debris . |
| 26 | In this way , all the shops reflect Roddick 's concern for the environment and her insistence that private wealth should be used for public good . |
| 27 | The lecture periods could be used for outside visitors , or for specific and relevant accounts by teachers who did not normally participate in the work ; examples were the playing of records of part of Haydn 's Creation with explanation and commentary , by a teacher made specially available , and a talk on Red Indian tribes by a visitor from a local museum , together with overhead transparencies , slides and objects from the museum collection . |
| 28 | Different styles of influence will be used by different people in different situations . |
| 29 | The net proceeds will be used for working capital and capital expenditures associated with the development and introduction of a number of new products . |
| 30 | The $16m or so net proceeds will be used for working capital and to repay bank debt . |