Example sentences of "[noun] can be used [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alternatively , an internal ISDN card can be used for most desktop computers . |
| 2 | Your discount card can be used against any hairdressing service , including colours and perms . |
| 3 | Proprietary ( and some home-based ) remedies can be used in two ways — in a short-term bath , or added to the pond . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Some finishes can be used for all purposes . |
| 6 | Individual units can be used as supplementary material with other courses . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | It just says that some parts of the business will throw off cash surpluses , that it may well not be worth investing further in those businesses , and that , in that case , the funds can be used to further investment elsewhere . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Fleece covers can be used for 2 or 3 seasons if handled sensibly and storage space is minimal . |
| 11 | Coaching can be used for both individuals or group settings . |
| 12 | There is a limit to which the non-standardised interview can be used with larger samples . |
| 13 | Leaving aside for the moment the question of informal import barriers , the restrictive practices used by larger manufacturers can be used as one explanation of the highly dispersed structure of distribution . |
| 14 | The sand wheel can be used with wet or dry sand . |
| 15 | But any change in an organization or in a social setting can be used for controlled non-participant observation . |
| 16 | Several types of instrument can be used for this type of test , and these are usually limited to measurements on rigid polymers or rubbers . |
| 17 | The technique of counter-current extraction can be used for this purpose . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Suitable for 15mm outside diameter tubing , the valves can be used on hot and cold pipes . |
| 20 | As long as this is respected , the rigidity can be used to good purpose . |
| 21 | ( 1968 ) argue that the test can be used in two ways : first , to compare a subject 's overall score with the age-group norms from the standardisation data ; and , second , to compare the subtest score with the overall mean score . |
| 22 | Unlike Vietnam and El Salvador , this is a situation where America 's military might can be used for good , rather than for their own political ends . |
| 23 | Similarly , areas of meadow can be used for little else without massive investment in drainage , and hay crops and rich pasture seem to have been too valuable to consider using this land in any other way . |
| 24 | Spray-wipe techniques with a solvent hard surface cleaner or solvent degreaser can be used on light soiling but for moderate or heavy soiling a brush applied alkali degreaser is more suitable . |
| 25 | Subtle wash effects can be used to great effect on iced backgrounds , where different coloured fondants would be too strong . |
| 26 | With suitable detectors , in scanning electron microscopes or microprobes , some of these effects can be used for analytical or imaging purposes . |
| 27 | Most research petrological microscopes have photomicrographic attachments , while simpler microscopes can be used with 35 mm SLR cameras fitted with appropriate adaptor rings . |
| 28 | Thick felt-tip pens can be used to good effect . |
| 29 | If the skull is extremely fragmentary , pieces of wood can be used as supporting props . |
| 30 | I am sure they feel much safer in open water , where their surrounding radar system of lateral lines can be used to utmost effect . |