Example sentences of "[pron] can be used for [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | There is scope for a thesis of sorts on the distinction between the Commission on Instructional Technology 's definition : " Instructional technology means the media born of the communications revolution which can be used for instructional purposes alongside the teacher , the textbook and the blackboard " ( AVI , April 1970 : 89 ) ; and the National Council for Educational Technology 's definition , for the UK , of educational technology : " the development , application and evaluation of systems , techniques and aids to improve the process of human learning . " |
2 | Ebony and Ivory follows the same format as Look — No Hands , it is full of punchcard designs which can be used for other projects . |
3 | Richard Noble describes the heart of an instrument which can be used for serious scientific study . |
4 | The role of evaluation is to provide information which can be used for rational decision making . |
5 | This study underlines the highly selective nature of relationships which can be used for emotional support in life circumstances which are personally distressing or disruptive . |
6 | This causes facets to develop on the surface of the pastel , which can be used for different kinds of marks and details . |
7 | The formative advantages of the record are considerable ; it provides an on-going record which can be used for evaluative purposes by student , teacher and parent , and thereby a basis for the consideration of future planning of learning and teaching . |
8 | Perhaps it is better to say that it is a prima facie relationship which can be used for prescriptive advice to hold back investment unless the ‘ dog ’ management can establish an exceptional case . |
9 | Bull is licensed to manufacture at its facilities systems based on IBM RISC System/6000 architectures , and related circuit boards and sub-assemblies , which can be used for licensed Bull products . |
10 | As such the concept of social representation will necessarily be some son of general , background concept , and it will be difficult to find elements of socially shared consciousness , which are not social representations and which can be used for contrastive purposes . |
11 | They can be used for mixed media work as well with Faber-Castell 's Polychromos Colour pencils and Albrecht Dürer Watercolour Pencils , since the colours are carefully co-ordinated across each of these product ranges . |
12 | As well as helping us transmute negative emotions such as anger , fear and hate into optimism and joy , they can be used for psychic protection — and the effect can be immediate . |
13 | The next job is to reconfigure the mexeflote rafts so that they can be used for other tasks . |
14 | The similarities between things called by the same name are indefinite and fluctuating ; one tries to pin terms down by definition , so that they can be used for strict inference , but Wittgenstein showed that in the vocabulary of natural languages the similarities are ‘ family resemblances ’ , by which A may be like B in one respect and B like C in another , but A like C in neither , so that it is useless to look for common characteristics by which to define the word which names them all . |
15 | It can be used for automatic generation of failure mode effect and criticality analysis , failure diagnosis , recovery procedure design , and the design of failure management systems . |
16 | JB Weld works on iron , steel , aluminium , bronze , brass , copper pewter , all woods , ceramics and plastics , and it can be used for mechanical , automotive and plumbing jobs , as well as around the home and garden , and much more . |
17 | It can be used for serious computing , as a ‘ poor man 's Apple Macintosh ’ , with Atari 's high-quality monochrome screen , and plugged into a TV set for games . |
18 | If you have the YC5 model , as we saw last month , it can be used for single bed knitting . |
19 | 100–250 copies can be obtained from the master copy or it can be used for short runs until the carbon deposit is exhausted . |