Example sentences of "[vb mod] be used to [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These documents together with covering letters enable MAS and the vendor to control the sale process , something which should be used to maximum advantage to help enable an acceptable/full price in line with the agreed objectives to be achieved . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | This led him to suggest that perhaps bladders full of oxygen and gunpowder might be used to good effect in mining . |
| 4 | The relationship between the popes and the religious houses could be used to papal advantage . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | And it may be argued that centralist solutions are dangerous , not only because in any particular administration they may be used to bad effect , but because in principle they inhibit freedom . |
| 7 | It was still there , and would be used to good effect in the relatively near future when the pitched battle returned as the more usual way of deciding the outcome of wars . |
| 8 | Capital and clearing requirements can be used to similar effect . |
| 9 | Pattern can be used to delicate effect in a bedroom . |
| 10 | As long as this is respected , the rigidity can be used to good purpose . |
| 11 | Thick felt-tip pens can be used to good effect . |
| 12 | Table lamps and lamp standards can be used to good effect when showing off the house in the evening or on dark winter afternoons . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Sauce is n't all that cranberries are fit for — they can be used to good effect in a number of recipes . |
| 15 | Left : Scenes shot on telephoto appear to have compressed perspectives which can be used to good effect . |
| 16 | In addition , you must be able to choose small flowers and small parts of flowers that can be used to good effect . |
| 17 | Cabled rib is very attractive and can be used to good effect on an otherwise plain sweater . |
| 18 | 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 ) . |
| 19 | It can provide information regarding the possible need to change management style , to accelerate , decelerate or even terminate the activity earlier and hence save scarce resources which can be used to good effect elsewhere . |
| 20 | A piano can be used to good effect with the organ , provided its pitch is compatible . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Terrain can be used to great effect by the course designer . |
| 23 | Film strips and slides can be used to great effect . |
| 24 | Subtle wash effects can be used to great effect on iced backgrounds , where different coloured fondants would be too strong . |
| 25 | I am sure they feel much safer in open water , where their surrounding radar system of lateral lines can be used to utmost effect . |
| 26 | It can be so — certain women have a perpetual ‘ devouring ’ quality — but it is a natural process , echoed in the menstrual cycle , and in the moon 's waxing and waning , and it can be used to positive effect , regulating the ebb and flow of relationships and opening up pathways of communication . |