Example sentences of "[vb mod] [be] use [prep] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 There is amongst sociolinguists a general consensus that pseudonyms should be used for both personal and street names in order to preserve anonymity .
2 However , other methods such as telex , Intelpost or hand delivery must be used for really urgent material .
3 On the one hand , France needed to bring her ‘ natural ’ maritime provinces ( which included Aquitaine , Normandy , Brittany and Flanders ) under royal control in order that the ports might be used for both commercial and military purposes .
4 Hence the system may be used for both dynamic and static recognition .
5 The same constitutional medicine can be used for both palliative and curative purposes simultaneously , because deep acting remedies can be repeated frequently , without risk of aggravation , if correctly selected they may not only palliate but also cure the patient , even in apparently hopeless cases , because of the gentleness of the fifty millesimal scale .
6 The treaty form can be used for both binding and non-binding agreements and the definition does not assist in determining whether a legally binding agreement has been concluded .
7 Areas of upland pasture and areas of waste can be used for both arable and more intensive pasture as circumstances dictate , though some acidic upland wastes require draining and liming first .
8 These latter are the agglomerated , and subsequently dried , cells of single-celled microorganisms like algae , yeasts , fungi and certain bacteria which can be cultivated on a large industrial-scale basis for the production of protein that can be used for either human or animal consumption .
9 So the same signals can be used for quite different purposes .
10 ( a ) a watch ( showing the same time as the examination room clock ! ) ( b ) a stop-watch capable of registering up to 30 minutes ( c ) several sharpened pencils , both hard and soft ( 2Bs should always be carried and harder ones can be used for more delicate sketching ) ( d ) a bunch of coloured pencils or coloured ball-point pens ( e ) a pencil sharpener ( f ) a pen with which you are familiar and which is comfortable to the hand .
11 Frame filler , available in 24 colours , can be used for more obvious gaps and dents
12 A wonderful range of special painting techniques can be used on just plain flat lining paper to give completely individual pattern/colour combinations which give the overall impression of a texture .
13 It can be used at both small and large scale , in the construction of aircraft and in the architecture of their vast shelters , hangars , stadia and the like .
14 They can be used with most front or rear-seat lap/diagonal adult seat belts , and are suitable for babies weighing up to about 10Kg .
15 Alternatively they can be used with more sophisticated software such as that provided on the Apple Lisa .
16 Strategies used to help mildly academically handicapped pupils to remedy situations of social rejection include co-operative learning and working together to achieve common goals ; both strategies can be used with visually handicapped pupils .
17 It is difficult to imagine the mosaicist working without this tool , for it is capable of fracturing the hardest stones , it is easy to carry , and it can be used with very small pieces of material .
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