Example sentences of "can be put to " in BNC.
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| 1 | This can be put to good use in soaring conditions as a means of getting into the lift when cruising at a high speed . |
| 2 | The old money-lender with her ‘ Jewish ’ interest rates is to be murdered because her life is worthless and her hoarded wealth can be put to good use ; when the unimportant deed is done the doer will launch himself into something that really matters , a large-scale philanthropic exercise . |
| 3 | But Mr Livingstone is unlikely to gain the nomination of 55 Labour MPs necessary before his name can be put to Labour 's electoral college , which will meet on July 18 to choose a new leader . |
| 4 | But when several such businesses are aggregated at a dockside location the economy of scale offered by the worldwide container business can be put to good advantage both in cost and speed by even the smallest manufacturing unit . |
| 5 | But thought itself can be creative and this creative thinking can be put to good use in all areas of life — from running a business to preparing for Christmas . |
| 6 | The following pages suggest how disciplinary strategies can be put to the most effective use in discouraging unacceptable behaviour and encouraging new and more desirable behaviour . |
| 7 | You are a unique human being endowed with your own unique wisdom , understanding and experience which can be put to good use to formulate your goals . |
| 8 | Firstly , it produces a flat statement of fact which can be put to the test , and , secondly , it states the case in an extreme , or ‘ ideal ’ , form , eschewing such modifications as ‘ most ’ , or ‘ a majority ’ . |
| 9 | So , to get to grips with this problem we now have to break down our general hypothesis into a number of smaller ones which can be put to the test . |
| 10 | It may not be possible to move furniture around much in a small Home , but the rooms can be put to different uses by changing the dining arrangements . |
| 11 | Its 11 November issue appropriately included features on what progress had been made towards war in space , following this with the other end of technology — all the facts on animal power — which proved that running horse transport could be cheaper than vans or lorries , though not mentioning that animal exhausts can be put to good use as well . |
| 12 | This can sometimes be done very successfully by helping her to channel her energy and abilities into some local club or voluntary service organisation where her talent for management can be put to good use , as well as meeting her own need to be a little bit of a ‘ bossy-boots ’ . |
| 13 | Since word order is not now needed for signalling an increased specificity of conceptual meaning it can be put to other purposes , as we shall see presently . |
| 14 | The evidence shows that such children will make greater progress in English if they know that their knowledge of their mother tongue is valued , if it is recognised that their experience of language is likely to be greater than that of their monoglot peers and , indeed , if their knowledge and experience can be put to good use in the classroom to the benefit of all pupils to provide examples of the structure and syntax of different languages , to provide a focus for discussion about language forms and for contrast and comparison with the structure of the English language . |
| 15 | A question to the effect ‘ Have you any other licence for this vehicle or have you ever passed a Ministry of Transport test for this vehicle ? ’ can be put to the defendant and entered in the officer 's statement of evidence together with the negative reply . |
| 16 | Many of the herbs included in the list are of an ideal size , and any plants you do n't press can be put to excellent use in the kitchen . |
| 17 | Having tried out these various methods you might consider them too time-consuming to use for large areas but they are so attractive that they can be put to good use as trimmings . |
| 18 | The main emphasis therefore is on developing listening and speaking proficiency so that the language can be put to practical use straightaway . |
| 19 | If such features are to be separated , for purposes of the division of academic labour , from the language-system itself , then one wonders quite what is left at the core and what uses it can be put to . |
| 20 | Property or other assets can be put to better use and , on a very personal level , what transpires soon should gladden your heart and make you aware that , after many false starts or enforced separations , one close attachment can become very much part of your day-to-day existence . |
| 21 | The argument is that funds should not be diverted to the government sector if they can be put to a more productive use in the private sector . |
| 22 | Texts can be put to many uses : a ) Extracts from texts can be made the basis of language learning dialogues and drills . |
| 23 | An extensive training programme is also run , where management skills , public speaking and debating , to name a few , can be put to the test . |
| 24 | Photographs can be put to witnesses during the course of examination in and out of Court and can be of the utmost importance in cases where vague descriptions of a locus , machinery , etc. would be detrimental to advancing a strong defence in Court . |
| 25 | Yet the primate hand , particularly in the case of man , who has retained ( or , more accurately , re-acquired ) a generalized , unspecialized hand , can be put to many other uses than merely grasping branches . |
| 26 | These can be put to very good use in aid of the British Heart Foundation . |