Example sentences of "they [modal v] be use [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | It is vital that our site work and written reports are of the highest standards because if there were a transgression they may be used as legal evidence . ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | They may be used for simple emphasis , as in ( 5 ) ( c ) , or to highlight some property , implied by the noun but still in some way surprising as in ( 5 ) ( a ) , or for the sake of a contrast , as in ( 5 ) ( b ) . |
| 4 | The strong flavours of culinary herbs ensure that they should be used in small quantities , but there is no need to go to the other extreme and be timid with them . |
| 5 | They might be used to big crowds in the Lenin Stadium , but it 'll nothing like they 'll get at Anfield . ’ |
| 6 | Speadsheets have not so far figured largely as a resource for history , but they could be used with certain types of documentary sources . |
| 7 | Once trained , they could be used for other things too . |
| 8 | Where men like Bradford of Pippingford Warren attempted to enclose the remaining wastes of Ashdown Forest and succeeded , it was a comparatively rare event ; unlike the Midlands enclosure , which frequently redistributed arable land , the sand and clay of Wealden waste required wholesale draining and massive injections of capital before they could be used for profitable corn-growing . |
| 9 | They could be used as real models of rule . |
| 10 | This should mean that pesticides will last longer , because they could be used in other areas before resistance spreads , and researchers could switch back to using the original pesticide once resistance has been wiped out , she said . |
| 11 | Senior Soviet officials stressed that the patrols were an emergency measure decided in the face of the soaring crime rate , and denied that they would be used for political ends or would violate human rights . |
| 12 | They will be used for Coastal Containers Line 's daily Irish Sea services . |
| 13 | They will be used on humanitarian aid projects by UN High Commission for Refugees teams providing urgently-needed food , blankets and clothing to people caught up in the Balkan conflict . |
| 14 | Unfortunately , the posters they sent to us arrived too late for the exhibition but they will be used at future venues . |
| 15 | As chlorine-free alternatives become commercially available they will be used in appropriate units . |
| 16 | Sauce is n't all that cranberries are fit for — they can be used to good effect in a number of recipes . |
| 17 | Originally designed for use with the popular five speed Taiwanese lathes , which are imported by a variety of companies , they can be used with other lathes to increase the capacity for bowl turning . |
| 18 | No alteration is necessary to the phones or their plug so they can be used with other equipment as normal . |
| 19 | They can be used with wet or dry sand . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | The next job is to reconfigure the mexeflote rafts so that they can be used for other tasks . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Environmental manipulations have the considerable advantage that they can be used in wild populations , and they are also relatively quick . |
| 25 | Modern technology comes to the rescue here , however : solid-fuel handling systems , developed by British Coal , allow automatic fuelling from an outside coal store ; de-ashing systems have improved , making the job quicker and easier ; smokeless fuels have made the burning of fires possible even in cities ; and some modern solid fuel stoves , which can be installed in front of a fireplace , burn so efficiently that they can be used in smokeless zones . |