Example sentences of "it [vb mod] [be] used [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its particular advantage to the marketer is that it may be used without extensive training in mathematics or computer programming , since programming is done by the package itself when in operation . |
| 2 | An intensive course for executives , designed to fit into a four-week period of full-time study , although it may be used for different study periods . |
| 3 | It picks up all low-pitched noise , and so it should be used in quiet circumstances , on your own . |
| 4 | Quantification is usually taken for granted in social dialectology , but it is not used in some other branches of sociolinguistics ( for example , those researches that follow Gumperz 's model ) , and there can be disputes about whether or not it should be used in given instances . |
| 5 | Appearing before a Senate committee that was pondering ‘ the general area ’ of China and its implications , an official of the State Department said of the fund : ‘ It might be used in other areas of the Far East which are affected by the developments in China . |
| 6 | If it was an ‘ either or ’ situation , I would go for a winch as it could be used for other jobs such as moving fallen trees or recovering other vehicles etc . |
| 7 | Once it is accepted that surrogacy is unlikely to cause any serious harm , the idea that it could be used for social rather than medical reasons should lose much of the horror and condemnation with which it tends to be associated . |
| 8 | One of the main advantages of video as an aid was that it could be used during poor weather . |
| 9 | At first it would be used to launched satellites at a tenth the cost of the shuttle . |
| 10 | Last week King Fahd said his country would help pay for rebuilding Osirak , on the understanding that it would be used for peaceful purposes only . |
| 11 | There is a question as to who would control the censorship apparatus , and whether it would be used by reactionary rather than progressive forces once in place . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | It can be used to positive or negative effect on others . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | If you have the YC5 model , as we saw last month , it can be used for single bed knitting . |
| 18 | 100–250 copies can be obtained from the master copy or it can be used for short runs until the carbon deposit is exhausted . |
| 19 | It can be used on exterior stucco , cement , stone , precast concrete ( within three days of shuttering being removed ) , pebbledash and asbestos . |
| 20 | It can be used on ceramic tiles up to 8in wide , and offers and accurate guide to cutting , accommodating angles up to 15 ° and automatically gauging grouting gaps . |
| 21 | In practice , as Rowe describes , it can be used with varying degrees of grammatical marking and would in fact be introduced to mentally-handicapped children in telegraphic form , slowly building to full English linguistic structure : e.g. ( 1 ) HALL , ( 2 ) GO HALL , ( 3 ) GO TO HALL , ( 4 ) GO TO THE HALL . |
| 22 | ( Oh , and it can be used in marine systems too ) . |