Example sentences of "could be used for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The potential is very high , since horticultural information could be used for many purposes , such as ecological and climatological monitoring , as well as mainstream horticulture . |
| 2 | Once trained , they could be used for other things too . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The buildings could be used for other purposes and we 'd welcome that . |
| 5 | The lecture periods could be used for outside visitors , or for specific and relevant accounts by teachers who did not normally participate in the work ; examples were the playing of records of part of Haydn 's Creation with explanation and commentary , by a teacher made specially available , and a talk on Red Indian tribes by a visitor from a local museum , together with overhead transparencies , slides and objects from the museum collection . |
| 6 | Alert 's flying tour of Britain brought home to us that the new GRP planing hulls could be used for long range patrols when required and that they were not just " hot rods " for use in sheltered waters . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The resulting room could be used for private parties and conference meals . |
| 9 | In this sense , it was interested both in the narrowing of the range of views presented in newspapers and the likelihood that newspapers could be used for political ends . |
| 10 | Wang , the chief engineer at China 's space science and technology centre in Peking , said the delay is because the US believes the hardware could be used for military purposes . |
| 11 | However , Baillie Cochrane explained that Scott 's first scheme had reception rooms ‘ on a magnificent scale ’ , but on the recommendation of the Select Committee they were omitted and reintroduced at the suggestion of Foreign Office officials as normal rooms which could be used for special occasions . |
| 12 | In principle such particles could be used for targeted delivery of a genetic marker to cells ( see below ) . |
| 13 | The tests were of a type which could be used for diagnostic purposes . |
| 14 | The cranes were unable to move around the yard with the lifeboats , so only a small part of the depot area could be used for this work . |
| 15 | As finance for books may be limited , money given by patients could be used for this purpose . |
| 16 | The Design Controller does n't have a program written especially for changing the pattern but I 've spend some time wondering if any of the programs could be used for this purpose , even if they were n't originally intended to be ; however , I 've had no success . |
| 17 | The module summary form could be used for this purpose . |
| 18 | We may have to bring in assistance from outside to deal with specific problems , and Mr Whittaker 's network of contacts could be used for this purpose . |
| 19 | Though sites around the Scottish coast could be used for any plans by oil companies to adopt the technique for UK waters , he predicted that the first deep-water application of the method would be in the Norwegian sector and Brazilian waters . |
| 20 | Then he went on to the Global the New Consumer , looking at ways and how consumer power could be used for ethical purposes . |
| 21 | As the brushes are relatively inexpensive , separate ones could be used for different glazes . |
| 22 | If they are to remain empty at any particular time short-held leases could be used so that the barracks could be used for local housing rather than stay vacant . |
| 23 | Alternatively , the ‘ stick ’ could be used for both functions , with the spring-loaded central position being used as the ‘ off ’ setting . |
| 24 | It laid great emphasis on value for money auditing and recommended that all health authorities establish value for money teams whose role would be to effect annual savings which could be used for improving services . |