Example sentences of "[noun pl] would be used " in BNC.
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| 1 | These methods would be used to triangulate on the key themes . |
| 2 | A significant portion of the new funds would be used for NASA 's plans to conduct a massive study of the planet Earth , and for Bush 's initiative to send astronauts back to the moon and on to Mars . |
| 3 | The bulk of the new funds would be used to assist the poorer EC countries ( Greece , Ireland , Portugal and Spain ) in meeting the conditions for EC monetary union as set out in the Treaty of Maastricht [ see p. 38658 ] . |
| 4 | There is also a danger that , particularly in relation to inherent uncertainties arising from going concern considerations , added emphasis paragraphs would be used to such an extent that they become a standard paragraph . |
| 5 | On May 24th the government said it would launch a FFr40 billion four-year bond issue whose proceeds would be used to revive the economy . |
| 6 | Meanwhile Hogg Robinson chairman Brian Perry said the price paid in the deal was ‘ attractive ’ and the proceeds would be used to expand his firm 's other activities . |
| 7 | In most of our workshops the study texts would be used as a kind of mirror writing whose ‘ decoding ’ simply confirmed what was always and already known or felt to be inscribed in them . |
| 8 | He was not responsible for the dissolution of the monasteries , which was handled by Thomas Cromwell , though he heartily approved of this and hoped that the revenues would be used for education , and in particular for education of the new clergy . |
| 9 | ‘ Many of the illegally-owned dogs would be used for fighting , ’ he said . |
| 10 | Instead of trying to produce a completed picture , the pastels would be used for colour notes , in a very loose , sketchy fashion . |
| 11 | First , it is possible that a too narrow definition of comparative costs would be used . |
| 12 | There was a climate of fear after anonymous tip-offs claiming that live weapons would be used . |
| 13 | The timing of this constituent session was influenced by the impending vote in the USSR Congress of People 's Deputies on creating a new executive presidency [ see pp. 37297-99 ] , and specifically by fears that new presidential powers would be used to block Lithuania 's progress towards independence . |
| 14 | They strongly denied that changes would be used to ensure that women 's organisations were union-dominated . |
| 15 | Some foreign ministry officials ( like Briand 20 years before ) saw European unity as the only solution : France and Germany could join in European institutions as equals , with no need for special controls on Germany ; but at the same time German economic independence would be restricted and German resources would be used for the good of a greater whole . |
| 16 | ‘ I was upset when I was told stand ins would be used , ’ he said . |
| 17 | In London there were doubts as to whether the likely trade justified the expense of full diplomatic representation : it still seemed possible that Japan 's ports would be used mainly by whaling ships in the north Pacific rather than by merchantmen . |
| 18 | ( 6 ) In August 1983 the third defendant claimed from C.M.C. a commission of £16,000 for himself and £8,000 for Highdene in respect of certain commercial arrangements , not involving the bakery , negotiated between C.M.C. and B.M.T. It is said that this claim led the other directors of C.M.C. to investigate the third defendant 's activities and to dismiss him as a director of C.M.C. ( 7 ) Between May and July 1983 the third defendant caused the first plaintiff to sign in blank some cheques drawn on C.M.C. 's bank account by fraudulently representing that these cheques would be used to pay small and urgent bills of C.M.C. It is said that in fact the third defendant used six of these cheques to pay to himself and certain other parties sums amounting to about £30,000 , allegedly in connection with the financing of the centre . |
| 19 | The Cruise missiles would be used to devastate Serbian airfields which are being used for helicopter flights in defiance of the exclusion zone ruling . |
| 20 | According to Finance Minister Itzhak Moda'i , cited in the Washington Post of Sept. 8 , the money raised through the loan guarantees would be used largely for job creation programmes for new immigrants . |
| 21 | Byron said that a number of small machines would be used to start each vital organ going at the same time : one machine for the brain , another a heart-machine , another a kidney-machine , and so on . |
| 22 | He said that the reserve powers to make pension orders would be used to secure existing pension rights if a subsidiary did not take the steps that , the Secretary of State considered appropriate to secure the pension rights of its employees . |
| 23 | Tonight the theme was an anonymous — but not a fancy-dress — ball ; no names would be used and everyone would be masked . |
| 24 | Filshin claimed that the profits would be used for investment in Russian industry , likening it to arrangements under the Marshall Plan in post-war West Germany , whereby the United States had used depreciated German marks to invest in German industries . |
| 25 | There had been a little accident and Dr. Bonnard 's medical skills would be used to save life . |
| 26 | Even if the workers themselves made no contribution to the scheme it was argued that the cost of family allowance schemes to the employers would be used by them as an excuse to reduce wages or at least hold back wage increases or to put up prices . |
| 27 | Most media organizations and journalists accepted the argument that certain restrictions were necessary for security reasons , but some , in particular US journalists , expressed concern that the ground rules would be used to prevent coverage showing the horrors of battle . |
| 28 | It was explained that these accounts would be used in a later practical class . |
| 29 | Mrs Helen Ashton , college librarian , said hitech work stations and computers were set to replace the ageing desks , and floppy disc programmes would be used in conjunction with many study books . |
| 30 | The point is frequently made that if bus fares were set at a reasonable level , buses would be used more often and public safety would be greater . |