Example sentences of "[prep] be use [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The results should be capable of being used formatively and to indicate any particular need for support for the child , or for more specific diagnostic assessment . |
| 2 | This wastage offended Laura too , who thought the fabric was quite good enough to be used somehow and decided to try selling remnants . |
| 3 | It follows that the volume in which the fire occurs should be capable of being partitioned off from the rest of the storage , if the agent is to be used effectively and cheaply . |
| 4 | Like reference books , they have to be used rather than read . |
| 5 | The well-meaning piety of one who is neither leader nor musician ought to be used elsewhere than in the direction of the Church 's music . |
| 6 | The Home Secretary 's reserve powers were not intended to be used frequently and this was the first time they had been used . |
| 7 | Being aware of the interval structure of scales is vitally important if they are to be used creatively and effectively against chords . |
| 8 | In many crops as little as 0–5 litres/hectare is effective and this permits oil-based formulations to be used economically and increases the persistence of deposits after rain . |
| 9 | It is possible for teachers to keep a personal notebook which does not form part of the record and is not open to subject access , but if information is intended to be used officially and passed on to the next teacher it should be treated in the same way as the formal record . |
| 10 | The Chinese consider the clenched fist as a weak and vulnerable weapon , to be used rarely and only if it is aimed at a soft part of the body . |
| 11 | The use of these specific substances or behaviours may trigger the underlying addictive potential so that they come to be used inappropriately and compulsively . |
| 12 | As the world population grows , our limited resources , particularly of land , will have to be used efficiently and frugally to achieve this paramount aim . |
| 13 | It is best to concentrate upon essentials and for forms to be used mainly as aides-mémoire . |
| 14 | In this method of interviewing it is likely that the hypotheses will have been clarified so that specific questions are ready for testing , and an interview schedule is to be used so that the stimulus-response situation of the interview can be standardized for a number of interviewers . |
| 15 | Many times it appears to be used so that other qualities of the work — the wide assortment of materials it might be constructed of , say , or the way it is attached to the wall — can take centre stage , much in the way that a black and white photograph allows you to concentrate on matters otherwise obscured or de-emphasized by colour . |
| 16 | Affidavits should be filed by the applicant at least fourteen days before the hearing at which they are to be used so that the respondent can file his affidavit not later than seven days before the hearing ( r 7.8 ) . |
| 17 | The fact that credit scoring is so relatively new to this country , but is likely to be used more and more in future , suggests that the time is particularly ripe for agreeing guidelines on scoring techniques . |
| 18 | Other techniques , such as echo-sounding and soil scanning radar , are currently being developed , and are likely to be used more and more in the future for accurate location and surveying of sites . |
| 19 | There were , of course , adequate Customs shore controls at ports visited , but we were mainly concerned with the more remote areas and anchorages which tended to be used more and more by the various types of oil exploration craft and drilling rigs when sheltering inside our territorial waters . |
| 20 | It was on the tip of Jehan 's tongue to suggest that Alexei was allowing himself to be used only because it suited him ; but it was clear that discussing the subject was making Jehana unhappy , and so he said nothing , sitting quietly beside her until suddenly she got up and went into the house . |
| 21 | rockets to be used only as distress signals |
| 22 | The Clairol model is the only spa to offer a choice of three speeds , the first of which causes your toe hairs to sway like daffodils in a light breeze ; the second bubbles gently like a pot of mung beans on simmer , and the third , to be used only when one feels particularly in need of a good rebirth , can cause orgasm in your achilles tendons . |
| 23 | The rodding arm of an interceptor trap needs to be used only when it is the final length of the drains which are blocked |