Example sentences of "[vb mod] be used to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The twelve environment ministers of the European Community have agreed that market forces can and should be used to environmental ends , but they failed to decide on the measures to be used or what the environmental ends should be . |
| 2 | You can argue about the amount of resources devoted to health but what you can not sensibly argue about is that the resources devoted to health care should be used to maximum effect . |
| 3 | These documents together with covering letters enable MAS and the vendor to control the sale process , something which should be used to maximum advantage to help enable an acceptable/full price in line with the agreed objectives to be achieved . |
| 4 | This led him to suggest that perhaps bladders full of oxygen and gunpowder might be used to good effect in mining . |
| 5 | What is important is the idea that the newest and most powerful media , namely ads , might be used to beneficial ends . |
| 6 | They might be used to big crowds in the Lenin Stadium , but it 'll nothing like they 'll get at Anfield . ’ |
| 7 | The relationship between the popes and the religious houses could be used to papal advantage . |
| 8 | Already , the swift-moving German vanguard was groping its way into the Bois des Corbeaux ; the only wood near the Mort Homme , where those well-tried infiltration tactics could be used to excellent advantage . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | It was still there , and would be used to good effect in the relatively near future when the pitched battle returned as the more usual way of deciding the outcome of wars . |
| 11 | At first it would be used to launched satellites at a tenth the cost of the shuttle . |
| 12 | Capital and clearing requirements can be used to similar effect . |
| 13 | Oligo(dT) itself can be used to prime first strand synthesis of cDNA . |
| 14 | Pattern can be used to delicate effect in a bedroom . |
| 15 | Bombs can be used to blow-up awkward lines which you want to clear-out . |
| 16 | Thick felt-tip pens can be used to good effect . |
| 17 | Table lamps and lamp standards can be used to good effect when showing off the house in the evening or on dark winter afternoons . |
| 18 | At whatever level Procedure Audit is applied , it is a worthy addition to the toolboxes of all analysts or managers who are concerned at any time with making improvements of a procedural nature , and provides a further example of how soft systems ideas can be used to good effect for everyday analysis work . |
| 19 | Sauce is n't all that cranberries are fit for — they can be used to good effect in a number of recipes . |
| 20 | As long as this is respected , the rigidity can be used to good purpose . |
| 21 | Left : Scenes shot on telephoto appear to have compressed perspectives which can be used to good effect . |
| 22 | In addition , you must be able to choose small flowers and small parts of flowers that can be used to good effect . |
| 23 | Cabled rib is very attractive and can be used to good effect on an otherwise plain sweater . |
| 24 | However , this is no excuse for inaction , for a number of systems have been described which are of considerable assistance ; for example , the Telford system which relies largely on professional judgement can be used to good effect ( 1 ) . |
| 25 | It can provide information regarding the possible need to change management style , to accelerate , decelerate or even terminate the activity earlier and hence save scarce resources which can be used to good effect elsewhere . |
| 26 | A piano can be used to good effect with the organ , provided its pitch is compatible . |
| 27 | Wind power can be used to great effect in Third World countries and outlying areas to pump water , to drive diesel engines and to store electricity in batteries . |
| 28 | Terrain can be used to great effect by the course designer . |
| 29 | As well as the more common paper and vinyl wallcoverings , there is a range of more unusual materials that can be used to great decorative effect on walls . |
| 30 | Film strips and slides can be used to great effect . |