Example sentences of "they can be used [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This will highlight the respective advantages and disadvantages of the two approaches and show how they can be used to complement one another in the analysis and presentation of large complex datasets . |
| 2 | Apart from the fact that they can be measured , movements such as these are interesting because they can be used to explain other conjonctures , particularly changes in social structure . |
| 3 | They can be used to simplify the skeleton of the topic still more , until it stands out in its bare bones , giving you a framework on which memory can hang the developments , opinions and controversies . |
| 4 | Another argument used to support indirect taxes on welfare grounds is that they can be used to combat ‘ externalities ’ . |
| 5 | Pointes can and do have an enormous part to play in classical ballet because there are so many ways in which they can be used to give character and variety to a role . |
| 6 | The units make the forms of the diagrams effectively independent of B , and since C is assumed to be about 4B they can be used to include variations in C. Tanabe-Sugano diagrams can be used to assign spectra empirically ; they lead to the identification of allowed transitions , and very often the fit of the observed transition energies gives values of Δ/B; that are unambiguous . |
| 7 | Although this was an extreme case , it is by no means unique and practically every university teacher who has supervised an undergraduate dissertation will recognize the problem of trying to write a dissertation backwards ; that is to say , taking the data that have already been collected and then trying to find some hypothesis which they can be used to test . |
| 8 | If rest and relaxation are approached with the same openness and with the same willingness to learn as the changing of negative emotional states and our health , they can be used to heal us and to strengthen our health and emerging state of mind . |
| 9 | Being brick-sized , they can be used to create a wide range of more detailed patterns in themselves but can also look attractive when interwoven amongst larger paving units . |
| 10 | When reports are analysed using the various methods of statistical treatments available , they can be used to describe fundamental features of society , its nature and changes . |
| 11 | The extra money balances are therefore available as a direct form of wealth holding , or else they can be used to purchase those financial assets which are a close substitute . |
| 12 | They can be used to purchase a wheelchair and buy or hire a suitably adapted car or van to restore freedom of movement . |
| 13 | They can be used to completely encompass a big warren system , they can be used to divide up areas of woodland and they can be operated both at night and by day when conditions are favourable . |
| 14 | In these respects , the EC has taken a very proactive role , guided by the importance of the single market which can not effectively exist if intellectual property rights vary from one Member State to another or if they can be used to restrict the free movement of goods . |
| 15 | Energy management systems are collections of equipment constructed from sensors , controllers , relays , actuators and other microprocessor-based products : they can be used to monitor conditions at particular points within a building ( or group of buildings ) and employed to regulate or reduce fuel consumption as required . |
| 16 | These leaflets should include horticultural advice , so that they can be used to answer enquiries . |
| 17 | They can be used to mask more controversial issues in the same way as usage of the labels purpose or reasonableness . |
| 18 | If so , they can be used to boost the lighting by aiming it where it is most needed . |
| 19 | All the languages considered so far are highly flexible ; they can be used to write almost any type of computer system . |
| 20 | We are not convinced that just because large quantities of potential secondary materials are present in the North Wales region , they can be used to meet unsustainable demand at an acceptable environmental cost . |
| 21 | We are not convinced that just because large quantities of potential secondary materials are present in the North Wales region , they can be used to meet unsustainable demand at an acceptable environmental cost . |
| 22 | They can be used to inform others of a wide variety of matters . |
| 23 | They can be used to trace the outlines and details of objects or shapes from books , for transferring your own free-hand designs , and for geometric shapes that need to be repeated exactly on the cake or icing . |
| 24 | One particular advantage of models such as these is that they can be used to produce multipliers which show the effects of changes in eg the population of a region on the employment levels in that region . |
| 25 | Because they are unaffected by psychology and do n't take break tests they can be used to pin down a much more powerful enemy , diverting attention away from the core units . |
| 26 | In a scouting role they can be used to pin down enemy troops by getting within 8″ of them and thus preventing march moves . |
| 27 | Most religions , Christianity among them , would appear to have degenerated to a point where they can be used to provide , at one extreme , a justification for intense civil turmoil by violent and cruel people , and at the other , justification for luxurious globe-trotting and conference-attending by a ritual-ridden and pomp-loving hierarchy . |
| 28 | They can be used to make distinctions of meaning which are sometimes very subtle but certainly very real . |
| 29 | This means that the problem of whether they can be used to make distinctions of meaning is a real one and must be addressed , instead of merely alleging geographical distribution as the explanation for infinitival usage with this verb . |
| 30 | Steam inhalations should be avoided if you suffer from asthma , as the concentrated steam may trigger an attack , but they can be used to help other respiratory problems such as those mentioned above . |