Example sentences of "this [noun] [modal v] be used " in BNC.
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| 1 | This paradigm can be used to study child-child communication , but it can also be used in a more controlled fashion , in which the experimenter takes the role of one participant in order to control more precisely one side of the communication process . |
| 2 | This function can be used as the " anti-log " of a natural logarithm . |
| 3 | In substantial problems , this technique may be used many times before one finally resolves the question . |
| 4 | This technique may be used when the Bank is keen to produce a change in interest rates faster than that which could be obtained by waiting for bill offers to respond to an initial rejection of bids by the Bank : it was used more frequently in 1988 and 1989 , especially as a method of signalling the Bank 's desire to see higher short term interest rates . |
| 5 | This technique might be used when there is no data available for estimating the total market size for a product . |
| 6 | This technique can be used , also , as part of a smaller scale , group-based pre-test . |
| 7 | Some prime numbers can usually be found that give a good transformation — in fact it is the high probability that any suitable prime chosen will do so , allied to the ease with which this technique can be used to fit any number of records into precisely the required storage space , that makes this such a convenient method . |
| 8 | This award will be used to fund a research visit to the USA in order to obtain archival data about the effects of this policy , to talk with public officials about the achievements and failings of their relocation programmes ; and to investigate at local level the similarities and differences between the American and British contexts . |
| 9 | This reserve will be used to offset any losses which may arise for each trade or gang during the progress of the contract . |
| 10 | Someone said this building will be used by the Censorship people . ’ |
| 11 | Me know the answer ! , in contrast , both the extra-verbal person evoked by me and the generalized person incorporated within the infinitive know as the support of a merely potential knowing are situated in the present , which explains the absence of to and the fact that this sentence can be used to call into question the possibility that the speaker has the knowledge at the present moment . |
| 12 | This provision may be used to prevent a vexatious litigant from making repeated applications for contact which have little chance of success . |
| 13 | A remortgage is one of the cheapest ways of borrowing money and the money raised by this money can be used for a host of purposes . |
| 14 | ‘ The Computational Fluid Dynamics Service is a good focused example of how this money can be used to open up potentially lucrative markets and innovative technology . ’ |
| 15 | This money can be used for funding small research efforts and arranging meetings . |
| 16 | Some of this money will be used to purchase financial assets , and some to purchase goods and services . |
| 17 | This checklist may be used as an index for a share valuation permanent file . |
| 18 | This feedback will be used to guide us in the possible uses of the tape when we come to launching the 4th edition in early 1990 , which will be the published version of the tape . |
| 19 | However , they also suggest that while this study can be used to support the view that university residence tends to reduce the probability of non-completion , the possibility that the residence factor may be acting as a proxy for other university characteristics , can not be dismissed ) . |
| 20 | Vulnerable old person This term will be used to distinguish the small number of very frail old people from the majority of competent independent elderly people over 65 . |
| 21 | Social worker This term will be used for those undertaking a professional social work role , whether operating in field work , residential or day care . |
| 22 | Furthermore , since the board is dominated by the most senior representatives of management ( this term will be used , except where the context requires otherwise , to refer to the executive directors and senior managers ) it can hardly be regarded as a body providing independent supervision of management on the shareholders ' behalf . |
| 23 | Surely this term should be used to describe someone who lives and works — or draws the dole — in Scouserpool ? |
| 24 | Sadly , this vulnerability may be used in power games between staff and residents in homes , or between residents . |
| 25 | This equation can be used to investigate whether X ‘ causes ’ Y ( given the values of Z , if Z is included in the regression ) , and whether Z ‘ causes ’ Y ( given the values of X , if X is included in the regression ) . |
| 26 | Thus , from equation ( 2 ) we obtain This equation can be used to calculate the molar mass ( MA ) of liquid A. EXAMPLE A sample of phenylamine ( aniline ) , C6H5NH2 , was steam distilled at 98.6°C and one atmosphere pressure . |
| 27 | This theorem should be used with care . |
| 28 | A capital shares tax uses the concept of a wealth tax as a starting point — that is , as a means of raising revenue by a levy on wealth — but goes beyond this by proposing how this revenue could be used . |
| 29 | This research will be used to clarify the production , structure and reactivity of critical reaction intermediates and transient species , and will focus on the dynamics of elementary chemical reactions . |
| 30 | Select a set of starting vectors Yo , arbitrary except that they must be linearly independent ; then evaluate the ( n × p ) matrix unc and use Wo to form the two square matrices of order p unc Now solve the eigenproblem ( any suitable method from this chapter may be used ) unc for its modal matrix Mo ; the spectral matrix Ao which emerges is ( see below ) a first approximation to Ay . |