Example sentences of "if it be used " in BNC.
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| 1 | At first sight this might not seem to be a serious problem ; one thing stands for others if it is used or taken as representing them . |
| 2 | Strictly a child could be excluded from a pub garden if it is used principally as a drinking area . |
| 3 | The telephone can be rather cold as a method of first contact , but very useful if it is used in conjunction with a letter or a visit . |
| 4 | The heater matrix on the SIII commonly blocks up if it is used with hard water so it may need cleaning out by a radiator specialist or replacing as flushing with cleaning chemicals is not very effective . |
| 5 | Once a suitable disinfectant is in use resistance will not occur if it is used correctly . |
| 6 | Like any faculty , the psychic sense is more prominent if it is used and If the society in which an individual lives is conducive in its attitudes to the encouragement of such ability . |
| 7 | Although not suitable for every case , the bell and pad will lead to a full cure in up to 80% of cases , if it is used correctly . |
| 8 | No member of the family has to give up work before the allowance can be claimed and this extra income can sometimes enable a caring daughter to continue in her job if it is used to pay for help at home . |
| 9 | If it is used too early , it can be confusing so that the reader has to ‘ count back ’ to find out who is speaking and readers are not generally prepared to do that too often . |
| 10 | If it is used , however , to highlight commonly experienced deprivations and restrictions , and stimulate a move away from those towards a range of service provisions and life-styles which would normally be seen as more adequate , more acceptable , and even more desirable — which would , in short , be valued by most of that society — then normalisation must offer some hope of a breakthrough . |
| 11 | Surprisingly , no mention of the role of the key worker is made in the studies , and the conclusion must be drawn that this arrangement is either not very common or , if it is used , has done little to resolve the problems for which it was intended , many of which are listed above . |
| 12 | However , it is crucial to the successful design of programs for general use that the designer be aware of the wide variety of ways in which his material will be used — if it is used at all by others . |
| 13 | One important principle is that information is only valuable if it is used to inform decisions and actions that positively influence health . |
| 14 | This algorithm , if it deserves the title , becomes valuable if it is used together with one simple assumption : We assume that in almost identical circumstances , almost the same will happen again . |
| 15 | Even a fifteen-minute programme will take up a considerable amount of lesson time if it is used at all flexibly , with pauses for discussion and repeat viewings of some sections . |
| 16 | At this level video can be the provider of real world experience if it is used to put advanced learners in the same position as native speakers . |
| 17 | In October 1912 Hourcade wrote : ‘ The term ‘ Cubism ’ … means nothing if it is used to designate a school : there is no school of Cubist painting . |
| 18 | If it is used only to improve the pupil-teacher ratio within special schools then its value is limited . |
| 19 | However , if it is used in a freer , less pure form , it is very adaptable and merges well with chromatic idioms . |
| 20 | Any part of the cost of a development which is attributable to plant and machinery will generally qualify for a 25% annual allowance if it is used for the purchaser 's trade or leased by the purchaser to another for the purpose of the other 's trade . |
| 21 | If it is not used to manufacture Abrasive it will cost the company £500 to dispose of the ingredient ; therefore if it is used the company will gain £500 . |
| 22 | It is acceptable to use the same name as someone else if it is used for a different class of goods or services to the ones for which the first mark is registered . |
| 23 | If it is used unimaginatively , the microcomputer can be nothing more than a child-minding device aimed to drill certain concepts and skills into pupils with the minimum of teacher intervention . |
| 24 | There is , however , a device that can vastly reduce the smell and the smoke if it 's used to extinguish the cigarette in place of the stub-filled ashtray . |
| 25 | The living room has to house some or all of these things and if it 's used for eating has to come up with storage for china , glass and cutlery too . |
| 26 | The Ministry of Defence says : ’ Bomb disposal experts clear former military land for building but not if it 's used for agriculture . |
| 27 | Tutors may wish to explore how it would be treated if it was used for the business and for family use to illustrate that these decisions are not always so clear cut . |
| 28 | This exercise would be especially useful if it was used in work looking at the development of castles , from motte and bailey , to stone keep , to sophisticated fortress . |
| 29 | If it was used in all refrigerators in the USA , carbon dioxide output would fall by 9 million tonnes , according to the EPA . |
| 30 | Answer guide : An opportunity cost is defined as the maximum benefit which could be obtained from a resource if it were used for some alternative purpose than the opportunity under consideration . |