Example sentences of "be used to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oligo(dT) itself can be used to prime first strand synthesis of cDNA . |
| 2 | The relationship between the popes and the religious houses could be used to papal advantage . |
| 3 | Capital and clearing requirements can be used to similar effect . |
| 4 | Bombs can be used to blow-up awkward lines which you want to clear-out . |
| 5 | Pattern can be used to delicate effect in a bedroom . |
| 6 | They ought to be used to marital break-ups . " |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | What is important is the idea that the newest and most powerful media , namely ads , might be used to beneficial ends . |
| 9 | Thick felt-tip pens can be used to good effect . |
| 10 | Table lamps and lamp standards can be used to good effect when showing off the house in the evening or on dark winter afternoons . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | This led him to suggest that perhaps bladders full of oxygen and gunpowder might be used to good effect in mining . |
| 13 | Sauce is n't all that cranberries are fit for — they can be used to good effect in a number of recipes . |
| 14 | As long as this is respected , the rigidity can be used to good purpose . |
| 15 | Left : Scenes shot on telephoto appear to have compressed perspectives which can be used to good effect . |
| 16 | In addition , you must be able to choose small flowers and small parts of flowers that can be used to good effect . |
| 17 | Cabled rib is very attractive and can be used to good effect on an otherwise plain sweater . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 ) . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | A piano can be used to good effect with the organ , provided its pitch is compatible . |
| 22 | This approach can also be used to good effect with other well constructed languages : this is illustrated in { laws } , where a simple sequential language ( Dijkstra 's language of guarded commands unc is considered . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Terrain can be used to great effect by the course designer . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Film strips and slides can be used to great effect . |
| 27 | Subtle wash effects can be used to great effect on iced backgrounds , where different coloured fondants would be too strong . |
| 28 | Additional information that can be used to narrow down the range of possible solutions in a normal co-ordinate analysis can be obtained using isotopically substituted samples . |
| 29 | They might be used to big crowds in the Lenin Stadium , but it 'll nothing like they 'll get at Anfield . ’ |
| 30 | I am sure they feel much safer in open water , where their surrounding radar system of lateral lines can be used to utmost effect . |