Example sentences of "[vb mod] [be] used [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 To trim the sail , the jib car should be used on the inside track and the clew trimmed back to the shrouds .
2 It should be remembered that the policy document is the definitive statement of cover and should be used as the prime reference document .
3 It was appropriate that , given India had no indigenous language accessible to all Indians , English should be used for the solemn and archaic style of this speech .
4 Compression or union capillary fittings should be used for the final connections to the cylinder so that it can be easily removed for maintenance .
5 The sum of these two numbers together will allow you to choose the most important and characteristic symptoms of the case which should be used for the next step .
6 The key question is not whether their use may be discontinued , once started ; rather , it is whether they should be used in the first place .
7 In the case of table 12.4 , if construct 5 ‘ savage-civilized ’ is used to form the vertical axis , construct 2 ‘ vertical-horizontal ’ must be used as the horizontal axis .
8 The correct materials must be used for the underlying transducer element ( Fig. 2 ) , depending on the specific use of the biosensor .
9 In any surveying practice , labour is the key issue and since it is an expensive commodity it must be used to the highest level of productivity .
10 Regardless of whether or not the user carries out these checks , option 1.5.2 must be used by the designated approver during the approval process .
11 Animal and human manure was spread over the land , and about twenty tons might be used on the single acre if root crops were being grown .
12 Well , it 'll be used towards the new transplant unit that we 're building at the Churchill .
13 Following questions in Parliament , the Department of Trade and Industry announced last October that ‘ oversized ’ cuffs and certain linking chains , which could be used for the same purpose as leg irons , had been evading UK export controls , and would be restricted .
14 On 17 October , Mr Sainsbury announced — ‘ in the light of publicity ’ — that ‘ oversized ’ cuffs and certain linking chains , which could be used for the same purpose as leg irons , had been evading export control .
15 There was nothing against my packing a bag and loading the wheelbarrow on the Land Rover so that it could be used for the longer , more difficult sections .
16 In each case the argument was much the same : in crisis , it was the duty of politicians to come together so that the best men could be used to the greatest advantage , and so that shibboleths of party could be discarded .
17 Problems have arisen because of the belief that none of the well-known and loved musical settings could be used in the new rites .
18 Rosing however indicated that FirstPerson , said to be very focused , will not be in the personal digital assistant business , although the technology could be used in the handheld devices .
19 Although alcohol is the most obvious example of a biomass fuel others would include methane from sewage which could be used in the internal combustion engine as well as a chemical feedstock .
20 In order to make the radio series , over 30 interviews were recorded exclusively , although only 5% could be used in the finished production , which is why I decided to produce this book , which will prove to be an excellent documentation on the life of David Bowie — an insight into this enigma of the rock world — told by those who really know .
21 More changes in 1981 were designed to facilitate further the procedures so that they could be used by the general public , making arbitration the normal method of settling disputes where the amount of the claim was less than £500 , amending the ‘ no costs ’ rule and amending the terms of reference for the conduct of arbitration .
22 I can not comment on the devices available in other languages , but in Arabic , for instance , the particle qad may be used with the past tense of the verb to convey emphasis .
23 Each ferret should have its own complete transmitter and locator system , and the signal emitted needs to differ from others that may be used at the same time .
24 Haslam paints the picture of a corporate impresario who recognises the various talents and skills of those around him and orchestrates events so that these talents may be used to the greatest benefit of the enterprise .
25 So it 's important that they 're supported throughout by senior staff , because it 's never very easy to fit into an established team who may be used to the old ways of doing things . ’
26 Elsewhere in Britain a new type of museum developed in America to view the wrecks of sunken ships in situ may be used for the 30,000 ton ‘ Lusitania ’ torpedoed off the Irish coast by a German U-boat in 1915 with the loss of 1,198 lives .
27 However , it may be used for the following reasons : ( 1 ) The smaller company is highly active and acquisitive with motivated management and is seeking to acquire a larger but moribund target company .
28 This mode is carried forward from the 1954 Convention , and it is expressly provided that ‘ if exceptional circumstances so require ’ diplomatic channels may be used for the same purpose .
29 This reservoir may be used by the bacterial cell to inhibit the utilisation of important cellular constituents such as RNA and structural proteins .
30 Making explicit this information serves to highlight the semantic relevance of words within the definitions that may be used by the semantic processor to construct semantic relationships between words .
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