Example sentences of "be used [prep] a [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A blanket punishment such as detention of a whole class must only be used as a last resort , otherwise people who are quite innocent may be detained incorrectly or unlawfully . ’ |
| 2 | More traditional error correcting techniques can be used as a last resort , and if they are applied to just the top-rated candidate string this should avoid the potentially explosive problem . |
| 3 | Actual punishment should only be used as a last resort ; a sharp tap with a cardboard strip is quite sufficient . |
| 4 | The guidance emphasises that restraint should be used as a last resort within a caring and disciplined home environment . |
| 5 | Residential care should not be used as a last resort . |
| 6 | ‘ It must only be used as a last resort . ’ |
| 7 | Physical restraint should only be used as a last resort . |
| 8 | Stubborn deposits may require application of organic solvents such as acetone or petroleum ether , but as these have harmful effects on skin and may also dissolve or harden the window sealing gaskets , they should only be used as a last resort . |
| 9 | Two decrees were issued by the Labour Ministry on Jan. 10 , 1990 , ( i ) announcing a nationwide 16 per cent wage increase for workers in state enterprises , stating that this was within the framework of the economic recovery programme ; and ( ii ) stating that strikes might legally be called by trade union committees or mass meetings of workers but that notice should be given to both the employer and the ministry and that strike action should only be used as a last resort . |
| 10 | Government regulation should only be used as a last resort , and even then operated with " a light touch " , the Institute argues . |
| 11 | In general this rule should only be used as a last resort in legal proceedings over a contract where the parties have failed to make an express provision as to the status of implied terms . |
| 12 | And it says that compulsory redundancy will only be used as a last resort . |
| 13 | The council , he says , is committed to achieving the financial savings within the current financial year but that compulsory redundancy will only be used as a last resort . |
| 14 | If objections based on uncertainty have any validity , then that word must be being used in a third sense . |
| 15 | BLOOD-sucking leeches are being used in a last bid to save two year-old Tanya Wood 's severed finger . |
| 16 | Where peroxidase-labelled antibody is used as a second layer the peroxidase activity is revealed using the method of Graham and Karnovsky ( 49 ) . |
| 17 | When the interceptor gets close to its target , it is used as a second radar receiver . |
| 18 | If the withholding of manifestations of parental love is used as a first measure of initial disciplining , then it must be remembered that the measure of the distress necessary to be imposed , need be very small indeed if the imposition is started early enough . |
| 19 | A husband and wife must be faithful to one another , and divorce is used as a last resort if the relationship breaks down . |
| 20 | physical restraint is used as a last resort after other responses have failed . |
| 21 | Non-smoking ( never smoking combined with tried but stopped ) was used as a second end point . |