Example sentences of "it [be] use [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dr Longstaff said : ‘ Our study will enable us to find out more about the causes of asthma , suggest ways of preventing it , and make sure the resources to treat it are used to best effect . ’ |
| 2 | This is a very handy aspect of the program , since it brings in the prospect of it being used for other purposes . |
| 3 | If land is not suitable for efficient farming , we can ill afford it being used for inefficient agriculture . |
| 4 | In 1991-92 , the TDC had a budget allocation of £51 million , which it is using to great effect . |
| 5 | Thus the power of the American business executive is seen as legitimate authority because it is used to further productivity , a goal shared by all members of society . |
| 6 | It is used to different degrees in different authorities , which indicates that some have found a way to avoid this particular form of compulsory removal . |
| 7 | It is used for administrative purposes ( bed usage , duration of stay , operations , etc. ) and studies of illness treated in hospital . |
| 8 | The result is both neat and hard-wearing — it is used for most knitwear commercially after all . |
| 9 | In reality , the term should only be applied to items made under royal commission , but in practice it is used for any rug from these weaving centres produced in the Pahlavi style ( pls 36 , 37 ) . |
| 10 | No other business jet has so many differing roles : in addition to corporate use , it is used for military liaison and communication flights , casualty evacuation , photographic survey , aeronautical and meteorological research , navaid calibration , airline crew training , Electronic Counter Measure ( ECM mission , weapon system trainer ( Mirage 111E ) , mini freight carrier and in the near future the Garrett turbofan-engine 20G will be operated by the United States Coast Guard . |
| 11 | Admittedly , where it is used for mass vaccination its reported efficacy has varied widely , as detailed by Citron . |
| 12 | ‘ poeticity ’ , he says , is like oil in cooking ; you can not have it on its own but when it is used with other food it is more than a mere addition . |
| 13 | Easy to dye , it is used with other fabrics such as Cordura for lightweight and fashion boots . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Actually , it is very effective as a screwdriver , as it is used at right angles to the screw , and therefore provided great leverage . |
| 16 | It is used at full strength for immediate odour elimination , or in a 6 to 1 dilution for ongoing preventative maintenance . |
| 17 | Now it is used by all types of banks and it is not uncommon for NBFIs to lend surplus funds through this market . |
| 18 | It is used by vast numbers of people who do not live there but take lunch at its many bus stops . |
| 19 | Rather he is a participant in a form of life and the meaning of Truth for him is made apparent from the way in which it is used in that form of life . |
| 20 | The interesting implication of disregarding them is that in so far as the STV can operate and be judged as a PR system , it is not at all because it provides for transfers of votes , but because it is used in pluri-member constituencies in which candidates of more than one party can be voted for effectively . |
| 21 | To the extent that it is used in many countries as part of the process by which scientists communicate , and through which scientific knowledge grows , it will be treated here as equivalent to the formal . |
| 22 | It is used in many weapon forms ( katas ) , notably in tai chi chuan . |
| 23 | The morpheme which is glossed as " father " may have extended meanings when it is used in other contexts , but its real meaning is " father " in its ordinary English sense of " male parent " . |
| 24 | By proposing discourse as the object of analysis , Barthes shows that language , when it is used in certain ways ( in this instance a story ) , has levels of structure that operate beyond the level of structural linguistics or even semiology . |
| 25 | It is used in domestic castings — such as fireplaces — often with intricate ornamentation . |
| 26 | It is used in processed ham and bacon ; also to preserve the pink colour of the meat . |
| 27 | It is used in Chinese cookery . |
| 28 | We must therefore conclude that social class as it is used in stratificational studies is a proxy variable covering distinctions in life-style , attitude and belief as well as differential access to wealth , power and prestige . |
| 29 | It is used in ethnographic research more than in surveys . |
| 30 | ‘ If , therefore , for any unhappy reason , counsel for the defence is unable to accept the assumption which stems from the fact that a particular statement has not been made available to him by the prosecution , it would become counsel 's duty to invite the judge to exercise the discretionary power which is given to him by the proviso to section 18 of the Evidence Law , ( c. 118 [ J. ] ) , by examining the statement himself and directing that it be used in such manner as the justice of the case demands . |