Example sentences of "only [be] used [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is a very laborious and exacting technique and , to date , it has only been used with a few plants . |
| 2 | It was , again , an unsatisfactory solution , and Freud began to see that these earlier conceptualizations could only be used for a limited number of problems which arose in psychoanalysis , and that a new , more fundamental conceptualization was required . |
| 3 | A tranquillizer may help to reduce anxiety so that the person is better able to start tackling his problems , but the drug should only be used for a short time ( up to 2 weeks ) , and should be withdrawn once improvement in coping ability has begun to develop . |
| 4 | The most notable is the relative pronoun that , which can only be used with a restrictive relative clause . |
| 5 | 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 . ’ |
| 6 | Actual punishment should only be used as a last resort ; a sharp tap with a cardboard strip is quite sufficient . |
| 7 | ‘ It must only be used as a last resort . ’ |
| 8 | Physical restraint should only be used as a last resort . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Government regulation should only be used as a last resort , and even then operated with " a light touch " , the Institute argues . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | And it says that compulsory redundancy will only be used as a last resort . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | In Gandhi 's view , the statement ‘ son of God ’ could only be used in a figurative sense and not in a literal sense so that anyone ‘ who stands in the position of Jesus is a begotten son of God ’ . |
| 16 | His Lordship said the power to stop a prosecution in its tracks must only be used in a clear case . |
| 17 | Library use is never evenly distributed throughout the stock , and it is accepted that some stock categories will only be used by a small number of readers . |