Example sentences of "may [be] use [verb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 For this purpose a test may be used to discriminate those pupils who have attained a higher level from those at a lower level .
2 In addition to explaining the meaning of words and their usages , the native language may be used to explain such things as grammar rules , the production of sounds , differences in the structure of the two languages and the situations about which the language is to be used .
3 First , the same conjunction may be used to signal different relations , depending on the context .
4 2 They can help to provide the situations ( contexts ) which may be used to illustrate linguistic items .
5 The artefact may be used to promote fine distinctions through its relation to extremely sophisticated mechanisms or perceptual discrimination which tend to remain outside of consciousness .
6 Any of the above techniques may be used to generate new solutions of Ernst 's equation .
7 The domains may be used to monitor chosen entities in order to automatically select standard or stock parts .
8 The Bridge of Ice may be used to move friendly troops into hand-to-hand combat , in which case they may fight from the following combat round and count as charging in the first round .
9 In its simplest form , LIFESPAN 's process modelling may be used to log all entries of subscribing modules into LIFESPAN via mail or a log file .
10 There are many forms of emission charges which may be used to provide economic incentives to polluters either to reduce or cease their pollution , including sales taxes on fuels or fuel ingredients : for example , Norway introduced fuel taxes in 1971 whereby a basic tax is levied on each unit of oil , together with an additional charge which increases for each 0.5 per cent of its sulphur content .
11 If these methods work , they may be used to modify fiduciary duties to avoid any conflicts with what is permitted or required by regulatory rules .
12 We have also seen how Raman polarization data and gas-phase band contours may be used to make complete assignments of the observed bands to vibrations of particular symmetry species .
13 Standard techniques may be used to make broad comparisons between groups of individuals but the statistical analysis of changes over time and interrelationships between events , topics often of special interest to the psychologist , is much less well understood .
14 To complete this discussion , we may observe that the companion matrix , or its equivalent — the regression formula , may be used to find complex roots of a determinantal equation ( see 1.7.6 ) .
15 In addition to developing aspects of speech and comprehension , may be used to supplement other courses , and is suitable for independent study .
16 And finally the distinction which each writer makes between forms of law provides normativism with a distinct conception of law which may be used to identify degenerate forms of law .
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