Example sentences of "could [be] used [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since Snoopy re-implements Windows calls , it could be used as a porting tool , currently a more vapoury purpose than its initial harder-to-realize charter . |
| 2 | Authority officers have suggested it could be used as a private day care nursery or for church activities by the Christian Fellowship . |
| 3 | If this is done carefully , the ends of the stopped chamfer template could be used as a useful small square . |
| 4 | It is becoming clear that taxation in the 1990s could be used as a major tool to promote a more efficient allocation of resources in society , forcing consumers to take account of the long-term implications of their actions . |
| 5 | Local and national sports bodies have also objected on the grounds that the scheme would take away open space that could be used as a public sports field for a town which the National Playing Fields Association says has a shortage of open space . |
| 6 | Colon manometry could be used as a diagnostic tool in selected patients to clarify the pathophysiology of severe clonic motor disorders . |
| 7 | 5.9.5 On a permitted assignment to a private limited company and if the Landlord shall reasonably so require to procure that a guarantor or guarantors reasonably acceptable to the Landlord enter into direct covenants with the Landlord in the form of the Guarantor 's covenant contained in this Lease with " the Assignee " substituted for " the Tenant " There are various matters to be considered in connection with a permitted underlease ( not the least of which being as to whether the tenant should be allowed to underlet part or parts of the premises as well as to whole ) , eg : ( 1 ) In respect of any permitted underlease it is better to remove reference to the landlord 's approval of the rent reserved by it , and if possible ( particularly in a falling market ) to remove reference to the rent being no less than the passing rent under the lease , although the landlord will normally object to this on the basis that a low underlease rent could be used as a comparable on any subsequent rent review under the lease . |
| 8 | This is rather like a radiator working in reverse ( in fact , a radiator could be used as a solar panel ) . |
| 9 | So it could be used as a preliminary check for patients , more or less on a routine basis ? |
| 10 | It was a waste product — until we realised it could be used as a self-levelling screed in floor covering and to reinforce roadways in coal mines . |
| 11 | It can be seen that a long list of students ( or any other units ) could be used for a random sample by this means simply by numbering from beginning to end , and this could be done with an automatic increasing numbering stamp . |
| 12 | Some towns and cities are now devoid of any kind of public freight terminal , or even a suitable siding which could be used for a one-off consignment . |
| 13 | These excellent distance learner texts could be used on a modular basis , allowing candidates to study for the purpose of expanding their knowledge to obtain a qualification , or to meet the needs of their work . |
| 14 | Before it could be used in a differential drill , however , it must have been thoroughly mastered as a separate substitution drill and trouble spots such as the two positions of the negative must be fully controlled . |
| 15 | The following sections contain examples of criteria of the kind that could be used in a criterion-referenced assessment scheme . |
| 16 | The orthographic information stored in the lexical look-up tree could be used in a similar way to n-gram look-up discussed earlier , whereby non-occurring letter sequences are ruled out , and alternative character candidates are tried instead . |
| 17 | In a general sense the evidence examined in Chapter 2 ( that in many parts of the world , soil erosion , floods , soil degradation and deforestation were probably getting worse ) could be used in a crude sense to show that conservation policies have not succeeded . |
| 18 | Advisers had in many cases given guarantees that the only information that they would use in the final report would be that which could be used in a public document . |
| 19 | The second test , favoured by the minority , was that the goods would be merchantable if they could be used by a reasonable buyer for at least one of their normal purposes . |