Example sentences of "but it [modal v] [adv] [be] used " in BNC.
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| 1 | A bill of sale is commonly used as a means of mortgaging goods ( see p. 105 ) , but it may also be used as an out-and-out conveyance . |
| 2 | But it might also be used to convey the idea of an academic willing to take up a bold independent stance , outside the disciplinary currents of the age . |
| 3 | Emergency contraception sometimes called ‘ the morning after pill ’ may protect you against pregnancy if you have had sexual intercourse without contraception or if you think that the method you have used may not have worked — but it should never be used as a regular method of family planning . |
| 4 | Emergency contraception ( sometimes called ‘ the morning after pill ’ ) may protect you against pregnancy if you have had sexual intercourse without contraception or if you think that the method you have used may not have worked — but it should never be used up to 72 hours after intercourse and an IUD method that may be fitted within five days . |
| 5 | But it could also be used to dismiss the claims , even of empiricists , that they knew how nature works . |
| 6 | The threat could be used as a safeguard , sure ; but it could also be used to turn a further profit . |
| 7 | This paradigm can be used to study child-child communication , but it can also be used in a more controlled fashion , in which the experimenter takes the role of one participant in order to control more precisely one side of the communication process . |
| 8 | Without vowel points these words look identical : " Ip. " eleph is the ordinary word for " thousand " , but it can also be used in a variety of other senses : e.g. " family " ( Judges 6:15 , Revised Version ) or " clan " ( Zechariah 9:7 ; 12:5 , 6 , Revised Standard Version ) or perhaps a military unit . |
| 9 | Thus not only can the dichotic listening paradigm be employed as a tool for investigating brain asymmetry but it can also be used to probe the nature of speech perception . |
| 10 | An SSR is used to reply to an SPR , but it can also be used simply as a means of disseminating information about one or more modules , in which case it need not refer to an SPR . |
| 11 | An SSR is used to reply to an SPR , but it can also be used simply as a means of disseminating information about one or more modules , in which case it need not refer to an SPR . |
| 12 | The AA also offers a cellphone , but it can only be used to call emergency services . |
| 13 | ‘ I ended up with the same look as with the hot-air brushes , but it can only be used on dry hair . |
| 14 | ‘ I mean , a wah-wah pedal 's alright in context , but it can only be used to make a good son better . |
| 15 | ‘ I mean , a wah-wah pedal 's alright in context , but it can only be used to make a good son better . |