Example sentences of "can be use [verb] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Provided the number of information arrivals is sufficiently large , the central limit theorem can be used to argue for normality in the distributions of price changes ( over a given number of information arrivals ) , and volume ( over a given number of information arrivals ) . |
| 2 | Me know the answer ! , in contrast , both the extra-verbal person evoked by me and the generalized person incorporated within the infinitive know as the support of a merely potential knowing are situated in the present , which explains the absence of to and the fact that this sentence can be used to call into question the possibility that the speaker has the knowledge at the present moment . |
| 3 | The TAB and BACKSPACE keys can be used to move between fields and the UP ARROW and DOWN ARROW keys can be used to move between lines . |
| 4 | The TAB and BACKSPACE keys can be used to move between fields and the UP ARROW and DOWN ARROW keys can be used to move between lines . |
| 5 | Since discourse unfolds in time , it seems natural that time-deictic words can be used to refer to portions of the discourse ; thus analogously to last week and next Thursday , we have in the last paragraph and in the next Chapter . |
| 6 | Fifty years of study have failed to produce one personality trait or set of qualities that can be used to distinguish between leaders and non-leaders . ’ |
| 7 | A full product range is offered including trees , elbows and straight connectors , and there is a handy end stop which can be used to blank off pipe ends temporarily . |
| 8 | If there is still any doubt , the LIFESPAN validation program can be used to check for self consistency of the database . |
| 9 | Biological " tracers " placed on farms can be used to match against samples of polluted water . |
| 10 | I question both the justice of all governments and the principle by which my taxes can be used to pay for machines of mass destruction . |
| 11 | Midland eurocheques can be used to pay for goods and services at more than 5 million shops , garages , hotels and restaurants in 28 European countries . |
| 12 | It is sometimes claimed that stylometry enables the scholar to identify the fingerprint of an author , a stylistic criterion , or set of criteria , which can be used to determine with certainty questions of disputed authorship . |
| 13 | This shadowing phenomenon can be used to determine nearest neighbour interatomic distances in surfaces . |