Example sentences of "could [be] use [verb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Chapter 3 , we saw that , for general LPs , a two-phase method , maximising in Phase I , could be used to tackle such problems . |
| 2 | In the case of international law what the institutions of positive law have to offer is a means for settling dangerous disputes and limiting the destructive powers which could be used to resolve those disputes in an unacceptable manner . |
| 3 | These courses could be used to improve existing skills as well as to provide training for newcomers to the industry — be they school leavers or persons purchasing a farm . |
| 4 | However , the initial investigation had revealed that there was some potential for the use of a computer to support the primary functions ( ie identifying and meeting resident needs ) , which in addition could be used to support other tasks , such as processing financial transactions and records . |
| 5 | If one read the linguistic signs as pointing to something vaguely beyond the poem , to ‘ Something evermore about to be ’ ( Prelude 1805 , vi , 542 ) , then the poetry could be used to support innumerable creeds . |
| 6 | Or they could be used to design new strategies ; useful , for example , to politicians trying to get a policy on the agenda , or a sales manager trying to market a new product . |
| 7 | US critics opposed to the sale had said that the computer could be used to design nuclear weapons . |
| 8 | As the nursing profession waits to hear how it will do in the next pay round , there are fears that job evaluation could be used to take significant numbers of nurses out of current pay and grading structures , creating new pay set-ups unique to each different trust or unit . |
| 9 | As with the conditions imposed under section 12 , there is a danger that if they are too readily imposed , the powers could be used to implement disguised bans . |
| 10 | Once reliability was adequate , computers could be used to control chemical plants , scientific experiments , missiles in flight , and the like . |
| 11 | In its various forms it could be used to finance private roads , regulate traffic on the M25 and bring order to inner-city roads . |
| 12 | At the same time its hardness meant that it could be used to impress softer substances such as clay or wax without incurring wear . |
| 13 | If pupils and staff together planned how money saved in these areas could be used to provide better facilities and recreational opportunities then perhaps these problems could be overcome . ) |
| 14 | It was with such questions in mind that , in 1985 , we invited a group of social anthropologists who had fieldwork experience in societies which , for whatever reason , they described as ‘ peaceful ’ to attend an informal seminar to discuss the issues involved in interpreting such societies and how our ‘ evidence ’ could be used to question established theories on human nature . |
| 15 | While there are tools that have more stitch hooks ( optional ) and these could be used to make wider cables , a three over three pattern probably remains the most comfortable to work with . |
| 16 | Again , knowledge about physical properties and higher level attributes could be used to select alternative words . |
| 17 | The concept of ‘ effective enforcement ’ is not a very clear one ; but it is possible that it could be used to attack other rules which limit the remedies available against governmental bodies . |
| 18 | Depreciation accounting , in that way , could be used to raise additional taxes , perhaps for the explicit purpose of providing further investment . |
| 19 | Instead , resources could be used to limit known abuses or even to facilitate redress when abuses take place . |