Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb mod] be use " in BNC.

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1 Even something from the day 's newspaper can be all that is needed as an effective starting-point , just as the latest or the most interesting work done in other subject areas of the curriculum may be used .
2 Of course , once children give up their single-level assumption , they accept the fact that terms at different levels such as dog and animal or bear and toy may be used to pick out the same object .
3 One advantage is that if for any reason the storage system becomes unused the building may be used for other purposes .
4 Resistor R1 is shown as two 0.47ohms 3W types ‘ wired ’ in parallel , but a single 0.22ohms resistor of 6W rating may be used instead .
5 At an unconscious level , distaste , lack of desire or avoidance of bodily intimacy may be used as a defence against the experience of ultimate aloneness which can follow the fusion of intercourse .
6 In substantial problems , this technique may be used many times before one finally resolves the question .
7 The double column technique may be used for this challenging process and to record further progress ( see Figure 5.4 ) .
8 The same technique may be used within the canon of a single author .
9 This technique may be used when the Bank is keen to produce a change in interest rates faster than that which could be obtained by waiting for bill offers to respond to an initial rejection of bids by the Bank : it was used more frequently in 1988 and 1989 , especially as a method of signalling the Bank 's desire to see higher short term interest rates .
10 Thus Part Three examines the responses of a third State to an international crime of State , taking as a particular example acts of aggression , and examines how the concept of State responsibility may be used to bring some overall cohesion into the third party problem .
11 More informal pain assessment may be used , taking into account physiological and behavioural indices and the invasiveness of current treatment , with the aim of enabling the baby to be relaxed but responsive to carers .
12 When new words are encountered , either the GPC route or the analogy route may be used , but given the inconsistencies of English , neither route will ensure the correct pronunciation .
13 Fortunately , death or personal injury resulting from the use of a computer is a rare occurrence , but other forms of loss or damage might be more common ; for example , in a business context where a computer may be used to assist with decision-making , there is a strong probability that a financial loss will be blamed on the computer .
14 Of course , at the simplest possible level the PE spectrum may be used as a fingerprint , allowing us to identify a pure sample or a constituent of a mixture by comparison with known spectra .
15 There is no requirement to identify the other person but this may be advantageous in certain circumstances , e.g. when suspected that a defence may be used that there was no other person .
16 The budget may be used as a source for the control of authorizing of expenditure .
17 Any means of correction may be used but all corrections should be neat and unobtrusive .
18 Any means of correction may be used but all corrections should be neat and unobtrusive .
19 Any means of correction may be used but all corrections should be neat and unobtrusive .
20 This provision may be used to prevent a vexatious litigant from making repeated applications for contact which have little chance of success .
21 A crystal monochromator may be used to narrow the line and eliminate unwanted components , but the increase in complexity and the reduction in intensity that are inevitably involved mean that this is only done if very high resolution is required ( see below ) .
22 Using Egan 's approach to problem management described above , Sally 's case may be used to demonstrate that she will benefit more if she can be helped to focus on what are , in her opinion , the most pressing problems .
23 A quite specific case may be used as an example .
24 This checklist may be used as an index for a share valuation permanent file .
25 There is also an increasing trend towards agroforestry which involves a combination of tree and agricultural crops ; the silvicultural component may be used to provide a crop and to ensure environmental protection .
26 The primary curriculum was to be active rather than passive and one where every appropriate practical experience should be used to underpin theoretical learning .
27 Work Experience should be used to support GCSE .
28 To join the new guttering to existing cast iron guttering , the appropriate adaptor must be used .
29 We are considering whether a small number of test air crews from industry in the Royal Air Force Voluntary Reserve should be used as front-line reinforcements for fast jet aircraft .
30 What impressed them most was that ActionAid works with the people themselves to decide how the money should be used to help the whole community .
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