Example sentences of "[adv] to be used " in BNC.

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1 Although weight has been increased , the machine is still compact enough to be used in tight corners such as on deep shelving and door frames .
2 There were small clumps of purple china roses in the continental style , heavy and sharp enough to be used as weapons ; wreaths of laurel , and hellebore flowers in white plastic with glittered stamens .
3 The face is dished , like that of the Jersey , and it probably has some Jersey blood from the nineteenth century , while the brindling probably comes from the old Normandy Isigny variety , a good butter producer and big enough to be used as a draught ox on Alderney and Guernsey , whither it was taken by monks in the time of William the Conqueror .
4 Another alternative is to use a bait that can be fed via a swimfeeder , but is big enough to be used on a substantial hook .
5 This combines the best of both worlds , as it is sturdy enough to be used in the studio but can also be folded and used for field work .
6 This combines the best of both worlds , as it is sturdy enough to be used in the studio but can also be folded and used for field work .
7 This control was relatively sensitive and made the Blower Vac controllable enough to be used near delicate plants .
8 And as well as producing less secondary waste , the dry-ice system is also gentle enough to be used on things too delicate to withstand sand .
9 In so far as history aspires to meaning , it is doomed to select regions , periods , groups of men and individuals in these groups and to make them stand out , as discontinuous figures , against a continuity barely good enough to be used as a backdrop .
10 The only merit of the expression is that it is vague enough to be used under all circumstances without the slightest risk ; it is a favourite of official jargon today .
11 This wastage offended Laura too , who thought the fabric was quite good enough to be used somehow and decided to try selling remnants .
12 When the background was off-white , the pattern was unobtrusive enough to be used as wallpaper in several features advertising other products and ‘ Laura Ashley ’ gained much incidental publicity in this way .
13 It must be simple enough to be used efficiently by non planning professionals , but detailed enough to produce meaningful results .
14 Soft enough to be used on your baby 's face , they are also big enough to wipe her bottom with , and of course Mum can use them too .
15 It is a method only to be used in a real emergency under medical supervision .
16 In his introduction to the published plans of this and some of his other early houses he writes , ‘ Ornaments are to be cautiously introduced ; those ought only to be used that are simple , applicable and characteristic of their situations : they must be designed with regularity and be perfectly distinct in their outlines …
17 They have a unique flavour and need only to be used sparingly to enliven the dullest of dishes .
18 A fourth option — only to be used as a desperate measure — is to take a loan usually as a second charge on the family home .
19 On 10 November 1921 , a new agreement was drawn up between the Company and Croydon Corporation for maintenance of track within the Borough and to permit the construction of a curve at the top of Tamworth Road , only to be used for the transfer of cars .
20 No , this technique is only to be used when travelling home alone , late at night , through fairly deserted streets .
21 Nevertheless , an increasing number of schools now see withdrawal as only one of a widening range of options , only to be used where the child 's individually assessed needs suggest that this is indeed the most appropriate form of provision .
22 But this does not mean that it is fitted only to be used on matters at the extreme end of the spectrum of abstraction — that it can , for instance , discuss people only in so far as they are rational beings , or sets of behaviour-patterns , or immortal souls .
23 He said , ‘ In order to prevent literary contracts being held up , I also suggest that a general power of attorney be given to me again only in a limited area and only to be used if Elinor be indisposed . ’
24 Grief and tears are not to be seen as special experiences , only to be used at great and solemn moments .
25 … the power to issue an enforcement notice alleging that there has been a breach of planning control is discretionary and is only to be used if the authority ‘ consider it expedient to do so having regard to the provision of the development plan and to any other material considerations ’ .
26 Few standard conveyancing textbooks mention , let alone discuss , the covenant implied in a conveyance made under " an order of the court " and there is a suggestion by reason of the heading to Part VI that such a covenant is only to be used where the court orders a conveyance on behalf of a person suffering under a disability .
27 It is generally felt that the tines are too close together to be used for carding wool , although some simpler combs which may be wool-combs are known .
28 The oil floated to the surface and was skimmed away to be used later as a food dip .
29 As the work proceeds she/he makes tentative decisions on what to do with each title , and in doing so obviously takes into account the amount of money shortly to be used for replenishing the stock .
30 Indeed , the government has made it clear that these ‘ planning purposes ’ powers ( which are of particular importance in bringing land on to the market ) are generally to be used to assist the private sector .
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