Example sentences of "[modal v] be used for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The underused/unused land to the east , along the water front should be used for new housing . |
| 2 | Stainless steel should be used for critical risk areas or for handling very hot liquids . |
| 3 | I suspect what the conclusion wants to imply is that there is something in the philosophy of science which says that science should be used for good things and that war is not one of these . |
| 4 | A chemical sprout inhibitor should be used for long term storage . |
| 5 | Chamomile makes a good lawn , provided it does not have too much traffic on it , but should be used for small areas , as it needs constant attention to keep weeds at bay , but it will have the advantage of remaining green in dry conditions . |
| 6 | In this way , all the shops reflect Roddick 's concern for the environment and her insistence that private wealth should be used for public good . |
| 7 | Just as there is some academic debate as to what discount rate should be used for public sector investment appraisal , there is also much discussion as to what constitute the relevant costs and benefits for certain of these projects . |
| 8 | The manual entitled IBM Virtual Machine Interactive Productivity Facility Problem Control ( SC24 — 5229 ) should be used for detailed information on this facility and instructions on its use . |
| 9 | Different types of notes should be used for different learning purposes and different subject-matter . |
| 10 | Manufacturers publish tables showing the different sizes of guttering which should be used for different sizes of house but , as a rule of thumb , 100mm ( 4in ) or 112mm ( 4½in ) guttering with 68 or 69mm ( 2¾in ) downpipe , which will cope with 110 sq m of effective roof with a central downpipe ( or 55 sq m with an end pipe ) , should be enough for all but the largest houses . |
| 11 | Number of Entries on UCAS Form Applicants are advised that no more than five choices from the possible eight available should be used for medical courses . |
| 12 | Comparative findings might be used for normative , or even polemical , purposes in order to support or oppose certain aspects of a country 's domestic industrial relations policy . |
| 13 | References to cattle-raiding as the favourite sport of the moran , in a tone only slightly less indulgent than that which might be used for inter-house cricket matches , were very common . |
| 14 | The only thing I like about him is the feeling that there is something there that could be used for good if it could be got at . |
| 15 | If it was an ‘ either or ’ situation , I would go for a winch as it could be used for other jobs such as moving fallen trees or recovering other vehicles etc . |
| 16 | Once trained , they could be used for other things too . |
| 17 | The buildings could be used for other purposes and we 'd welcome that . |
| 18 | The lecture periods could be used for outside visitors , or for specific and relevant accounts by teachers who did not normally participate in the work ; examples were the playing of records of part of Haydn 's Creation with explanation and commentary , by a teacher made specially available , and a talk on Red Indian tribes by a visitor from a local museum , together with overhead transparencies , slides and objects from the museum collection . |
| 19 | A senior Garda source in north Donegal said : ‘ These traffic lights could be used for subversive or sinister purposes and we are anxious to trace their whereabouts as soon as possible . ’ |
| 20 | Alert 's flying tour of Britain brought home to us that the new GRP planing hulls could be used for long range patrols when required and that they were not just " hot rods " for use in sheltered waters . |
| 21 | Where men like Bradford of Pippingford Warren attempted to enclose the remaining wastes of Ashdown Forest and succeeded , it was a comparatively rare event ; unlike the Midlands enclosure , which frequently redistributed arable land , the sand and clay of Wealden waste required wholesale draining and massive injections of capital before they could be used for profitable corn-growing . |
| 22 | The resulting room could be used for private parties and conference meals . |
| 23 | In this sense , it was interested both in the narrowing of the range of views presented in newspapers and the likelihood that newspapers could be used for political ends . |
| 24 | Wang , the chief engineer at China 's space science and technology centre in Peking , said the delay is because the US believes the hardware could be used for military purposes . |
| 25 | However , Baillie Cochrane explained that Scott 's first scheme had reception rooms ‘ on a magnificent scale ’ , but on the recommendation of the Select Committee they were omitted and reintroduced at the suggestion of Foreign Office officials as normal rooms which could be used for special occasions . |
| 26 | In principle such particles could be used for targeted delivery of a genetic marker to cells ( see below ) . |
| 27 | The tests were of a type which could be used for diagnostic purposes . |
| 28 | In other areas , however , land could be used for arable , arable and pasture , pasture , or wood , and how it was used depended to a large extent on the proximity of settlements and in what sort of economy the local farmers were engaged . |
| 29 | We can thus see that the whole of the rest of the parish could be used for arable . |
| 30 | Then he went on to the Global the New Consumer , looking at ways and how consumer power could be used for ethical purposes . |