Example sentences of "can [be] used [to-vb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is because the pen as an input device can be used to facilitate many other sorts of interaction besides the input of freehand text . |
| 2 | It is worth remembering that water can be used to douse any kind of fire except a fat fire or a fire involving electrical equipment . |
| 3 | This option can be used to draw any design , but should not necessarily be used for the knitting . |
| 4 | Judicial review can be used to enforce those statutory limits . |
| 5 | The irons can be used to mark any number of horses — ideal for a large yard or riding school — and can also be used very effectively to mark show jumps and even trailers and carriages . |
| 6 | Second , it can be used to purchase many more shares for employees than is possible with existing share schemes . |
| 7 | The extra money balances are therefore available as a direct form of wealth holding , or else they can be used to purchase those financial assets which are a close substitute . |
| 8 | The grant can be used to purchase any items other than stock or materials . |
| 9 | Pressed flowers can be used to decorate many other stationery ideas besides the ones shown here . |
| 10 | The McClure reading types for children gives examples of type in decreasing size which can be used to test this . |
| 11 | It is usual to use 50x25mm ( 2x1in ) timber for battening the walls , but where insulation is to be installed between the battens , thicker timber can be used to enable more insulation to be inserted . |
| 12 | A useful if rather schematic starting-point is Lawton 's ( 1983 ) division of cultures into eight aspects or sub-systems which he argues can be used to analyse any culture : the social system , economic system , communication system , rationality system , technology system , morality system , belief system and aesthetic system . |
| 13 | It is usual today therefore to provide a number of general electronic interfaces to which a range of transput devices can be attached , and a set of general instructions which can be used to control any transput device available at present or in the future , from the computer manufacturer or elsewhere . |
| 14 | Here , the items of contention in the theories of the state appear as features which can be used to characterize each particular state ; for we need to consider in every instance the extent to which the state is independent of other social spheres , or on the contrary is subordinate to ‘ constellations of interest ’ which themselves have to be specified , and further , the degree to which the state is a repressive agency which dominates society ( and what the sources of that domination are ) , or is rather the executive body of society as a whole . |
| 15 | The problem with Hellige 's formulation is that it can be used to explain any particular pattern of results but can not readily predict them since the nature and difficulty of both primary and concurrent tasks needs to be taken into account . |
| 16 | In addition to discussion of management problems , these sessions can be used to tackle some of the tensions and frustrations that can arise in teams of this kind , which are dealing with a rapid turnover of patients with acute problems , or problems that sometimes seem intractable , and where drop-out rates may be high . |
| 17 | What arguments can be used to support each of these viewpoints ? |
| 18 | Mr Barry Engel says that the Isle of Man 's liberal tax structure can be used to save more money , but he usually counsels against it , to avoid arousing the curiosity of the American taxman . |
| 19 | It can be used to order any set of single-copy probes which are all approximately the same size , such as cosmid and marker probes on YAC filters , YAC probes on cosmid filters or cosmid probes on cosmid filters . |
| 20 | Techniques such as ‘ brain storming ’ and ‘ lateral thinking ’ can be used to generate such alternatives ( see Mullins , 1989 , Ch. 14 ) . |
| 21 | As the spatial file contains all the geometric relationships necessary to specify the body , this can be used to generate any pictorial view . |
| 22 | A number of examples can be used to illustrate this interdependence , for instance : * The size of the salesforce ( Promotion ) depends on the distribution channel ( Place ) to be used . |
| 23 | The definition of racism as the sum of prejudice and power can be used to illustrate these problems . |
| 24 | A two-dimensional example can be used to illustrate these results . |
| 25 | Do you think the issues discussed in this chapter can be used to justify such a policy ? |
| 26 | It is possible to search through many relations , indeed the whole database , and the RANGE command can be used to restrict such access by only allowing users to refer to relations defined in a RANGE statement . |
| 27 | Blue is a good mixer and can be used to complement most colours |
| 28 | The dashed line can be used to decompose this price effect into an income effect 13 ( reducing work effort ) and the substitution effect of the lowered compensation for each hour of work , 32 ( also reducing work effort ) . |
| 29 | If it is essential for the results of a translation process to be retained , then FOREIGN modules can be used to send those results back into LIFESPAN for safe-keeping . |
| 30 | The NUL device is a do nothing device that can be used to send any amount of data into the empty void . |