Example sentences of "could [be] used [to-vb] [det] " 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 | Once again , the parable of the blind men and the elephant could be used to illustrate this point . |
| 4 | In May 1990 an advisory committee of America 's Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ) said omeprazole could be used to treat all duodenal ulcers , not just those which cause severe gut conditions . |
| 5 | Now it knew what its transmogrified form could do ; knew instinctively how its own powers of absorption and reconstitution could be used to feed that terrible need . |
| 6 | They are therefore nearer to being attempted systematisations of popular ideology than objective scales which could be used to explain that ideology . |
| 7 | At a meeting of the Steering Committee it was suggested that the corridor area between the foyer and the lecture theatre could be used to display some of the ‘ behind-the-scenes ’ activities of the Garden . |
| 8 | I 'm interested about your comments erm that it could be used to do more in terms of families . |
| 9 | The materials in stock could be resold for £4,000 less 10% selling expenses , or could be used to produce another product after some further processing . |
| 10 | all the provinces , bar one have balances which could be used to make that up , so the money is fairly short and we 're bear er , for pains , the |
| 11 | If society 's resource could be used to make more output , even the poor might be better off in the long run . |
| 12 | Ion Pacepa has described how scientists working for the Securitate designed a telephone which could be used to bug both phone conversations and any talk in the room where the apparatus was located . |