Example sentences of "one [modal v] use [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a supplement , one may use external consultants and part-time experts from the basic organization . |
| 2 | Although conceding , in a footnote , that one may use extrabiblical material to ‘ illuminate scripture ’ , her basic stance is to grant to the text the status of a self-contained entity . |
| 3 | But the results would be distorted by the fact that two consonant letters are used in the spelling ; to do the test properly one should use illiterate subjects , which raises many further problems . |
| 4 | ‘ The answer is simple ’ , Rollin comments , and quotes Dworkin 's argument that the American Bill of Rights ‘ must be understood as an appeal to moral concepts rather than laying down particular conceptions ’ , taking this ( rightly ) to mean that ‘ one must use moral arguments ; one must present moral reasons and discussion ’ ( 1981 : 75 ) . |
| 5 | By contrast , in many problems the number of possibilities is unbounded and then one must use infinite-dimensional spaces to represent them . |
| 6 | To avoid the technical difficulties with Feynman 's sum over histories , one must use imaginary time . |
| 7 | It could be that one could use cannabis-related compounds to deal with disorders of those phenomena , like memory and so on . ’ |
| 8 | Pronouns can either become disjuncts ( he or she , her or his ) or the singular they may be used ( no one would use sexist language if they could help it ) . |
| 9 | Karajan 's methods were as commonsensical as they were revolutionary , reminding one of Confucius 's puzzled enquiry , ‘ The way out is via the door , how is it no one will use this method ? ’ |
| 10 | For instance , one can either describe a species of bird with functions called lengthofbeak and shapeofbeak , so lengthofbeak(sparrow) = short shapeofbeak(sparrow) = straight or alternatively one can use binary relations called beaklength and beakshape : beaklength ( sparrow , short ) beakshape ( sparrow , straight ) |
| 11 | Naturally , one can use such counter-parallelisms in many other ways , using more dissonant-type chords , or a more slender texture . |
| 12 | ‘ In some ways , they are usually well organised , although I think that one of the features of the indie scene , if one can use that expression , is that bands are used to doing a lot of basic things for themselves . |
| 13 | In the GDR , by contrast , one can not talk of ‘ economic crisis ’ in the sense that one can use that term for Poland , the Soviet Union , and even for Hungary . |
| 14 | Eyepieces are interchangeable ( theoretically , at least ) , and so one can use any eyepiece with any telescope . |