Example sentences of "might be use [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | In late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century Europe , it was not unusual to hear naturalists speaking of their scientific awakening in terms that might be used of a religious conversion . |
| 2 | The control was actually mounted where it is in anticipation that the unit might be used at a fixed voltage output for a particular purpose . |
| 3 | Future gold production might be used as a regulator for the Soviet money supply . |
| 4 | That is , when performance in the field is difficult to measure satisfactorily , body temperature or adrenalin rhythms might be used as a substitute . |
| 5 | If Rosa Luxemburg 's internationalism might be used as a cover for German chauvinism in Prussia , in Russia it was its potential as a cover for Russian chauvinism which motivated Lenin . |
| 6 | Various suggestions had been made that the market might be used as a commodity trading floor , but careful research persuaded us ( correctly , as it transpired ) that the brokers did not require a large open trading floor like the Stock Exchange or Lloyd 's . |
| 7 | Estimates of future inflation rates in various countries might be used as a guide . |
| 8 | I suggested that if there was money available from sponsors that was not intended for the development of rugby , then it might be used as a way of rewarding the squad . |
| 9 | For pre-school children , it is suggested that the BPVT might be used as a screening instrument to identify children who may require some form of special or compensatory provision , and as a way of indicating a child 's readiness for reading . |
| 10 | But it is when it might be used as a springboard against similar action against a member of our own royal family . ’ |
| 11 | In his article in your March issue Mr Royalton-Kisch roundly criticizes Benesch 's serial method of making attributions to Rembrandt : as a result almost any Rembrandtesque drawing might find itself not just in the catalogue raisonné but might be used as a starting point for further attributions to Rembrandt . |
| 12 | The complexity of these relations , and the manner in which they might be used as a model of dynamic mechanisms to extend the concept of objectification from a simple dialectical cycle , is evident in Klein 's discussion of infantile hallucinatory gratification . |
| 13 | The candle might be used as a weapon . |
| 14 | However , segregating income from capital is not only concerned with producing an income figure which might be used as a measure of performance . |
| 15 | Often too a local document might be used as a springboard , as starter material allowing the teacher to work from the known and familiar locality to the wider historical context . |
| 16 | ( f ) to demerge a target company ( this might be used as a defence tactic ( see para 18.5.14 below ) ) . |
| 17 | Indeed , Britain 's forthcoming presidency of the European Commission might be used as an opportunity for the more dirigiste members of Mr Major 's staff to press for a move to the narrow band of the ERM , in which case interest rates must be locked into those of Germany . |
| 18 | There was one , but the Austrians had it reduced in size because they believed that it might be used as an observation tower by the recalcitrant Milanese . |
| 19 | Our only worry is that this re-organisation might be used as an opportunity to cut funds to the police . |
| 20 | Moreover , the preliminary decisions of the Commission as to the admissibility of two cases submitted by British tax-protesters appear to have dealt a fatal blow to any remaining hopes that the European Court of Human Rights might be used as an additional forum in which to exert pressure for a change in the existing law and policy regarding tax diversion . |
| 21 | After the hearing but before judgment it was decided that there should be a further hearing before an Appellate Committee of seven Lords to determine the issue whether , and in what circumstances , Parliamentary debates on a Bill might be used as an aid to construction of the ensuing Act . |
| 22 | This case points to a possible role for moderate hypothermia in preventing hepatitis secondary to ingestion of paracetamol , when it might be used as an adjunct to treatment with acetylcysteine or haemoperfusion in high risk cases . |
| 23 | They have devised several ways of producing the required magnetic field , including a slotted busbar ( such as might be used in a power station ) around which the fibre can be wrapped . |
| 24 | Examples of criteria which might be used in a graduated test scheme are then given and are discussed in relation to test items . |
| 25 | Representation is again crucial : ‘ representation ’ as the word might be used in a studio : as visual ( or verbal ) imaging ; how we choose to represent ourselves and how women are represented . |
| 26 | There is a particular danger that national competition policies might be used in a protectionist or promotional manner as described above to give advantage to domestic producers . |
| 27 | A similar provision might be used in a contract for services , such as an engineering contract ; for instance " our total liability for loss , damage or injury shall not exceed the total value of the contract " ( see Harbutt 's " Plasticine " Ltd v Wayne Tank and Pump Ltd [ 1970 ] 1 QB 447 ) . |
| 28 | Liability for negligence may also be excluded by a provision imposing a duty on the other party to insure against a particular type of loss ( James Archdale & Co v Comservices [ 1954 ] 1 WLR 459 ) and such a clause might be used in a contract to install goods or machinery at the employer 's premises , requiring the employer , rather than the contractor , to insure the premises against damage caused by fire . |
| 29 | And this — ’ he moved his arm slowly to the side as he was about to add , ‘ This is going to be your grave , ’ but he stopped , for two reasons ; the words sounded melodramatic , like those that might be used in an amateur play , and this was no amateur play ; the second reason was that he felt sick . |
| 30 | The second problem is that a lax competition policy might be used by a member state as a substitute for trade policy or industrial policy , to protect domestic producers or to promote export sectors . |