Example sentences of "be used [verb] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moreover , in the Opticks he identified seven colours in the spectrum and described a circle divided into seven segments that could be used to account for colour mixing . |
| 2 | Me know the answer ! , in contrast , both the extra-verbal person evoked by me and the generalized person incorporated within the infinitive know as the support of a merely potential knowing are situated in the present , which explains the absence of to and the fact that this sentence can be used to call into question the possibility that the speaker has the knowledge at the present moment . |
| 3 | The issue system will issue and discharge books and items in the normal way but can also be used to search for information and to produce overdues . |
| 4 | How such formidable influence would be used depended in part on how deeply liberal-democratic values had become entrenched since 1945 . |
| 5 | So possibly it might be used to deal with disorders of those effects . |
| 6 | Another drawback is that Link cards issued by some British institutions — including the Halifax and Woolwich building societies — can not be used to access Plus machines . |
| 7 | Sterilised nets ( two ) , large baby-bath , supply of deep heavy gauge plastic bags , and cotton towels ( to be used wetted with pond water when fish are removed for examination ) . |
| 8 | These estimated 's can then be used to estimate from equation ( 3.15 ) , that is : where over a variable or coefficient denotes our estimate of the variable or coefficient . |
| 9 | Since discourse unfolds in time , it seems natural that time-deictic words can be used to refer to portions of the discourse ; thus analogously to last week and next Thursday , we have in the last paragraph and in the next Chapter . |
| 10 | Plural anaphors may be used to refer to collections or sets of things which are introduced in a variety of different ways . |
| 11 | The term collocation will be used to refer to sequences of lexical items which habitually co-occur , but which are nonetheless fully transparent in the sense that each lexical constituent is also a semantic constituent . |
| 12 | The TAB and BACKSPACE keys can be used to move between fields and the UP ARROW and DOWN ARROW keys can be used to move between lines . |
| 13 | The TAB and BACKSPACE keys can be used to move between fields and the UP ARROW and DOWN ARROW keys can be used to move between lines . |
| 14 | A hot solution of an alkali degreaser , allowed to stand , spray applied solvent degreaser or caustic cleaner may be used according to soil type . |
| 15 | This link should also be used to connect to JANET , Internet , and other international Wide Area Networks ( WAN ) . |
| 16 | How much money has been received by way of those orders from the seventh directive of the European Community 's shipbuilding intervention fund , and how much of that money will be used to purchase from United Kingdom manufacturers the goods and services required for the vessels ? |
| 17 | There is a consensus among the public that cars should not be used to go to work . |
| 18 | Instead , in a replay , the number of corners awarded in extra time will be used to decide to outcome . |
| 19 | Provided the number of information arrivals is sufficiently large , the central limit theorem can be used to argue for normality in the distributions of price changes ( over a given number of information arrivals ) , and volume ( over a given number of information arrivals ) . |
| 20 | On the other hand , meritocracy could be used to argue for comprehensives , as in Coventry or Middlesex , as well as grammar schools as in Birmingham or Leeds . |
| 21 | Biological " tracers " placed on farms can be used to match against samples of polluted water . |
| 22 | Nevertheless , the pilot study is to be expanded to areas outside the north east and it is hoped that it will eventually be used to help with funding applications , and provide statistical data for the press . |
| 23 | As reconditioned they had new B.T-H. 509c motors and line switch attachments fitted to the controllers so that they could be used interlocked with air brakes . |
| 24 | It is sometimes claimed that stylometry enables the scholar to identify the fingerprint of an author , a stylistic criterion , or set of criteria , which can be used to determine with certainty questions of disputed authorship . |
| 25 | This shadowing phenomenon can be used to determine nearest neighbour interatomic distances in surfaces . |
| 26 | Fifty years of study have failed to produce one personality trait or set of qualities that can be used to distinguish between leaders and non-leaders . ’ |
| 27 | A type attribute may be used to distinguish amongst divisions in some respect other than their hierarchic position : the values for this attribute ( as for several others in the TEI scheme ) are not standardized , precisely because no consensus exists , or is likely to exist , as to a typology . |
| 28 | If there is still any doubt , the LIFESPAN validation program can be used to check for self consistency of the database . |
| 29 | His talks in Madrid with Prime Minister Felipe González ended with a joint political declaration and agreement on a package of economic and cultural agreements included the granting to the Soviet Union of 150,000 million pesetas ( US$1,500 million ) of Spanish credit to be used to pay for imports of Spanish consumer goods . |
| 30 | Midland eurocheques can be used to pay for goods and services at more than 5 million shops , garages , hotels and restaurants in 28 European countries . |