Example sentences of "but [pron] [vb mod] be used " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another test which , like the F-test , is based on the sum of square residuals , but which can be used in much more general situations , is the likelihood ratio test . |
| 2 | But they may be used in reconstructing the former profile of the river and therefore in deriving the sea level to which the river was graded . |
| 3 | Unfortunately , the posters they sent to us arrived too late for the exhibition but they will be used at future venues . |
| 4 | Steam inhalations should be avoided if you suffer from asthma , as the concentrated steam may trigger an attack , but they can be used to help other respiratory problems such as those mentioned above . |
| 5 | Speadsheets have not so far figured largely as a resource for history , but they could be used with certain types of documentary sources . |
| 6 | Passive verbs are sometimes necessary , but they should be used sparingly and for a purpose . |
| 7 | The savories are not as well known as the majority of culinary herbs , but they should be used as often as marjoram or basil are , as they have their own distinctive , spicy , warming flavour to add to many dishes . |
| 8 | These are included to assist the reader and as a means of illustrating drafting techniques , but they should be used carefully with appropriate amendment . |
| 9 | ‘ We both agree he has a limited potential , but he could be used to detonate a big political explosion . |
| 10 | No plant matter is actively used in the construction of the nest , but it may be used indirectly to anchor the nest and stop it from floating away . |
| 11 | Management system dynamics is mainly concerned with the time-varying behaviour of processes or systems , but it may be used to carry out modelling and investigation under any of the four OR categories described in section ( 5.1 ) above . |
| 12 | ‘ Essentially it 's an electronic brochure , but it could be used to promote a branded product , such as a hotel consortium or Agatha Christie weekends . |
| 13 | But it could be used , for example , to accommodate post-graduate courses which have no home of their own . |
| 14 | But it could be used as an instrument to achieve greater equality in the distribution of the nation 's resources . |
| 15 | The informal interview can not generally be used to test hypotheses very accurately , but it can be used most fruitfully to clarify them and to elaborate them . |
| 16 | It is connected to the record machine but it can be used to display the pictures from both machines in turn : when the record-machine is in either record or stop mode , playback from the source-machine is displayed ; when the record-machine is in playback mode , however , it has priority for the screen and its pictures are displayed . |
| 17 | CLUE is n't a page makeup system as such but it can be used to create very impressive documents , Blackwells recently used it to publish their book catalogue . |
| 18 | This is a far from ideal measure but it can be used to compare performance over time and to establish target rates of return . |
| 19 | It is n't so good at irregular layouts of the sort often used in advertising — but it can be used for this purpose . |
| 20 | But what can be used ? |
| 21 | But what can be used by us can just as easily be used by our enemies , and I 'm loath to see this one fall back into their hands . |