Example sentences of "could [be] use [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Also , such a multi-skilled workforce meant , claimed Wilkinson , that a shiftwork system could be used with a minimum of supervision . |
| 2 | The parent trees would be retained for several years after the new trees had been planted at the new site , just so that they could be used as a reference for checking . |
| 3 | In any case , the British hoped for an American-British-Dominions agreement that could be used as a basis on which to invite other countries to a conference . |
| 4 | The problem of succession had by no means been solved , and certainly not in a way that could be used as a precedent for the future . |
| 5 | She suggests that abortion was probably the most prevalent form of contraception for working-class women before 1914–25 She also notes that chemist shops sold quinine , which could be used as a spermicide or as a drug to procure abortion , that a wide variety of drugs were used to achieve abortion , and that advertisers offered many female pills , such as Widow Welch 's Female Pills and Towle 's Pills , which were , in effect , abortifacients . |
| 6 | The sentencing decision in Billam ( 1986 ) marks out some of the more serious varieties of sexual assault , and this could be used as a basis for introducing a new scheme of three or four graded offences : there are precedents for this in other countries . |
| 7 | For example , if surgery were performed to remove all nerves supplying the part from which the complaint originated , this could be used as a test to decide if the word pain could be used to describe the condition which disappeared after the operation . |
| 8 | Aeration , particularly , could be used as a design feature . |
| 9 | On the outside of the bulkhead , under the half-canopy there was a glass bullseye lens with a red slide so that it could be used as a tail lamp . |
| 10 | After the idea of a dead-letter drop had been made clear to Postelnicu with some difficulty , the new minister took the intelligence officer to his bathroom and asked if the lavatory 's water-cistern could be used as a letter drop . |
| 11 | Perhaps more important , the point of requiring reasons for refusal would surely be so that — in cases of unfair refusal — these could be used as a basis for putting matters right . |
| 12 | He had no parents , wife and children … not even a girl-friend who could be used as a weapon of enslavery against him . |
| 13 | Here are a few ideas : pick up anything that could be used as a baton , not too short and not too long — a piece of wood , a length of metal , a strong branch , a short piece of scaffolding or part of a wooden fence would do . |
| 14 | But the proposition that the trend of decline in the 1950s could be used as a baseline for planning in future years was much disputed . |
| 15 | Since Snoopy re-implements Windows calls , it could be used as a porting tool , currently a more vapoury purpose than its initial harder-to-realize charter . |
| 16 | If the scheme is successful it could be used as a model for a nationwide campaign . |
| 17 | SDRs could now be used more freely among participating countries : it became possible to use them to settle obligations without changing them first into currencies ; they could be loaned to other countries ; and they could be used as a security for a loan by another central bank or government . |
| 18 | If this is done carefully , the ends of the stopped chamfer template could be used as a useful small square . |
| 19 | The threat could be used as a safeguard , sure ; but it could also be used to turn a further profit . |
| 20 | ‘ He could be used as a figurehead . |
| 21 | One delegate commented : ‘ It could be used as a trick to keep us in residential care . ’ |
| 22 | It is becoming clear that taxation in the 1990s could be used as a major tool to promote a more efficient allocation of resources in society , forcing consumers to take account of the long-term implications of their actions . |
| 23 | He also added drily that religion could be used as a tool of control if sufficient political and financial power was behind it . |
| 24 | Instead , they emphasized that the detailed cement sequences revealed by CL could be used as a time framework upon which to locate other diagenetic events , providing a complete ‘ diagenetic stratigraphy ’ . |
| 25 | Pre-publication , it was announced in both hard and paperback format , the latter priced so that the book could be used as a course book . |
| 26 | This is rather like a radiator working in reverse ( in fact , a radiator could be used as a solar panel ) . |
| 27 | Part of the revision will be the preparation of a microcomputer version which could be used as a reference and teaching resource in colleges , libraries and museums . |
| 28 | The average rejection rate per journal could be used as a weighting factor in assessing the impact of a particular thesis , or indeed paper , but it would be difficult to be totally certain that the comparison criteria had objective validity . |
| 29 | He declared that his new government would not " create another condition that could be used as a pretext to overthrow it " . |
| 30 | As such it is felt that this method could be used as a model for other departmental syllabi . |