Example sentences of "could be used [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The potential is very high , since horticultural information could be used for many purposes , such as ecological and climatological monitoring , as well as mainstream horticulture . |
| 2 | Embryonic fibroblast culture and replication banding has the advantage of providing a large number of slides and mitotic cells which could be used for several different probes but the disadvantages of having to pool a considerable number of embryos for the initiation of the culture and a lack of knowledge as to the source and lineage of the cells which become established in culture . |
| 3 | The mixture consisted of a dialysed solution of FeCl 3 ( parchment or animal gut could be used for this ) resulting in a solution of FeO(OH) to which NaCl was added — this mixture gave a thixotropic sol that set in about an hour and closely resembled the brown-coloured holy relic in Naples . |
| 4 | As finance for books may be limited , money given by patients could be used for this purpose . |
| 5 | A simple timer could be used for this instead of buying the special pants alarm . |
| 6 | The Design Controller does n't have a program written especially for changing the pattern but I 've spend some time wondering if any of the programs could be used for this purpose , even if they were n't originally intended to be ; however , I 've had no success . |
| 7 | The cranes were unable to move around the yard with the lifeboats , so only a small part of the depot area could be used for this work . |
| 8 | The module summary form could be used for this purpose . |
| 9 | We may have to bring in assistance from outside to deal with specific problems , and Mr Whittaker 's network of contacts could be used for this purpose . |
| 10 | Though sites around the Scottish coast could be used for any plans by oil companies to adopt the technique for UK waters , he predicted that the first deep-water application of the method would be in the Norwegian sector and Brazilian waters . |
| 11 | Alternatively , the ‘ stick ’ could be used for both functions , with the spring-loaded central position being used as the ‘ off ’ setting . |
| 12 | What on earth 's to stop , to have a transfer ticket , which could be used on any bus at all . |
| 13 | They thought he could be used at some time in the future even better internationally than locally . |
| 14 | There was no limit to the amount of money which could be used during any given assignment but at the end of it each operative had to account to Kolchinsky for his or her expenses in tabular form , supplying the relevant chits to back up the figurework . |
| 15 | The Local Government ( Miscellaneous Provisions ) Act 1976 is not designed for that purpose and it is dubious whether it could be used in that way . |
| 16 | Only some of this range of procedures could be used in this feasibility study with a brief centred on the Cockcroft foundation list . |
| 17 | The term ‘ culture ’ could be used in this way in less complex , smaller-scale social systems , but it has other meanings in industrial society and seems inadequate for the task of relating everyday life to historical development . |
| 18 | We suggest that the procedure laid down in the Environmental Protection Act for registers under parts I and VI of the Act could be used in this situation . |
| 19 | Do you think that it could ever be true that they would be sufficiently inexpensive that they could be used in most doctors ' surgeries , or is it going to be something which is only used in one or two important hospitals ? |
| 20 | The European Commission is having a hard enough job getting all its members to clear out the same few channels so that Europe can have a paging system which could be used in any of its countries . |
| 21 | Each officer had an account number which could be used in any of the firm 's branches . |
| 22 | Any appropriate context could be used in these modules to match the interests and needs of the students . |
| 23 | However , if not used in this project it could be used in another project as substitute for another material which would cost £225 . |
| 24 | An excellent package which could be used by many companies and individuals involved in the collection of data . |
| 25 | An excellent package which could be used by many companies and individuals involved in the collection of data . |
| 26 | Instead the courts were treated as an amoral source of power which could be used by those skilful enough to manipulate them . |
| 27 | Natural selection was not the only scientific manifestation of this spirit , but Darwinism supplied useful catch-phrases such as ‘ the survival of the fittest ’ , which could be used by those seeking a scientific justification for their indifference to the losers in Nature 's great race . |