Example sentences of "[be] used [conj] " in BNC.

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1 Erm and it 's different from site to site , but I can , the things that you can normally control are the labour and how they 're used and the plant and how it 's used .
2 The mines inspectorate later cleared them of the cause , usually though they 're used where there are thick coal walls or pillars .
3 Each case must be decided on its facts but the percentages have become conventional in the sense that they are used unless there is evidence to make the conventional figure inappropriate .
4 It is how the facts are used that should form the touchstone of our discussion .
5 It has not fulfilled those hopes except in certain ‘ closed circuit ’ situations , where the viewers are very restricted in number , or others where the main channels are used but at unsocial hours .
6 Livestock grazing levels are moderate ; fertilisers are used but uncommonly ; drainage of wetlands appears to be very unusual and there are climatic and pedological restrictions on ploughing and reseeding of grasslands .
7 The difference between mental health and mental ill-health is not in whether or not defences are used but in the flexibility or rigidity with which they are employed and in the mix between them , as opposed to the over-use of one defence rather than others .
8 A great variety of words are used but the essential point is the same .
9 Standard modelling parts are used but , for the non-radio kite flyer , the same framework can be adapted but with wingnuts to secure any preset adjustment .
10 Only tiny amounts of essential oils are used but they have a big effect
11 Man is fallible , and his fallibility is shown not just in the manner in which the methods are used but in the belief-gathering methods available to him .
12 If ten funds are used but they are all consolidated into one operating statement and one balance sheet , then the results might well be the same as the accounts for a business .
13 In contrast , the utility-based argument associated with Buchanan ( 1958 ) does not quarrel with when the resources are used but rather points to the fact that debt-holders have voluntarily taken up the debt and are being compensated for decreased present consumption by the enhanced future consumption that interest and repayment will allow , and hence are not made worse off .
14 In order to further speed and cheapen the process , inferior ingredients such as maize , rice , triticale , wheat flour and potato starch are used and helped on their way by chemicals that hasten fermentation , cut down on the yeast head in the vessels to allow more wort to be treated , and to give a lively fake head to the finished product .
15 Manpower planning has become quite sophisticated where internal or external specialists are used and computer time is available for making predictions .
16 Other areas such as the shop , supermarket or hairdressers are often set up and , if not permanently established like the Home Corner , are used and replaced , to return again months later and be enjoyed with renewed enthusiasm .
17 For the overnight journeys from the channel port , transcontinental type coaches , fitted with toilet , bar for soft drinks , tea or coffee , compressed air or air conditioning systems are used and most seats are reclining .
18 A proper budding knife will be required — a penknife is no good at all — which is like a planting trowel in that both ends are used and the handle is not just for holding in the hand .
19 Both categories are dangerous because of the subjective and inadequate forms of assessment which are used and the social , educational and economic effects on those labelled .
20 No steam points are used and the Steam Tank neither moves nor shoots .
21 Action theorists pay close attention to the ways in which ‘ definitions of reality ’ are used and sustained by actors .
22 However , detailed observations of a variety of teachers using the same material ( see , for example , reference 2 ) immediately reveals the wide range of teaching styles that are used and the apparent ease with which almost any material can be absorbed into any style .
23 The convergence properties of the QR algorithm are superior to those of LR , particularly when shifts are used and deflation is performed whenever possible .
24 If , for instance , if extremely problematic strapping , splints or plaster of paris treatments are used and treatment should be started as soon as possible after birth , so the sooner you notice these things the better You 've all had your hospital experience , has anybody not actually seen a child with erm club foot ?
25 It is noticeable that in other languages , in other societies , different terms are used and different distinctions are made .
26 Component drawings carry instructions on where they are used and from what they are made .
27 ( b ) it is hoped that some or all of the alternative methods here are used and combined by the student in his own system .
28 In desktop publishing true , proportionally spaced fonts are used and , for the PC market at least , none of the common word processing packages have yet worked out how to handle displaying true fonts on the screen .
29 ( 1976 ) have given expressions for the stiffness tensors for various fibre orientations using a different formalism from ours in which orientation functions and are used and the various integrals in sines and cosines expressed in terms of these .
30 A second reason is the limited number of grammatical categories that are used and the frequency with which very common categories are used .
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