Example sentences of "[verb] [be] used [verb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mouse ICM is much more susceptible to lethal damage by X-irradiation or anti-metabolites than TE and treatment of embryos ( starting from the 2- to 8- cell stage ) with a variety of these reagents has been used to generate trophectodermal vesicles devoid of any apparent ICM ( discussed in ref. 28 ) . |
| 2 | By investigating the ways in which it has been used to explain particular phenomena , I shall aim to provide a more detailed account of absolute holism , as I shall call it , and of the mode of explanation it embodies . |
| 3 | Feminists and other progressives have always been uncomfortable with the whole notion of morality , viewing it as an essentially conservative concept that has been used to bolster traditional modes of thinking and undermine efforts for change . |
| 4 | Contributing to the rouble 's decline is the Russian central bank 's predilection for printing money , a big pile of which has been used to finance other CIS republics ' trade deficits with Russia . |
| 5 | Like BR , RENFE has been used to serve macroeconomic objectives , affecting the achievement of its own immediate goals in a manner not amenable to simple quantification . |
| 6 | Impartiality is a concept which has been used to convey many things . |
| 7 | The resulting cavity below the central ground floor corridor has been used to house horizontal drain-runs and other services . |
| 8 | Hypnosis has been used to introduce new suggestions to people that will change established programmes . |
| 9 | In the past a deficit approach has been used to construct developmental theories where the missing parts in the subgroup 's culture can be added . |
| 10 | A second problem is the way ethnic credentialism has been used to canonize certain texts , or underwrite certain schools of thought as possessing the authentic or correct perspective on racism . |
| 11 | In addition to identification , the technique has been used to elucidate certain aspects of polymer microstructure , such as branching , crystallinity , tacticity , and cis-trans isomerism . |
| 12 | Will information which has been used to determine projected levels of natural resource consumption or calculate growth indicators , such as future private car demand , be covered , for instance ? |
| 13 | The anti-conspiratorial rhetoric might have been used to sharpen tactical differences and to make opponents look absurdly paranoid . |
| 14 | Similar torcs were worn by the deities , like those represented on the Gundestrup cauldron ( fig. 30 ) , and it is possible that they may have been used to dress wooden idols . |
| 15 | Given the small size of the balances they must have been used to weigh small quantities of a precious substance , but gold need not be the only material involved . |
| 16 | If suitably processed in Iraq , that material could have been used to make nuclear warheads . |
| 17 | She also found that a lot of her time which could have been used to produce more goods was being taken up selling goods , collecting debts and generally doing administrative work . |
| 18 | We are distinct from the private sector because any profit generated is used to fund new initiatives in West Belfast . |
| 19 | The wool saved was used to knit new toes and heels . |
| 20 | Marx 's works had already begun to penetrate Russia earlier , but until now they had been used to buttress populist attacks on capitalism , rather than to develop a Marxist approach to revolution in Russia . |
| 21 | With a central lawn and borders around the edge , this garden would have lacked character , but internal hedges and a patio overhead had been used to create distinct areas that can be explored like the rooms of a house , each with a new mood and style . |
| 22 | Some time previously , he had discovered a system of cryptography — he called it the ‘ Atbash Cipher ’ — which had been used to conceal certain names in Essene/Zadokite/Nazarean texts . |
| 23 | Even when this was not the overt purpose , research results have been used to justify particular aspects of women 's subordination : thus even today it is sometimes said that girls do n't become engineers because they lack spatial ability , or that their relative lack of aggression makes them less effective leaders . |
| 24 | It is free of chlorofluorocarbon gases which have been used to cool most fridges for decades . |
| 25 | The gases have been used to cool most types of fridges for decades but are now headed for a world-wide ban in 1996 after being blamed for causing holes in the ozone layer , which shields the earth from the sun 's harmful ultraviolet rays . |
| 26 | The following phrases demonstrate how common notes from the previous example ( Cmaj7 to Fmaj7 ) have been used to create improvisational lines which flow melodically through the chord change : |
| 27 | For some antigens , the binding of retrovirus-associated antibody fragments to cell surfaces is followed by membrane fusion between virus and target cell : streptavidin-linked biotinylated monoclonal antibodies have been used to link ecotropic retroviruses to the surface of nonpermissive human cells with subsequent transfer of the viral genome into the target cells 27 . |
| 28 | Many of these applications have been used to tackle environmental problems such as pollution control , especially in the treatment of sewage , industrial and agricultural effluents as well as rubbish disposal . |
| 29 | Ricin 's poisonous properties are known in parts of Africa where beans have been used to kill unwanted children and neighbour 's cattle . |
| 30 | Both direct and indirect methods have been used to improve rural locations as sites for manufacturing industry . |