Example sentences of "[pron] be used [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It also affects loans secured on an older person 's ( 65 years or over ) home which are used to purchase a life annuity . |
| 2 | Many strains of Bacillus thuringiensis , for example , are insect pathogens because they produce insecticidal chemicals and , as Payne ( 1988 ) has discussed , there are now a number of commercially available strains which are used to control a variety of insects . |
| 3 | Trial-and-error learning involves learning to perform a novel motor behaviour , which is used to solve a problem posed by nature . |
| 4 | Chart position is one criterion which is used to consider a record for playlisting . |
| 5 | With the designation came additional finance which was used to support a number of initiatives including a series of two term temporary posts for McGregor staff to engage in some pilot planning work . |
| 6 | Resistant propionibacteria were detected by rubbing facial skin with a moistened swab , which was used to inoculate a series of plates containing selective antibiotics . |
| 7 | First they are used to show a pause , between parts of a sentence , which makes it for example , when you start off with a subordinate clause , after I 'd cashed my Giro comma I went to the shops and bought some food , or , because of the derailment comma all the trains were running late . |
| 8 | It is used to drive a load with an inertia of and a torque of . |
| 9 | ( The key is referred to as the Enter key as it is used to enter a command , and sometimes as the Return key in word-processing because of its similarity with the typewriter carriage return lever . ) |
| 10 | In October 1912 Hourcade wrote : ‘ The term ‘ Cubism ’ … means nothing if it is used to designate a school : there is no school of Cubist painting . |