Example sentences of "[be] used [prep] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | take you back in this first talk about the art of film erm to the very early days , and these are difficult I think for us to imagine because we 're so used today to sound films , of all the effects in , in the theatres , we 're used to the great stars , we 're used to the big subjects , and yet the film began in the smallest possible way , it began really as a sideshow , it began as a hobby for a group of people , sometimes they would be French , sometimes they would be British , sometimes American , the early pioneers , whose main interest was to produce a camera , which would look like a still camera and yet somehow would manage to produce a picture which moved when it was projected on a screen . |
| 2 | We 're used to the sharp cracks of lightning and the belch of thunder issuing from the belly of the sky . |
| 3 | take you back in this first talk about the art of film erm to the very early days , and these are difficult I think for us to imagine because we 're so used today to sound films , of all the effects in , in the theatres , we 're used to the great stars , we 're used to the big subjects , and yet the film began in the smallest possible way , it began really as a sideshow , it began as a hobby for a group of people , sometimes they would be French , sometimes they would be British , sometimes American , the early pioneers , whose main interest was to produce a camera , which would look like a still camera and yet somehow would manage to produce a picture which moved when it was projected on a screen . |
| 4 | You 're used to the little ones over this area though are n't you ? |
| 5 | Such terms are used for a wide range of contracts ; this book , however , is primarily concerned with the drafting of standard terms to govern contracts for the supply , or purchase , of goods ( in particular ) or services . |
| 6 | The same symbols are used for a two-handed process chart in which a detailed description of what each hand is doing separately is provided ( Fig. 1.20 ) . |
| 7 | Of course very few machines are used for a single application and in practice you need to balance the requirements of each application that you want to run . |
| 8 | They are used for the final stages when working down a tilth and levelling the surface once the large clods and turf have been broken . |
| 9 | The alcoves on either side are used for the hanging space , and the reduced space in front of the chimneybreast for shelving , either exposed or concealed behind the wardrobe doors . |
| 10 | PURPOSE GROWN TIMBERS from North America , Scandinavia and Italy are used for the wooden kitchen ranges |
| 11 | If the three colours are used for the whole fabric , the length of floats and buildup of these on the wrong side of the work can be a problem . |
| 12 | It is for the security force commanders to ensure that all the resources available to them are used with the maximum effectiveness . |
| 13 | 30-Gauge Luer lock metal needles ( Holborn Surgical Instruments Co Ltd ) are used with the bevelled ends cut flat and the ends polished . |
| 14 | Most of us are used to the familiar Baker Street landmark now , its squat green ( copper ) dome topped with a disconcertingly transparent Saturn in the place of a weather vane . |
| 15 | We are used to the traditional emphasis placed in Christian teaching on the transcendence of God , on His detachment from the world which He has created . |
| 16 | We are used to the Labour party believing that it can talk up its support by talking the country down . |
| 17 | In summer , the scrubbed slatted shelves inside the fruit house are used as a temporary store for soft fruits . |
| 18 | Rhizomes of A. rigidifolius are used as a medicinal herb in the East . |
| 19 | Other planning departments draw strategic conclusions from their own competitive analyses and these are used as a direct input into the final corporate plan . |
| 20 | Essences are used as a periodic treatment ; either once a week or daily for two weeks with a three to four week interval before resuming again . |
| 21 | The Lele are subsistence cultivators , growing maize , ground-nuts , and raffia palms from whose fronds they weave mats which are used as a special currency — a rare case of money really growing on trees . |
| 22 | The vans are used as an intimidatory measure , and also for when people deny they have a TV . |
| 23 | So , providing you say yes there will be occasions when the machine can take over some sort of part of the teacher 's role , then fair enough , yes , but I think one of the interesting ways in which computers are used at the present time , particularly again in the primary school , is as orchestrators of group work . |
| 24 | However , big is not always beautiful , and often having two smaller models which are used at the real point of use in a catering establishment can give greater flexibility and be more cost-effective . |
| 25 | I counted my basic fluids before I wrote this letter , I had 10 , all of which are used on a regular basis and about another 4 special fluids . |
| 26 | So although lexicographers may purposely employ experts to contribute to the compilation of definitions in more esoteric domains , it is nevertheless the case that more everyday words will have more widely understood patterns of usage that are reflected in both the definitions they possess and the manner in which they are used in a typical business letter . |
| 27 | They are used in a wide variety of ways , covering many different aspects of human existence , and there are often unexplored value judgements inherent in them . |
| 28 | However , because of the potential for error if the wrong terms are used in a particular transaction , it is probably better to have only one set of terms , and draft in appropriate provisions to allow them to be used for both consumer and business transactions , unless the client can keep its consumer and other business wholly separate . |
| 29 | And , why , you may argue that those criteria are too strict , those are criteria that are used in a medical sense . |
| 30 | Quantum 's QBENCH replicates the way that disk drives are used in the real world by combining the same portions of random and sequential read-and-write operations that are found in modern Operating System and Graphical User Interface ( GUI ) environments such as Windows . |