Example sentences of "[be] used [to-vb] [adv] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Three other LEDs are used to set up the operating status , arranged in a horizontal ‘ traffic light ’ formation : red indicates that the input signal is below the Threshold level , yellow that it has reached Threshold , and the green that it is above Threshold . |
| 2 | Adjustable compensating magnets are fitted and these are used to take out the effect of deviation when the compass is checked ( " swung " ) . |
| 3 | These early payments are used to clear up the cost of setting it up — and in particular the commission of the agent who sold it to you . |
| 4 | When applying any tape , always position the free ends of the draw cords , which are used to pull up the heading , to the outside edge of the curtain ( i.e. , the edge furthest away from the centre ) . |
| 5 | You also pay premiums into an endowment savings plan or pension plan — the proceeds of the endowment plan when it matures , or the cash sum at retirement from the pension plan , are used to pay off the capital at the end of the loan . |
| 6 | It seems rather strange that the accuracy for navigating/surveying now , by state of the art technology , is of the same order as has been used to set down the Circles of Time several thousand years ago . |
| 7 | The backlight button or manual iris control has been used to open up the lens aperture in order to give the foreground subject the correct exposure . |
| 8 | These photographs will then be used to carry out the studies involved in the research ; |
| 9 | The Labovian model can be used to explore further the similarities and differences between the idealised and original versions . |
| 10 | If using hangers , pad them to about three times the usual extent with acid-free tissue or with polyester wadding covered with white cotton ( which can also be used to pad out the shoulders and shapes of packed costumes ) . |
| 11 | There was no clear theory of jurisdiction and it was impossible to draw up a set of rules which could be used to predict when the courts would intervene . |
| 12 | An activator may be used to speed up the process but certain basic principles should be borne in mind . |
| 13 | Together , dearest Emma , we can rise Above the petty heckling of our foes T is all hot air , and hot air can be used To hoist aloft the balloon in which we soar ! |
| 14 | The money will be used to set up the trail and to produce a waterproof colour guide . |
| 15 | This year , with the Democrats poised to win the state , the national leadership is looking to see whether the same tactics can be used to turn back the tide on the Republicans nationwide . |
| 16 | Possibly such mechanisms can be used to explain where the pollinators come from in species-poor forests such as the Shorea albida forest in Sarawak when the dominants flower . |
| 17 | Since data from that study will be used to clarify both the judgment and recognition results , the important points about that study will be briefly described . |
| 18 | This will be called automatically on system shutdown ( provided you specify YES to site-specific shutdown procedures ) , and can of course also be used to shut down the LIFESPAN Processes with the VAX running . |
| 19 | He insisted , quite reasonably , that one basic airframe should be used to meet both the Air and Naval Staff requirements for a strike/reconnaissance aircraft . |
| 20 | Giving very high lift with small drag at take-off , but high lift and high drag on landing , these flaps could be used to tighten up the turning radius in combat . |
| 21 | For example , substance P can be used to control not its own synthesis but some other pathway , just as a thermostat could be used to switch on the television instead of the boiler . |
| 22 | This cash can be used to pay off the loan . |
| 23 | This can be used to pay back the capital you borrow now . |
| 24 | If they pay most of your legal costs the contributions will be used to make up the difference and you will be refunded anything left over . |
| 25 | The way to make NoS popular was to put lots of people in it They could be used to bring home the sort of things which should be exposed and campaigned about in the paper — like housing conditions , or unemployment . |
| 26 | They will be used to bring in the rock crushing plant , the industrial chemicals and the explosives . |
| 27 | In this section some familiar examples of gravitational and inertial forces will be used to bring out the correspondence between these forces and the metric connections . |
| 28 | Besides , there was the possibility that the Visigoths could be used to shore up the Empire . |
| 29 | Nor can it be used to quantify fully the number of temporary jobs in the economy . |
| 30 | The problem each system faced was that the matching process created a large number of partial solutions , and various heuristics had to be used to cut down the search space . |