Example sentences of "[is] [adv] used [verb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In these cases a more systematic approach is required , and , certainly in all the companies included in this study , a system of corporate planning is usually used to prepare corporate plans . |
| 2 | In these languages , the passive is traditionally used to report unfortunate events ; ’ for instance , one would say something like ‘ I was rained on ’ in Japanese , rather than ‘ It rained on me ’ or ‘ I got wet in the rain' . |
| 3 | But not only is it a way of classifying policemen and women : the term is also used to criticize those outsiders who think they know something about policing , such as lawyers , academics , researchers , and journalists ; it is also a self-appellation of praise . |
| 4 | It is also used to produce dried flowers , fitting perhaps , now that it is preserving the flower of the ancient Egyptian fleet . |
| 5 | These maxima were subject to the proviso that ‘ in such shires and countries that where it hath been and is now used to give less wages , that in those shires and countries they shall give and the taker of the wages be compelled according as they have been used to take . |
| 6 | The technique of atomic absorption spectrophotometry ( AAS ) ( see glossary ) is often used to analyse copper-based metals . |
| 7 | Gibraltar , for instance , is often used to hold Spanish assets , although the Spanish tax authorities are aware of the situation and attempting to limit it at least as far as the holding of real property is concerned . |
| 8 | Although in everyday professional speech the phrase the in-service training of teachers ( INSET ) is often used to denote formal courses operated collectively with groups of teachers , this view of INSET must be perceived as too limited to describe the many practices which are used in the professional development of teachers ( Gordon and Lawton 1978 , Becher and Maclure 1978 ) . |
| 9 | Answer guide : This introduces the idea of arriving at the amount of stock using sales less mark-up , a technique that is often used to produce regular accounts in the retail sector . |
| 10 | Different types of relationships are noted in a thesaurus by the use of ‘ RT ’ , ‘ NT ’ and ‘ BT ’ , instead of ‘ see also ’ which is frequently used to indicate all relationships , whatever their nature , in a subject headings list . |
| 11 | The gate start is an alternative to conventional line starting and is sometimes used to start large fleets . |
| 12 | Formerly this time was known as " Supply Days " and was used to discuss the grant of supply to the Crown but it has long ceased to be confined to discussion of government spending and is instead used to criticise all aspects of government policy . |
| 13 | Daily recording of diary cards of subjective and objective assessments of the severity of disease is commonly used to monitor chronic conditions , such as asthma , which exhibit an intrinsic variability . |