Example sentences of "[is] used [verb] [adj] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gruelling Test Procedures — A sixty-cycle three month test is used to simulate eight years of regular motoring in Northern Europe or 15 years in a city such as London . |
| 2 | We are distinct from the private sector because any profit generated is used to fund new initiatives in West Belfast . |
| 3 | At this level video can be the provider of real world experience if it is used to put advanced learners in the same position as native speakers . |
| 4 | This option is used to transfer specific modules into and out of LIFESPAN . |
| 5 | This hand is used to attack softer parts of the body , such as the throat . |
| 6 | This year , there has been another problem affecting some people who applied through UCCA or PCAS ; it seems there was a fault with the new UCCA equipment which is used to process all applications through the central systems . |
| 7 | Oil is used to massage Bangladeshi babies after bathing , increasing their tactile stimulation ; this task is often undertaken by grandmothers . |
| 8 | Index arbitrage is used to gain risk-free profits from short-term differences in the price of the index futures and the underlying shares . |
| 9 | Atriom Browse analyses existing C++ code and extracts object-oriented features which can be loaded into a repository , which is used to build extra features into the data model as defined by the code . |
| 10 | The term is used to cover different types of situation but in practice it usually refers to the danger to old people 's health and safety which may arise when they live alone and are very frail , either physically , mentally or both . |
| 11 | The Newstead case is used to warn young journalists of the importance , in court reporting , of giving occupations and addresses of defendants and witnesses , so that confusion can be avoided . |
| 12 | A deeper mixture of ultramarine blue with a little white added is used to trace some lines of paint across the foreground of the water and add richness of colour and suggest distance between the near and far water areas . |
| 13 | The infrared region of the spectrum is used to determine molecular structures via their vibrational modes , and this is one of the few surface-sensitive techniques that does not need an ultra-high vacuum . |
| 14 | Rigid standards are set by National Standards Institutions and expensive equipment such as the Instrom pneumatic tensionmeter is used to check random samples during manufacture . |