Example sentences of "[is] used [verb] [adj] [noun pl] of " 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 | This hand is used to attack softer parts of the body , such as the throat . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |