Example sentences of "[is] used [verb] [adj] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The money raised by the Poll Tax is used to finance various public services and that 's the theme of today 's contest . |
| 2 | Drawstitch is used to join two folded edges together ( fig. 12 ) |
| 3 | Education is used to support current social differences , since it claims to generate distinctions based on merit rather than birth or wealth , being itself the means by which differential ability is identified . |
| 4 | We can deduce from this that if a guard g is used to guard two different processes , then whenever that guard becomes ready either copy may be activated , the choice being invisible to the environment . |
| 5 | ( ii ) The Lancashire coal provides fuel from which gas is obtained for use in making acids. ( iii ) The port of Liverpool is used to import other raw materials for the heavy chemical industry , and recently oil , both as raw material and fuel for the petrochemical industry . |