Example sentences of "[is] used [verb] [art] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | Financial environmental appraisal is used to estimate the potential costs and benefits of responding to shortfalls highlighted in other audits . |
2 | As with the other two methods of entry , the updated file is used to re-define the graphical functions and the spatial views . |
3 | An isolation area is used to house the foster mothers and re-derived litters until it can be confirmed that their health status has not been compromised as a result of the procedure . |
4 | The ARC/INFO ERASE command ( the Boolean equivalent of NOT ) is used to remove the constrained areas from the coverage to build up a composite coverage . |
5 | Animal fat ( sometimes olive oil ) is used to absorb the essential oils which are then separated from the fat by alcohol . |
6 | A layer of wet newspaper is used to cushion the sloping sides . |
7 | Different criteria are used for each table , but a common minimum market value of £100million is used to exclude the smallest companies where small changes can produce disporportionate results . |
8 | A precision machine with a diamond tip measuring around one-fortieth of the diameter of a human hair is used to cut furrows , grooves , pyramids , rings and other shapes into a metal surface which in turn is used to stamp the microscopic features into a plastic film . |