Example sentences of "[was/were] used [verb] [adv] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pale colours were used to map out the image and fill in areas much as they might have been used in watercolour painting . |
| 2 | Watkins believed that natural markers were used to set out the ley system . |
| 3 | A jet and two hose reels were used to put out the flames . |
| 4 | Calcium chloride was used to speed up the hardening of ordinary Portland cement and to allow concreting to continue through cold weather without the threat of damage from frost . |
| 5 | Rigid-body refinement ( as implemented in X-plor ) was used to define precisely the position and orientation of each separate immunoglobulin domain . |
| 6 | I did n't have a hairbrush but a long pole that was used to open up the attic hatch . |
| 7 | In addition , the Wilcoxon rank test was used to assess specifically the difference in EGF expression between Barrett 's intestinal mucosa and Barrett 's junctional/cardiac mucosa as well as between Barrett 's mucosa with dysplasia and Barrett 's mucosa without dysplasia . |
| 8 | Chamberlain 's cabinet was obsessed by the fear that if taxpayers ' money was used to shore up the refugee organisations , other countries , not least Germany , would be encouraged to hand on to Britain yet more of their unwanted citizens . |
| 9 | This information was used to gross up the values declared by respondents to give estimates of exports for all exporting companies in Grampian . |