Example sentences of "[was/were] use [verb] [adj] [noun pl] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Junk bonds were used to finance leveraged buyouts and takeovers , with the aim of extracting value from existing bondholders and shareholders . |
| 2 | The issue was important because the final census figures were used to apportion federal funds and political representation between individual states and districts . |
| 3 | This information was used to confirm residential details and parental names . |
| 4 | The two sample Wilcoxon 's rank sum test was used to analyse unpaired observations and the Wilcoxon 's signed rank test to analyse paired observations . |
| 5 | One of these summary reports was used to identify good teachers and good teaching , in the context of the White Paper Teaching Quality and the discussion of teacher appraisal . |
| 6 | When democracy returned , the chairmanship was used to reward political services and to advance careers . |
| 7 | The wool saved was used to knit new toes and heels . |
| 8 | Group work ( often favoured by teachers in informal schools ) was used to develop individual gifts and abilities . |
| 9 | It was used to try ecclesiastical matters and to settle disputed wills and land settlements . |