Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] use [to-vb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the value of the information students find is guaranteed ; experienced teachers of business English were involved closely in researching , devising the format , and writing the dictionary , and a professional adviser was used to check the technical accuracy of all the information on business and finance . |
| 2 | Later the same term was used to denote the geometrical figure that is formed when a smaller square is cut out of a larger square with two of its adjacent sides lying along two adjacent sides of the latter . |
| 3 | In addition , the characteristic heat stability of the hTFIIA protein was used to characterize the stimulating component . |
| 4 | Having defined the functional requirements , and elaborated the technical scenarios for the proposed IPS , the benefit analysis instrument was used to investigate the possible improvements to the communication and cooperation processes between the providers and users of the service , as proposed during the method tailoring activity . |
| 5 | Where normality for each group separately was found to be appropriate by using probability plots a two sample t test was used to compare the mean values of each variable of interest between the regulated and random groups . |
| 6 | The unpaired t test was used to compare the mean levels of diabetic control in two groups by means of a two sided test . |
| 7 | χ 2 test was used to compare the pathological features of the idex polyps in relapsing patients with those of patients in whom recurrence was not observed . |
| 8 | A slightly modified , sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was used to examine the oxidative activities of caeruloplasmin in normal subjects and patients with Wilson 's disease . |
| 9 | Originally a high-intensity flash-lamp was used to generate the unstable species , while the spectrum was recorded using a second , weaker flash . |
| 10 | A single filled circle was used to represent the two Long transgenics containing one copy of the Ea transgene for the purpose of clarity . |
| 11 | The distribution was used to determine the appropriate centile group for each subject . |
| 12 | A deprivation score was used to compare the relative deprivation or affluence of rural and urban areas . |
| 13 | One way analysis of variance was used to compare the mean levels of diabetic control in three or more groups . |
| 14 | Analysis of variance was used to compare the ten junctions for each judgment task averaging each subject 's responses for the three exemplars of each junction . |
| 15 | The avidin-biotin complex method followed by DAB visualisation were used to show the EGF-antibody complex . |
| 16 | at some of these things , preferably at Felixstowe an example a local newspaper was used to advertise the actual hearing , I think the , I said the important thing is that people do appear , do turn up , do voice their opinion , do make sure who their County Councillor is , a local member and other County Councillors in all their process actually know what local people feel excess through their local positions , any other comments ? |
| 17 | No such effect of pertussis toxin on the inhibitory action of TPA was observed when histamine was used to stimulate the cyclic AMP content of HGT-1 cells ( Table II ) . |
| 18 | Southern blotting using the PCR product as probe was used to locate the corresponding region of the gene for genomic DNA sequencing . |
| 19 | He also wants to know whether the £40m saving was used to subsidise the tender for the helicopter carrier . |
| 20 | This theory was used to explain the major regressions of late Jurassic , late Cretaceous and late Tertiary times , with the major retreat at the end of the Mesozoic being blamed on the collision of India and Asia at about this time . |
| 21 | A test for heterogeneity ( non-random differences ) of standardised treatment difference between the studies , with a χ 2 statistic , showed no significant heterogeneity ( Q =23.58 , df=19 ; p=0.213 ) , so a fixed effects method was used to estimate the pooled difference in efficacy . |
| 22 | Therefore , an external estimate of economies of scale was used to ascertain the likely change in costs . |
| 23 | Gentle lavage with warm isotonic saline ( 37°C ) and air was used to clear the entire small intestine of residual contents before instilling 75 µg of cholera toxin in 5 ml of isotonic saline for two hours to induce a stable secretory state . |
| 24 | A multiple linear regression model was used to assess the independent effects on diabetic control of those variables studied . |
| 25 | The metal thimble was removed , the cannulae were disconnected , the pancreatic cannula was used to collect the pure pancreatic juice , and the duodenal cannula was used for the reinfusion of the juice ( diluted by saline 1:2 ) into the duodenum . |
| 26 | We also acknowledge that the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys categories of disability severity have not been fully validated , but this scoring system was used to illustrate the broad similarity of severity in clients from each of the six subgroups ( table I ) . |
| 27 | Worse , although carbon dioxide was used to extinguish the initial blaze , the fire had by that time spread into the adjacent reactor building . |
| 28 | With an agreeable mixture of personal and scientific detail , Robertson tells us about the early Australian work on radio emission from the Sun , the planets and the mysterious radio ‘ stars ’ ( point sources ) and explains how the 21-cm line from interstellar hydrogen was used to map the spiral arms of our Galaxy ; he also describes the development of the solar radio spectrograph by Paul Wild and of the high resolution ‘ cross ’ antennae by Bernard Mills and Wilbur Christiansen . |
| 29 | Petrol was poured on it , and the truck was used to shunt the burning car off the edge of a steep hill … leaving Pauline Leyshon and Ivor Stokle for dead . |
| 30 | Rabbit anti-human immunoglobulin conjugated with alkaline phosphatase was used to detect the bound antibody . |