Example sentences of "[pers pn] be use in [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 These Societies were in opposition to the differentiation and autonomization model of modernity that I am using in this paper .
2 ( The horns fetch tens of thousands of dollars in the Far East , where they are used in fever-reducing medicines — not as aphrodisiacs , as is commonly supposed . )
3 They are used in many applications from catering dishwashing machines , pressure jet cleaners ( qv ) mechanical bottle and tray washers to complex clean in place systems and pipeline cleaners .
4 They are used in Catholic churches to hold holy water . ’
5 The same applies to acknowledgements ( and other devices common in full-length books ) if they are used in short essays .
6 It contains similar rhythmic elements , but they are used in different ways .
7 However , it is essential to recognise that towing aids are only really safe for use in normal flying conditions , and caution is needed if they are used in windy weather .
8 Swords , spears and shields are taken to be weapons of warfare , defensive and offensive , and there is nothing to suggest that they were used in any way other than conventional modes ( Alcock 1978 ; Davidson 1962 ; Swanton 1973 ) .
9 Later they were used in elaborate salads , John Evelyn listing no fewer than three dozen suitable in his book Acetaria in 1699 .
10 Rather he is a participant in a form of life and the meaning of Truth for him is made apparent from the way in which it is used in that form of life .
11 The interesting implication of disregarding them is that in so far as the STV can operate and be judged as a PR system , it is not at all because it provides for transfers of votes , but because it is used in pluri-member constituencies in which candidates of more than one party can be voted for effectively .
12 To the extent that it is used in many countries as part of the process by which scientists communicate , and through which scientific knowledge grows , it will be treated here as equivalent to the formal .
13 It is used in many weapon forms ( katas ) , notably in tai chi chuan .
14 The morpheme which is glossed as " father " may have extended meanings when it is used in other contexts , but its real meaning is " father " in its ordinary English sense of " male parent " .
15 By proposing discourse as the object of analysis , Barthes shows that language , when it is used in certain ways ( in this instance a story ) , has levels of structure that operate beyond the level of structural linguistics or even semiology .
16 It is used in domestic castings — such as fireplaces — often with intricate ornamentation .
17 It is used in processed ham and bacon ; also to preserve the pink colour of the meat .
18 It is used in Chinese cookery .
19 We must therefore conclude that social class as it is used in stratificational studies is a proxy variable covering distinctions in life-style , attitude and belief as well as differential access to wealth , power and prestige .
20 It is used in ethnographic research more than in surveys .
21 ‘ If , therefore , for any unhappy reason , counsel for the defence is unable to accept the assumption which stems from the fact that a particular statement has not been made available to him by the prosecution , it would become counsel 's duty to invite the judge to exercise the discretionary power which is given to him by the proviso to section 18 of the Evidence Law , ( c. 118 [ J. ] ) , by examining the statement himself and directing that it be used in such manner as the justice of the case demands .
22 Our alternative is straightforward , and meets this objection , and we are not only asking that it be used in all cases , only those where the result would otherwise be patently unjust .
23 That is , it implies that part of the reason for his authority is that it be used in this way .
24 If it was used in all refrigerators in the USA , carbon dioxide output would fall by 9 million tonnes , according to the EPA .
25 However it was used in Industrial Furnaces Ltd v Reaves [ 1970 ] RPC 605 .
26 It was used in other valuations ( for example specialist military equipment — mostly frigates , aircraft , and helicopters ) .
27 Although it is not known for certain whether Yazid was present at Karbala , he is cast by the Shiites as the author of the incident , and the name is to this day a favourite Shiite epithet for a Sunni adversary — it was used in this sense during the 1980s war by the Tehran leadership when referring to that in Baghdad .
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