Example sentences of "[vb base] [be] used [verb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even when this was not the overt purpose , research results have been used to justify particular aspects of women 's subordination : thus even today it is sometimes said that girls do n't become engineers because they lack spatial ability , or that their relative lack of aggression makes them less effective leaders . |
| 2 | It is free of chlorofluorocarbon gases which have been used to cool most fridges for decades . |
| 3 | The gases have been used to cool most types of fridges for decades but are now headed for a world-wide ban in 1996 after being blamed for causing holes in the ozone layer , which shields the earth from the sun 's harmful ultraviolet rays . |
| 4 | The following phrases demonstrate how common notes from the previous example ( Cmaj7 to Fmaj7 ) have been used to create improvisational lines which flow melodically through the chord change : |
| 5 | For some antigens , the binding of retrovirus-associated antibody fragments to cell surfaces is followed by membrane fusion between virus and target cell : streptavidin-linked biotinylated monoclonal antibodies have been used to link ecotropic retroviruses to the surface of nonpermissive human cells with subsequent transfer of the viral genome into the target cells 27 . |
| 6 | Many of these applications have been used to tackle environmental problems such as pollution control , especially in the treatment of sewage , industrial and agricultural effluents as well as rubbish disposal . |
| 7 | Ricin 's poisonous properties are known in parts of Africa where beans have been used to kill unwanted children and neighbour 's cattle . |
| 8 | Both direct and indirect methods have been used to improve rural locations as sites for manufacturing industry . |
| 9 | Various combinations of topical and non-absorbable antimicrobial agents have been used to reduce relative numbers of Gram negative bacilli and yeasts cultured from faeces and the oropharynx while maintaining normal anaerobic flora . |
| 10 | Classification techniques such as this have been used to produce thematic maps of land-cover types , of rock types in semi-arid and arid regions and of the extent of urban areas . |
| 11 | These indices have been used to produce 113 maps for England and Wales at a scale of 1:63,360 and although the five grades shown on the maps provide a broad pattern of where the best ( grade 1 ) and worst ( grade 5 ) land is , the maps have , however , been roundly criticized . |
| 12 | Administrative means — like the block vote - have been used to solve political problems . |
| 13 | Increasingly sophisticated techniques have been used to solve these problems . |
| 14 | These have been used to supplement statistical observations , where appropriate . |
| 15 | Methods have been used to overcome these problems to some degree . |
| 16 | Three techniques have been used to determine mechanical properties of solids by ultrasonics . |