Example sentences of "be used [prep] the [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Feed systems vary according to whether liquid or powder detergents are used as the same system can not be used for both . |
| 2 | If two fibres are used in the same sleeve , the price comes to 20–25p a metre . |
| 3 | Figures published for this colony between 1948 and 1966 were usually less than 10 , and it seems likely that this site and Glynde are used by the same group of birds . |
| 4 | This tuck stitch is easy to work on the Singer Big Nine and you can see from this sample that by working with a lighter shade for the background for the first four pattern repeats followed by a darker one for the background , similar amounts of yarn have been used over the same number of rows . |
| 5 | Where employees are concerned , a minimum of 2,000 has been used for the same reason . |
| 6 | The substitution items need to be of the same class , so they can be used with the same frame . |
| 7 | Each ferret should have its own complete transmitter and locator system , and the signal emitted needs to differ from others that may be used at the same time . |
| 8 | Systems such as Business 400 and Chameleon both enable users to configure the software so that different languages can be used on the same system . |
| 9 | if we book er , any , er , erm , a deal with them through P & O European Ferries , if we book one car and a person on a standard return fare crossing , they 'll give you a free five day return to be used on the same route in the autumn them are the deal with exclusive to the A A so do n't just get across once , cruise across twice |
| 10 | Most of the techniques used to develop detail on cut faces of slices or plaquettes are non-destructive , so that a different technique can be used on the same face after washing or re-polishing . |
| 11 | This utility may only be used on the same node as LIFESPAN |
| 12 | Different stains can be used on the same specimen since earlier stains are removed by re-polishing . |
| 13 | Radio programmes or ‘ talking book ’ tape recordings can be used for the same purpose . |
| 14 | Following questions in Parliament , the Department of Trade and Industry announced last October that ‘ oversized ’ cuffs and certain linking chains , which could be used for the same purpose as leg irons , had been evading UK export controls , and would be restricted . |
| 15 | On 17 October , Mr Sainsbury announced — ‘ in the light of publicity ’ — that ‘ oversized ’ cuffs and certain linking chains , which could be used for the same purpose as leg irons , had been evading export control . |
| 16 | This mode is carried forward from the 1954 Convention , and it is expressly provided that ‘ if exceptional circumstances so require ’ diplomatic channels may be used for the same purpose . |
| 17 | Sometimes a donkey would be used for the same purpose . |
| 18 | For example , the following terms may all be used for the same object : Eyeglasses , Spectacles , Glasses . |
| 19 | In the case of orthography it is only in comparatively recent times that spelling has been standardised into ‘ correct ’ forms , it being , in former centuries , very much at the whim of the writer as to how a word was spelt , and it was not unusual for several styles — ‘ king ’ , ‘ kyng ’ , ‘ kynge ’ are examples — to be used in the same document , or even sentence . |
| 20 | Krystom can not be used in the same way as traditional nylon line . |
| 21 | The aromatic waters can be used in the same way as commercial products — splashed on after a bath or shower . |
| 22 | Their presence makes it difficult for the roof void to be used in the same way as traditional roofs , and there is often a temptation to remove some of them to gain extra space . |
| 23 | unc Now look at this " Modulo " 6 clock , This can be used in the same way . |
| 24 | To say of two linguistic expressions that they have the " same meaning " , at best , is to say that under the same sort of conditions , they can be used in the same way , to the same effect . |
| 25 | This is not a particularly happy way of phrasing the objection , though , for the question immediately arises what is meant by " can be used in the same way " , " the same sort of conditions " , " the same effect " , etc . |
| 26 | Strong tea can be used in the same way for a lovely brown colour . |
| 27 | In some cases Christian names were adapted , possibly where father and son had the same Christian name , these then tending to be used in the same way as nicknames . |
| 28 | This card can be used in the same way as any other credit card . |
| 29 | Water can be heated for steam turbines , and , for increased efficiency , the waste gasses can also be used in the same way . |
| 30 | We 'd like to be used in the same way as a training institution , ’ he said . |