Example sentences of "be used [to-vb] the [noun pl] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are used to clarify the relationships that exist between the variables that influence the buying situation , and to predict the outcome of change to these variables . |
| 2 | The environmentalists complain that too many chemicals and sprays are used to keep the greens and fairways looking good , to the detriment of wild flora and fauna , and that too much water is wasted keeping the grass green . |
| 3 | A semantic network is a graph where natural language terms have been used to label the nodes and links . |
| 4 | For those familiar with the linking method of sewing seams that method can be used to join the pieces and no doubt the machine provides suitable instructions . |
| 5 | Answer guide : This point should be used to illustrate the problems that arise when a trading cycle does not fit neatly into one year . |
| 6 | They can be used to trace the outlines and details of objects or shapes from books , for transferring your own free-hand designs , and for geometric shapes that need to be repeated exactly on the cake or icing . |
| 7 | These are added up , and the customer pays one-twelfth of the total into a separate account each month , which can be used to pay the bills as they arise . |
| 8 | I shall answer his question directly : we do not believe that the information should be denied to parents , but we believe that crude performance tables should not be used to distort the choices that parents make between different schools in Scotland , as would be the case if the Bill were implemented . |
| 9 | Was collaboration being used to serve the interests and individual learning needs of the children in her class ? |
| 10 | Whilst Bunyan might have rejoiced at being used to belabour the inanities and vanities of the Church of England , it is difficult to know what he would have thought of being commemorated by memorial windows in Elstow parish church and Westminster Abbey . |
| 11 | Rubies , along with emeralds , oriental sapphires and pearls were used to enrich the brooches and gold crowns owned by Edward I 's wife , Eleanor of Castile , at the time of her death in 1290 . |
| 12 | For the most part , the PC 's central processor is used to perform the calculations that end up as pretty pictures on your monitor , but there is a way to take some of the load off the CPU . |
| 13 | In baking dry heat is used to cook the potatoes and although a much higher temperature is achieved than by most moist heat methods the loss of nutrients sensitive to heat is somewhat greater . |
| 14 | The gas , from the ship 's boilers , is used to fill the tanks as crude oil is pumped out . |
| 15 | The Standard Sale Agreement ( see Appendix III ) includes a definition of the business and this in turn is used to identify the assets and undertaking the purchaser will buy . |
| 16 | An electrode-bearing stylus is used to read the signals and is in contact with the surface of the disc . |
| 17 | This catalogue is used to check the books that the library holds on a particular subject . |
| 18 | ATP was used to start the reactions and the amount of linear DNA produced at various time intervals detected by separation of the products on agarose gels ( Figures 3 & 4 ) . |