Example sentences of "are used [to-vb] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The experiments will focus on the mechanisms by which word and constituent order , context information and lexical information ( including number , gender and case ) are used to constrain the grammatical interpretation of sentences . |
| 2 | More recently , however , it has been argued that the differences in Hebrew style which are used to define the pentateuchal sources have no significance in the light of ancient literary conventions , and that a fresh approach to this aspect of the criticism of the Pentateuch is required . |
| 3 | Because plans set performance standards and create expectations in the political controllers , they are used to manipulate the external environment as much as to generate internal management commitment . |
| 4 | A small set of rules are used to derive the syntactic information for the word . |
| 5 | Here imperial symbols are used to mark the New Year ; seasonal gifts appear in the background . |
| 6 | Here 10 of the 16 possible bit patterns of a 4 bit field are used to represent the decimal digits 0 to 9 , the remaining 6 being unused . |
| 7 | These are an abstraction of real systems or processes which are used to represent the basic variable and constant features . |
| 8 | Two main types : ( i ) Operations Research models , which are an abstraction of real systems or processes which are used to represent the basic variable and constant features of the reality , so that its behaviour or process can be explored , explained and simulated ; ( ii ) Macroeconomic and econometric models which may be used at a company level , or at a more general industry or economy level . |
| 9 | Dopants are used to tailor the electronic properties of different parts of circuitry . |
| 10 | Conspicuous rhetorical devices are used to underline the moral viewpoint ; sarcasm in treating of the magnificence of the miller 's wife and daughter ; the wife : and the daughter : and amplification in treating of the parson 's simoniac behaviour : Quite unlike anything in the Miller 's Tale , the moral faults of the characters are explicit in the Reeve 's Tale : simony , indeed , names itself in the name of the miller , Symkyn or Symond . |
| 11 | Natural fabrics like silk and wool on a paper backing are used to give the velvety finish in traditional flocks . |
| 12 | Pull-down menus are used to access the various facilities offered by Book Bank and this makes the program friendly and easy to use . |
| 13 | Loans are used to meet the financial needs of the business and personal sectors when cash expenditure exceeds cash income . |
| 14 | His cows produce 1,400 gallons of milk a day , of which all but 300 gallons are used to make the traditional Lancashire cheese . |
| 15 | As is common amongst state regiments , different ribbons and plumes are used to distinguish the various regiments . |
| 16 | The main documents that are used to convey the financial information are the balance sheet , which lists the sources of the company 's capital and how it is used in the company , and the profit and loss account , which quantifies the aggregate expenditure and income of the company . |
| 17 | The main documents that are used to convey the financial information are the balance sheet , which lists the sources of the company 's capital and how it is used in the company , and the profit and loss account , which quantifies the aggregate expenditure and income of the company . |
| 18 | The mathematical techniques of management science are used to ensure the efficient conduct of operations . |
| 19 | The vendor should insist that monies received are used to satisfy the oldest liabilities first . |
| 20 | Within this format codes are used to show the particular role of the text . |
| 21 | They are used to indicate the spatial location and separation of events which are integral parts of the same process . |
| 22 | More rarely , disease products from specific diseases such as measles , chicken pox , whooping cough , syphilis , gonorrhoea , cancer etc. are used to produce the corresponding nosode . |
| 23 | In other words as long as the dose is in liquid form , and can be regulated as to the optimum size and repetition , then no matter how many succussions are used to prepare the original remedy it will not be too much for the patient . |
| 24 | Often the two terms are used to mean the same thing . |
| 25 | Modern ‘ task lighting ’ systems are used to supplement the decorative fittings ; air conditioning ducts are incorporated ; bottle displays are refrigerated . |
| 26 | The terms near and far are used to emphasize the direction-independent nature of the Rule . |
| 27 | Sometimes natural oils are used to enhance the overall effect on the nervous and muscular system . |