Example sentences of "used [prep] [art] [det] [noun sg] as " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 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 .
3 Working on the same principle as a jigsaw , but with the reciprocating blade in line with the saw body , it 's used in the same position as a hand saw , but held with both hands .
4 Krystom can not be used in the same way as traditional nylon line .
5 A possible explanation might be that coins were used in the same way as in Italy but by fewer people , namely only those in urban settlements .
6 The aromatic waters can be used in the same way as commercial products — splashed on after a bath or shower .
7 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 .
8 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 .
9 The information contained in such sources is not used in the same way as that in a formally refereed and conventionally published journal article , and citations of such sources may be omitted .
10 This card can be used in the same way as any other credit card .
11 The text of the document — a school librarian 's information skills worksheet or a pupil 's dissertation — can be keyed in via the microcomputer keyboard which is used in the same way as a 31typewriter .
12 We 'd like to be used in the same way as a training institution , ’ he said .
13 This utility may only be used on the same node as LIFESPAN
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