Example sentences of "used [prep] the [det] [noun sg] [conj] " 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 | It is also an independent feeding method which involves a separate rod and line to lower the dropper in , or , if used with the same rod and line with which you are fishing , takes up precious minutes of time when your hookbait could be in the water ; valuable minutes when the barbel are mad on feed . |
| 4 | The only even superficially attractive argument from the names in favour of his view is the implicit one that " Fenari-oglu " is used in the former case but not in the latter . |
| 5 | The special methods of sensitivity analysis are only used in the former step so we shall concentrate on that . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Krystom can not be used in the same way as traditional nylon line . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The aromatic waters can be used in the same way as commercial products — splashed on after a bath or shower . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | This card can be used in the same way as any other credit card . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | We 'd like to be used in the same way as a training institution , ’ he said . |
| 16 | Different stains can be used on the same specimen since earlier stains are removed by re-polishing . |
| 17 | This utility may only be used on the same node as LIFESPAN |
| 18 | We understand the meaning of words from their context , and in ordinary life the context includes not only other words used at the same time but the whole human or social situation in which the words are used . |