Example sentences of "[conj] used [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The term " business secrets " , where used in this book , is intended to cover any confidential information of value used in business . |
| 2 | Sun is so flush with cash that it plans to buy in up to 7.5m of its own shares , 7.5% ; the purchases will be funded from available working capital and the shares will be held in treasury or used for ongoing stock issues for its employee share ownership plans . |
| 3 | I am reminded that when I suggested that the £7 billion of expenditure on the European fighter aircraft might be better spent — it seems dodgy anyhow — or used for civilian aircraft , his contribution to planned change was to suggest that nobody wants single-seater civilian aircraft flying at 750 mph . |
| 4 | UNF The media unit name specified does not exist and , therefore , can not be assigned or used for offline . |
| 5 | The Trust is also uniquely empowered , under its Act of Parliament , to declare its properties inalienable , which means that they can not be compulsorily acquired or used for any purpose against the Trust 's wishes without specific parliamentary consent . |
| 6 | Very few films are about rape , although it crops up all over the place — from the narrative device launching an endless cycle of Death Wish movies , to general ’ scene-setting ’ in war movies and crime thrillers , or used with sublime insensitivity to illuminate ( male ) character : Robert De Niro raping his childhood sweetheart in Once Upon A Time In America , Bob Hoskins forcing himself on the maid in The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne . |
| 7 | Certain information is not compatible with the psychology of the masses ‘ lest it be trampled asunder ’ , abused , ridiculed by sceptics or used towards destructive ends . |
| 8 | Pre-cut panels of mirrors sold for hanging on wardrobe or cupboard doors are often surprisingly cheap compared to custom-cut pieces and they can be hung side by side or used in certain places to look like slit windows in a wall . |
| 9 | When an item is cut , it is copied to the clipboard where it can , if required , be replaced , re-positioned or used in another Windows application . |
| 10 | Another requirement for the grant of a patent is that the invention must have an industrial application but this is widely defined by section 4 of the Patents Act 1977 which states that the invention must be capable of being made or used in any kind of industry , including agriculture . |
| 11 | ‘ All sectors are under severe financial pressure and can benefit from using genetics to boost productivity , but the technology available is not widely understood , or used by many farmers , ’ Mr Davies said . |
| 12 | We all take the use of coins for granted , but they have not been made or used by all metalworking societies . |
| 13 | To make the buoyancy up to competition standards the foam is longer than used in similar models though overall the Aqua-Pak is about the same length . |
| 14 | The above extracts , although used by Marxist authors , in fact also reflect a Weberian perspective on the state . |
| 15 | The chamfered heel , the shock-absorbing device of the first K-SB3s and used on many other early boots , has now been rejected by many hillwalkers . |
| 16 | The process of reconciliation of budget costs and actual costsprovides invaluable data so that standardized costs may be developed and used on comparable activities and projects in the future . |
| 17 | However , if these items are made up into attractive dishes they can be photographed and used to good effect with features on " Supper Dishes with Soup " or " Crunchy Toppings ' . |
| 18 | The River frontage would also be exploited and used to good effect creating a pleasant ‘ shopping experience ’ , possibly even encouraging tourists into the area . |
| 19 | The language had to be learnt and used with great accuracy , because there was very little tolerance for error . |
| 20 | One point worth mentioning is that the carrying system may be completely detached from the sack and used with other sacks in the range which are available separately without the back system . |
| 21 | Fragments from these cDNAs and unique oligonucleotides were radiolabelled and used for probing cDNA libraries constructed in the λ Zap II vector ( Stratagene ) by standard techniques , or were purchased from Clonetech and Stratagene . |
| 22 | In due course the information will be processed and used for all kinds of statistical information . |
| 23 | It 's actually a multi-purpose building , located in the centre of town , and used for all sorts of purposes , for all sections of the community . |
| 24 | Later still , it may be dissociated from this role and used for general storage , in which case its previous specific symbolic role is ignored , and it is no longer of consequence whether its ritual status accords with that of its contents ( Miller 1985 : 172–83 ) . |
| 25 | After serving its purpose it is returned to the advance reservation section and used for additional future reservations . |
| 26 | Since a share is a financial claim on the firm 's real wealth in the form of its physical assets , the economic earnings of a share are defined as the maximum amount of real resources that can be withdrawn from the share and used for real consumption without impairing the ability of the share to deliver real consumption in the future . |
| 27 | The horn was taken home to Laigh Corton where it was hollowed out and used for many years as a bolting or drenching tube for giving medicine to animals . |
| 28 | The house was built at the turn of the century as a country home and used for many years as a shooting lodge . |
| 29 | Robert Pavlita , the Czech inventor of Psychotronic Generators , has given scientific proof of how psychic energy can be stored in material objects and used for various purposes . |
| 30 | A general term for cheap , soft alloys usually lead or copper based and used for simple castings . |