Example sentences of "[be] used [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It can be used to dramatise the competition between proximity and similarity . |
| 2 | Although you can scale up the size and shape of the leaves and flowers , the huge numbers that have to be used to fill the picture mean that the overall effect is lost , and you can not appreciate the beauty of each flower as there are so many of them . |
| 3 | ‘ We need to take seriously the strength of argument that education opportunities should be used to undermine the power of homophobia in our society . ' |
| 4 | Tickets , likely to cost £1 , will go on sale by 1994 in shops and booths linked to a state-of-the-art computer which will be used to draw the winning numbers . |
| 5 | Jaq had already witnessed , and Meh'Lindi had experienced , how the hydra could be used to invade the pleasure centres of the brain … |
| 6 | At the other extreme , the numbers of bands observed may be used to deduce the symmetry of the molecule responsible for the spectrum , and the force constants corresponding to all the internal vibrations can be deduced from the frequencies themselves using a normal co-ordinate analysis . |
| 7 | The block of softwood can be used to spread the load when using the hammer . |
| 8 | Take the medium most skilled in communication and see how it could be used to tackle the seemingly intractable problem of human greed . |
| 9 | Of course , price subsidies are used for many other purposes ; for example , in chapter 3 it was noted that they might be used to tackle the problem of an externality . |
| 10 | Thus all M-H stretching frequencies decrease by several hundreds of cm -1 , and this can be used to confirm the group-frequency assignment of such modes , and also to remove M-H bands from regions where they may hide other bands . |
| 11 | She also emphasizes the need to consider the ‘ action vehicles ’ which can be used to carry the change . |
| 12 | Apart from a very small number of older key texts , the literature I cite is purposely recent literature , which can of course always be used to track the historical contributions , if the reader so wishes . |
| 13 | The ‘ add description to a report ’ option should be used to track the report and provide an audit trail . |
| 14 | This switch can also be used to stop the blower motor in an emergency . |
| 15 | It is also known as the Thumb Knot and can be used to stop the ends of rope from unravelling or as a stopper knot , for example , between beads on the necklace . |
| 16 | Part of the money will also be used to refurbish the Signy research station . |
| 17 | Objectivity/DB will be used to manage the design and manufacturing information generated by SteerBear and to provide high-performance concurrency for design groups . |
| 18 | It created a wartime atmosphere which could be used to manage the economy and to generate social cohesion . |
| 19 | Those who argue for a ‘ carer 's benefit ’ need to ponder this point and consider ways in which such allowances could be used to support the existing arrangements in a household in which carers are in employment and wish to continue . |
| 20 | These would be used to support the filter box . |
| 21 | The cash will be used to support the newly-opened Tokyo office . |
| 22 | However , the arguments which underlie the concept of justiciability can also be used to support the idea that in reviewing government decisions over which the courts are prepared to exercise control , they should only award remedies to aggrieved parties in cases where it can be said that the respondent has gone wrong in some fairly extreme way . |
| 23 | The lottery is expected to raise around £1 billion per year , about half of which will be used to support the arts ( in particular the national heritage ) , with the remainder allocated to protection of the environment , sports and charities . |
| 24 | Historical analysis showing that at least some of the conflict has been exaggerated can be used to support the argument . |
| 25 | You are requested to set out the different theories of the purposes of criminal punishment ( general and particular deterrence , incapacitation , reformation , ethical retribution ) and to consider whether any of these theories can be used to support the conviction in R . |
| 26 | This was indicated by the dispatch of British warships to the region , the construction of a major base on Diego Garcia , and the desire of the British cabinet ‘ to set up its own rapid deployment corps , which will be used to support the convenient regimes in that region and suppress the national liberation movements there ’ . |
| 27 | A large proportion of our Mental Illness Specific Grant allocation will be used to support the development of these services during 1992/93 . |
| 28 | However , they also suggest that while this study can be used to support the view that university residence tends to reduce the probability of non-completion , the possibility that the residence factor may be acting as a proxy for other university characteristics , can not be dismissed ) . |
| 29 | The Wirral Hospital Trust says the shops will generate an income of £100,000 a year which will be used to support the staffing costs of a vital new service , a body scanner . |
| 30 | All of these techniques can be used to explore the relation between handedness and hemispheric specialisation for language . |