Example sentences of "[was/were] use [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were n't terribly popular , I do n't think , because of course , the women were used to a personalized fit , and when you get , start getting mass production like that , then obviously a lot of the very good fitting garments that , I mean that 's just not possible . |
| 2 | Wooden columns , often painted red , were used on a lavish scale in the temples , though less commonly in smaller buildings . |
| 3 | New exotic prestige goods were used on a much wider national and international scale contrasting with regional and local styles , which became more consciously preserved . |
| 4 | At the beginning of the century , around 50 were used for a small number of functions . |
| 5 | They were used for a full ferreting season and instantly replaced the multiple-dig system . |
| 6 | Some of the earliest reinforcements were used for a counter-attack by Linsingen and Bohm-Ermolli on the northern edge of Brusilov 's offensive . |
| 7 | MSL were used for a variety of recruitment problems at various levels . |
| 8 | Commons nearer to settlements were used for a variety of purposes . |
| 9 | In , all visual aids were used for a purpose . |
| 10 | Antisera recognizing rat TAP1 ( ref. 5 ) and a new , previously undescribed antiserum raised against the rat TAP2 C-terminal sequence EQDVYAHLVQQRLEA were used at a 1/1,000 dilution . |
| 11 | For unlabelled RNAs , all ribotriphosphates were used at a concentration of 2.5 mM . |
| 12 | The investigation will explore : ways of asking about sensitive issues ; the prevalence of a number of forms of sexual abuse ( for example , incest , rape , involvement in pornography ) ; whether the abuse was reported to anyone ; what coping strategies were used at a time ; and what the impact has been over time . |
| 13 | Solutions of wheat gliadin and its subfractions , FFIII , rye , barley , and oat prolamins were used at a concentration of 500 µg/ml of Lowry positive protein . |
| 14 | Monoclonal antibodies were used at a dilution of 1:2 . |
| 15 | However , he said yesterday that it was important to distinguish between a crime in which computers were used as a tool , and computer fraud , which involved manipulating or corrupting a mainframe , which was still relatively uncommon . |
| 16 | In the early and mid-1980s a handful of ‘ municipal socialist ’ Labour councils ( triumphantly declared ‘ loony ’ by Norman Tebbit and the right-wing press ) were used as a symbol of the party 's alleged financial irresponsibility . |
| 17 | The Rules for the Sunday School were reaffirmed in 1862 and were used as a basis for the new Sunday School started in Edenderry in 1867 . |
| 18 | However , Hills found , in the investigation of self-teaching methods referred to above , that when tape-slide presentations were used as a substitute for normal lectures , these were ‘ not well received ’ . |
| 19 | I thought that my conduct , dress , attitude were used as a measure of what the other young women of my family were or later would be allowed to do . |
| 20 | It seems most likely that horses were used as a means of transport . |
| 21 | The earliest known map calls the group ‘ S.Kilda ’ , and in the old Norse language the name ‘ Kelda ’ means ‘ spring ’ or ‘ well ’ , so it seems possible that the islands , which do have a number of freshwater springs , were used as a watering-place by the Vikings when they were involved in their warlike raiding and invasions of the northern parts of Britain . |
| 22 | To check for PCR amplification of bacteria not associated with parthenogenesis , sexual strains of Trichogramma were used as a control . |
| 23 | Day-14 fetal thymocytes ( CD45 + , αβ TCR - , 97% CD4 - CD8 - ) were used as a source of T-cell precursors , and purified CD4 + CD8 + TCR - cells provided an intermediate stage of thymocyte development . |
| 24 | Stockings that were past repair were used as a base for the new victory roll hairstyle . |
| 25 | Generally , though , all animals try to avoid bad weather , and , in the past , their habits were used as a natural weather gauge . |
| 26 | It never quite recovered from its destruction by Germanic tribesmen in the third century AD and in the medieval period the extensive Roman town remains were used as a quarry-source of building material . |
| 27 | Not so very long ago paint programs were used as a demonstration of the capabilities of a computers system . |
| 28 | The dilapidated buildings were used as a concentration camp during the dictatorship of the Colonels between 1967 and 1974 . |
| 29 | 11 The yields on high grade commercial paper were used as a proxy for the risk-free rate of interest and the funds were divided into groups by their investment objectives . |
| 30 | Polymers of ethylene glycol with a molecular weight averaging 600 ( PEG 600 ; HO- ( CH 2 -CH 2 O ) nH , n=9–18 ; supplied as Macrogolum by Apoteksbolaget , Sweden ) were used as a marker of intestinal permeability . |