Example sentences of "[be] used to produce [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 The pragmatics of all these statements — the ways they are used to produce certain effects on the people to whom they are addressed — are thus tied to their propaganda value for particular campaigns or positions , or to their instrumental value in furthering the personal or political objectives of particular individuals or groups .
2 Taiwan is the world 's largest consumer of rhinoceros horns , which are used to produce traditional remedies .
3 A manufacturing firm buys inventories of raw materials which are used to produce finished goods which are subsequently sold .
4 They are used to produce everyday items such as clothes , paint , carpets , food packaging , disinfectants , life-giving medicines … the list is endless .
5 Classification techniques such as this have been used to produce thematic maps of land-cover types , of rock types in semi-arid and arid regions and of the extent of urban areas .
6 She also found that a lot of her time which could have been used to produce more goods was being taken up selling goods , collecting debts and generally doing administrative work .
7 These indices have been used to produce 113 maps for England and Wales at a scale of 1:63,360 and although the five grades shown on the maps provide a broad pattern of where the best ( grade 1 ) and worst ( grade 5 ) land is , the maps have , however , been roundly criticized .
8 According to Robert Brandenberger , of Brown University in Providence , Rhode Island , hot dark matter and cosmic strings can be used to produce large-scale structures like the ones actually observed .
9 Just two colours of paint can be used to produce different colours .
10 Much early use of Logo involves the driving of a screen ‘ turtle ’ which can be used to produce mathematical shapes .
11 Then a subject retrieval programme , QUILL , Queen 's University Interrogation for Legal Literature , will be used to produce select indexes , subject and name .
12 As well as being used to produce economic forecasts , the model can be used to answer questions on the impact over the whole economy of alternative economic policies .
13 US officials had claimed earlier that the factory was being used to produce biological weapons .
14 The reason is that the organizational changes discussed by Williamson influence the distribution of power both within and between firms , and one can not presume that power is used to produce efficient outcomes .
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