Example sentences of "[pron] is used in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The modern Letter of Credit ( or Documentary Credit as it is often called ) which is used in international trade can be traced back , at least in part , to the Travellers Letter of Credit . |
| 2 | The death instincts provide the negative energy which is used in destructive aggression between human beings , either between individuals or between groups and nations . |
| 3 | The Thai medicinal plant Croton sublyratus , which is used in traditional medicine , has recently been found to contain the antiulcer acyclic terpenoid plaunotol ( 17 ) which is similar in structure to gefarnate . |
| 4 | Perhaps surprisingly , even today most of these metals are still of considerable importance and few ‘ new ’ metals have superseded them except for certain specialised uses ; one metal unknown to the ancients which is used in large quantities today is aluminium . |
| 5 | One naturally occurring radioactive metal which is used in nuclear power stations . |
| 6 | And carbon present as carbonate which is used in skeletal material or as carbonate or C O two or H C O three minus which are all used as substrates for photosynthesis . |
| 7 | It should not be confused with the carve gybe which is used in high winds without the centreboard . |
| 8 | Some of the materials will be important in electronics : for instance , researchers will work on new manufacturing techniques for gallium arsenide , which is used in highspeed chips . |
| 9 | The interesting implication of disregarding them is that in so far as the STV can operate and be judged as a PR system , it is not at all because it provides for transfers of votes , but because it is used in pluri-member constituencies in which candidates of more than one party can be voted for effectively . |
| 10 | The morpheme which is glossed as " father " may have extended meanings when it is used in other contexts , but its real meaning is " father " in its ordinary English sense of " male parent " . |
| 11 | By proposing discourse as the object of analysis , Barthes shows that language , when it is used in certain ways ( in this instance a story ) , has levels of structure that operate beyond the level of structural linguistics or even semiology . |
| 12 | It is used in domestic castings — such as fireplaces — often with intricate ornamentation . |
| 13 | It is used in processed ham and bacon ; also to preserve the pink colour of the meat . |
| 14 | It is used in Chinese cookery . |
| 15 | We must therefore conclude that social class as it is used in stratificational studies is a proxy variable covering distinctions in life-style , attitude and belief as well as differential access to wealth , power and prestige . |
| 16 | It is used in ethnographic research more than in surveys . |
| 17 | But what is used in sub-lingual therapy is industrial alcohol . |