Example sentences of "[adv] use [to-vb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ 1966 , ’ he replied , ‘ when they only used to show the important ones — the ones that really mattered . |
2 | IBM says PROFS is not used to replace the human contacts . |
3 | Anonymity is not used to neutralize the moral responsibility respondents would otherwise have for their actions and opinions , but is our attempt to keep faith with the trust we earned . |
4 | Again , this data base is not used to determine the overall frequency of homicide , but to provide information about the types of people who were involved and the proximate causes of the crimes . |
5 | Once a micro computer is connected into a shared data base , it becomes an intelligent terminal , capable of carrying out some functions , such as data entry standalone , but thereafter used to interrogate the shared information , alongside conventional visual displays . |
6 | The similes usually used to describe the stylistic hybrid produced over the years by the Cuzco painters — the ‘ melding ’ , or ‘ blending ’ , or the ‘ intricate amalgamation ’ of European and indigenous traditions to produce an art of ‘ Byzantine richness and splendour ’ — obviously belies the violence of events . |
7 | The same theories were also used to explain the normal variants of overinclusion — divergent or allusive thinking . |
8 | The Kendall τ was also used to examine the non-parametric variables : no differences of consequence were found . |
9 | They were also used to power the first oil-engined tractor and the first practical oil-engined locomotive , both in 1896 . |
10 | The research was also used to highlight the misguided emphasis placed by the Government on local loyalties , believing that the people a council represents should identify with it . |
11 | Anomalous scattering data were included in the phasing calculation and were also used to determine the correct enantiomorph . |
12 | Variance component analysis was also used to calculate the required number of crypts ( equation [ 1 ] resolved for n ) to estimate the proliferation index for a subject within a 95% confidence interval with one , two , or three biopsy samples separately for each method ( Table III ) . |
13 | This is often used to predict the next observation using the most recent ( k + 1 ) observations of a moderately stable series i.e. where |
14 | Single strokes are often used to mark the principal accents in the lighter forms of music . |
15 | The term anxiety is often used to describe the emotional reaction of an individual to a stressful event such as entering hospital . |
16 | This is a broad , catch-all term which ‘ gatecrashed the literature , thereby avoiding the entrance fee of a definition ’ ( Blackaby , 1979 , p. 2 ) ; the question of definitions is taken up in Chapter 2 but for the moment it is important to note that it is a misleading term for it is often used to describe the relative decline of manufacturing industry rather than industry as a whole which includes primary industries like mining , quarrying and oil and gas production and also includes construction and transport . |
17 | Was most often used to describe the original IBM PC , but is now more widely used to describe any computer . |
18 | These objects were often used to exemplify the competing images of the Romantic and nobel primitive and the cannibalistic barbarian as suited the arguments or interests of the time . |
19 | In direct supplies derived by rectifying the alternating mains , a low-pass C-R filter is often used to reduce the residual alternating component of the output to an acceptable low level . |
20 | As for hair tonics , you will need to shake well before use to disperse the essential oils . |
21 | The daily change in the FT-Actuaries All Share Index is frequently used to illustrate the general movement in Stock Market prices on a daily basis . |
22 | The dollar is the most traded currency in the euro-currency market ( ECM ) thus the term euro-dollar market is frequently used to describe the entire market . |
23 | This information is then used to rank the possible character combinations that are found ( e.g. ( Riseman & Hanson , 1974 ) , ( Whitrow & Higgins , 1987 ) ) . |
24 | This information is then used to control the seasonal breeding cycle . |
25 | Finally , we can reverse the terms of the argument , insisting that women 's difference from men is not the cause of sexism but an effect of sexism ; social practices like not hiring women in certain positions or allowing them to become leaders have the effect , over time , of producing the very differences which are then used to justify the original discrimination . |
26 | This data is then used to define the enveloping box which just contains the part . |
27 | Some method is then used to derive the syntactic representation for the derivative form from combining the root form and the affix . |
28 | The ideas expressed in the report , and the example structures , were then used to assist the remaining Colleges within the control of the LEA in the development of their own strategies for change . |
29 | Equation ( 6 ) is then used to obtain the molar mass and thus the relative molecular mass . |
30 | The angles thus calculated for all frames are then used to produce the two rotational functions shown on the right of Figure 7.12 . |