Example sentences of "[noun] [is] used [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A trumpet in high F is used for the exacting trumpet part in Brandenburg No. 2 , and one in high B flat ( an octave higher than the standard B flat instrument ) is now in circulation . |
| 2 | The hypothetical trader who lacks these needs and characteristics is used as the benchmark for normal market trading . |
| 3 | A range of learning methods is used for the taught modules , including case studies , seminars , lectures , tutorials , simulations , presentations and projects . |
| 4 | I have used this quite a lot for cardigans for an elderly lady , who was a bit of a traditionalist and would not have tuck stitch , in which the ‘ wrong ’ purl ) side is used as the right side . |
| 5 | The result is used for the design of a.c. generators so it must be all right . |
| 6 | A popular mix is used in the Russian wedding rings combining red , white and yellow golds in their three entwined bands . |
| 7 | A pad of glass wool is used at the bottom of the column to prevent the slurry from running out ( see figure 6.41 ) . |
| 8 | The idea here was that forewarned is forearmed and that problems are less likely to occur if clear practice is used from the outset . |
| 9 | First , even if a household owns a car , typically , the car is used by the husband going to work in the morning . |
| 10 | This Danish video system on an unmarked police car is used by the six forces taking part in the crackdown . |
| 11 | Simpson 's Rule is used for the integration . |
| 12 | A fine illustration of how these terms are marked occurs in L'Esquiriel , " The Squirrel " , one of a set of fabliaux , such as Le Damoisselle qui ne pooit oïr parler de foutre or Cele qui fu foutue et desfoutue noted above , in which the markedness or a related ignorance of such words is used as the basis of the drama forming the narrative . |
| 13 | Attempts to restore the immune system are more likely to succeed if anti-viral therapy is used at the same time . |
| 14 | This effect is used in the construction of dynamos . |
| 15 | Glucose is used by the food industry mainly in the manufacture of confectionery . |
| 16 | After the security procedures are satisfied and the message is sent , the private key is used by the shipper or subsequent holders to verify the authenticity of the message . |
| 17 | Whichever word in the term is used as the main entry point in an index , the user might first seek the subject under the other word in the term . |
| 18 | This conflict between tariff reformers and free traders was to lead to the ‘ agreement to differ ’ convention in January 1932 , and the resignation of the Liberals from the government in September 1932 ; but , until they resigned , the National Government was a genuine coalition in the sense in which that term is used on the continent : a government comprising independent yet conflicting elements allied together , a government within which party conflict was not superseded but rather contained — in short , a power-sharing government , albeit a seriously unbalanced one . |
| 19 | This latter term is used by the sensitive , Dorothy Maclean , of the Findhorn Community , Scotland . |
| 20 | One particularly confusing term is used in the United Kingdom to describe one form of tax — the national insurance or social security contribution . |
| 21 | If a large amount of protein is used in the diet , then some is used for energy purposes , and during starvation , protein is taken from the muscles of the body and used as a fuel supply . |
| 22 | A floral chintz fabric is used at the windows and for the upholstered seat and valance under the white bed linen . |
| 23 | Peer review is used by the ( American ) National Science Foundation ( NSF ) , which equates in some respects to the UK Research Councils , in their peer review Proposal Evaluation Criteria , as described by Weinberg ( 1989 ) . |
| 24 | The foreground is usually a relatively coarse aquatint and is printed in umber , a more delicate aquatint is used for the distance and sky and printed in prussian blue . |
| 25 | " alluph is used for the " chieftains " of Edom ( Genesis 36:15–43 ) ; probably for a commander of a military " thousand " ; and almost certainly for the professional , fully-armed soldier . |
| 26 | Paros is used in the Transputer-based SuperNode II — Esprit I — machine . |
| 27 | A well-constructed septic tank should need little maintenance apart from emptying once a year , but it is important that not too much disinfectant , bleach or detergent is used in the house — otherwise , the bacteriological action could be affected and the tank stop working . |
| 28 | They said : ‘ … we recommend that the dose of benoxaprofen be decreased ( approximately 50 per cent ) or the interval between doses extended ( 2.5 times ) … if benoxaprofen is used in the presence of significant renal disease ’ . |
| 29 | Fine grape alcohol from Portugal , France and some Eastern Block countries is used for the fortification . |
| 30 | Aberdeen is used as the main processing centre for letters and parcels posted in towns and villages throughout the north-east and Shetland . |