Example sentences of "[be] used [adv] in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a series of crimes , the words ‘ sexual intercourse ’ are used exclusively in this sense . |
| 2 | Such items are used exten-sively in both the Gunzberg Progress Assessment Charts and the Vineland Adaptive Behaviour Scales — for example , ‘ Constantly asks questions ’ , ‘ Listens to a story for at least five minutes ’ ( see Figure 7.6 , A and B ) . |
| 3 | Set gill-nets are much shorter , and are used mostly in shallow coastal seas , where they are anchored to the seabed . |
| 4 | Although most languages are used differently in formal settings , in some the distinction formal/informal is firmly grammaticalized , for example in Japanese by so-called masstyle , and in Tamil by a high diglossic variant ( see below ) . |
| 5 | Black beans are used extensively in Cantonese cookery and are usually served with fish or beef . |
| 6 | Foreign currency loans are used extensively in foreign trade finance . |
| 7 | Fiction classifications are used extensively in public libraries . |
| 8 | Secondary analysis of these data and published tables are used extensively in this book . |
| 9 | Care should be taken to ensure that such guidelines are used only in appropriate cases . |
| 10 | Care should be taken to ensure that such guidelines are used only in appropriate cases . |
| 11 | Such inverted commas are often called SCARE QUOTES , and are used especially in philosophically-inspired criticism which is sceptical about the customary senses we give to words . |
| 12 | are less common than blue , and are used mainly in Indian and Jewish cookery . |
| 13 | They are native to South America and are used mainly in Mexican cookery , although some Indian recipes also include them . |
| 14 | Video feedback has also been used effectively in these types of training programmes . |
| 15 | Self-guided tours have been used successfully in many libraries in the US and their use has now spread to other countries such as Australia and Sweden ( see figure 5 ) . |
| 16 | It has been used diagnostically in infertile patients . |
| 17 | Because of the side effects , this treatment programme has been used only in young , fit individuals with locally advanced disease . |
| 18 | Nevertheless , with all their drawbacks , panels are interesting ways of collecting information and it is rather surprising that they have not been used more in academic research where ideas rather than pin-point accuracy of measurement may be the desired goal . |
| 19 | The term ‘ indiction ’ has been used earlier in this chapter , and although the system is unlikely to be encountered in isolation by a local historian it is worth recording , if only for the sake of completeness . |
| 20 | Hydrochlorothiazide is a longstanding antihypertensive drug used as first line treatment in essential hypertension and has also been used safely in normotensive subjects with idiopathic hypercalciuria . |
| 21 | Assuming four-part harmony , the series of Example 126 can be used vertically in descending order , as in ( a ) , or ascending order , as in ( b ) . |
| 22 | Cereals and pulses began to be used intensively in many areas around 12,000yrBP , and shortly after 10,000yrBP domestic varieties of peas , lentils , barley and emmer wheat occur in several sites . |
| 23 | Participation and prototyping could be used independently in some applications and in others it may be appropriate to use the conventional approach modified by incorporating these tools and techniques . |
| 24 | Other words may be used legitimately in several kinds of contexts , e.g. " to run " in English : Within each of the above groups , the word " run " has approximately the same meaning . |
| 25 | The hard currencies of the First World , especially US dollars , Japanese yen , and the major European currencies , can be used freely in international trade , while the soft currencies of the rest of the world 's countries are generally not acceptable for the settlement of international accounts . |
| 26 | It has the disadvantage that it can be used only in closed systems , not in flows where fluid is continuously entering and leaving . |
| 27 | credit card or trading check which can be used only in specific shops ) ; or it is unrestricted , where the borrower gets a loan of money which he could in practice use for whatever he wants ( even if he has in fact arranged to use it for some particular purpose ) . |
| 28 | In cases of contempt , however , these powers will be used only in exceptional cases : see Linkleter v. Linkleter [ 1988 ] 1 F.L.R. 360 . |
| 29 | must have been referring to R.S.C. , Ord. 59 , r. 10(3) rather than to the Act of 1960 when he said that ‘ in cases of contempt , however , these powers will be used only in exceptional cases ’ because section 13 is solely concerned with appeals in cases of contempt . |
| 30 | The rule of law which seems to have evolved , or at least to be evolving , is that ‘ a failure to comply with the requirements of Ord. 29 , r. 1(5) of the County Court Rules 1981 is fatal to the lawfulness of the committal ’ ( see Howes v. Howes , 142 N.L.J. 753 ) and that in contempt cases the court 's powers under section 13(3) of the Administration of Justice Act 1960 will be used only in exceptional cases . |