Example sentences of "[noun pl] be used to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | True , he had frequently circumnavigated Ramsey Island but if the tides are used to best advantage then the Bitches will not be working as they are passed . |
| 2 | Although the last thing we want is a return to rigid central control , the NHS does need some coordination to ensure that scarce resources are used to best advantage and not wasted by the unsupervised duplication of facilities . |
| 3 | Diagrams presenting data and clear summaries are used to good effect . |
| 4 | Ground launched missiles were used to great affect by the Allies during the gulf war . |
| 5 | Can the table and standard lamps be used to better advantage by moving them to different positions ? |
| 6 | Qualifications are used to pre-select the sample of candidates . |
| 7 | Whilst the benefits and opportunities presented by distributing tasks and applications across high-performance , inexpensive Unix processors are being realised across the industry , commercial users are used to well-proven systems management utilities such as Digital Equipment Corp 's Enterprise Management Architecture and proprietary solutions from the likes of IBM Corp . |
| 8 | Frequent fliers in the islands are used to unusual problems holding up their flights . |
| 9 | It was widely believed that the courts were used to further disputes which were not necessarily related to the ostensible complaint . |
| 10 | It 's all right for a man ; men are used to smutty books and vulgar jokes — women do n't go for things like that . ’ |
| 11 | Cutter numbers are used to further subdivide subjects . |
| 12 | The report says drugs were used to sedate troublesome patients . |
| 13 | The nomes were used to large bodies of water . |