Example sentences of "[adv] [be] used to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Strangely enough , they consistently demand outrageous prices for things like basket-case Eko Rangers and Westone basses that have obviously been used to fell fair-sized pine trees , but they also have the laughably ignorant if highly convenient habit of pricing guitar amplifiers on the simple basis of how large they are . |
| 2 | The DNA technique has already been used to spectacular effect , even trapping a murderer . |
| 3 | For the Japanese no such decision was necessary because their home market had always been used to small cars . |
| 4 | This approach can also be used to good effect with other well constructed languages : this is illustrated in { laws } , where a simple sequential language ( Dijkstra 's language of guarded commands unc is considered . |
| 5 | Students today are used to visual effects of a high quality , such as in documentary programmes on television , and expect competence on behalf of the tutor and clinical teacher in their use . |
| 6 | I 've never been used to that . |