Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] used [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pitot tubes have been most widely used in air , where they can measure speeds from about 1 m s -1 upwards . |
| 2 | Where an estimate of probability has to rely on human judgement and experience , this is called subjective probability , and is the most widely used in business situations . |
| 3 | Small groups of objects can sometimes be most effectively used in problem solving activities . |
| 4 | I produced sketches and a clay model for ideas , but these were eventually only used for reference when working on the sculpture . |
| 5 | What has pleased me is the way in which the living material of Rural Studies is so avidly used in Art nowadays , not just in primary schools , but in secondary schools , too . |
| 6 | These problems suddenly appeared quite separately from those dietary concerns about fats , fibre , sugar and salt which arose from the COMA report in 1984 , and which have been so widely used in food manufacturers ' advertising claims . |
| 7 | Is the Secretary of State aware that any measures taken to increase car security will be welcome in Northern Ireland , where stolen vehicles are so often used in terrorist murders and other such crimes ? |
| 8 | The horns , though they properly belong to the brass group , are so frequently used as part of the woodwind ensemble that we feel bound to include them in our consideration of this orchestral group . |
| 9 | The vocabulary of evaluation , especially praise , is so heavily used in speech — including in HYPERBOLE , or exaggerated forms — that it can take on surprising effects in more formal , written contexts . |
| 10 | Those most generally used in wind orchestras are the alto in E flat , tenor in B flat , and baritone in E flat . |
| 11 | Cows and pigs are already widely used for valve replacement in heart operations and in the production of insulin for diabetic conditions . |
| 12 | It was designed as a list of subject headings for use in the dictionary catalogues of medium-sized libraries and is still widely used by school and small public libraries , particularly in the United States . |
| 13 | These are small batteries of the type more normally used in hearing aids . |
| 14 | ( Plasmas are more often used for polymer synthesis and for surface treatments such as metal nitriding ) . |
| 15 | From 1660 onwards , pottery was more frequently used in food preparation and consumption , and there was the first ceremonial use of plates in parlour display . |
| 16 | Yet the interview , especially of the formal and standardised type in which questionnaires are used , is more commonly used in connection with survey research , which means that standardised interviews using questionnaires are the most frequently used social research technique . |
| 17 | Having ranged rapidly through the materials that are datable by TL , we must not forget that it is also widely used in authenticity testing of both ceramics and the casting cores of bronzes . |
| 18 | Caustic soda is also widely used in beer pipeline cleaners for the licensed trades . |
| 19 | Neither are Norway spruce ( P. abies ) and lodgepole pine ( Pinus contorta ) which are also widely used in forestry programmes because they grow relatively quickly and can tolerate the poor soils that are characteristic of British uplands . |
| 20 | Vector chain coding techniques ( e.g. Freeman , 1961 ) , which code six or eight directions of strokes ( see chapter 2 for more details ) are also often used for pattern recognition . |
| 21 | Video recording is also regularly used in training for situations where the ability to communicate is important . |
| 22 | The statistic most often used to measure within-group variability is the standard deviation , although there are other possibilities . |
| 23 | This method is most often used by market researchers , but is not unknown among sociologists . |
| 24 | At four dates between 1393 and 1470 , peas and beans represented from 28 to 32 1/2 per cent of the crops on the Leicester Abbey estates , barley ( presumably mainly used for brewing ) from 40 to 45 per cent and wheat from 11 1/2 to 14 1/2 per cent . |
| 25 | ( Although telegrams are now little used in business matters , the question could arise in connection with international cables . ) |
| 26 | This package has been very successful in meeting the needs of those wishing to use macroeconomic models as an aid to their understanding of the economy , for example it is now widely used in teaching . |
| 27 | For example , one of the standard monitor resolutions now widely used in computing is called VGA . |
| 28 | In these cases some psychiatrists resort to the description ‘ schizoaffective ’ which , although itself an old term , is now often used in recognition of the fact that the traditional categories of schizophrenia and affective psychosis really only represent varieties of insanity as they occur in their pure forms . |
| 29 | The stone floor is now mainly used for storage for the baking business that is still carried on there , although it is still home for a new and completely unused mill stone . |
| 30 | Land previously used for cereals is now either used as grassland ( perhaps mainly temporary ) or for fodder crops . |