Example sentences of "[noun sg] be used [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | More specialist types of board are used in top level racing ( see Chapter 6 ) and speed sailing . |
| 2 | In this conversation several first generation speakers are present , and both British English and Creole are used at different times . |
| 3 | Only certain parts of the spectrum are used in remote sensing because radiation at some wavelengths is absorbed by gases present in the atmosphere , particularly ozone and water vapour . |
| 4 | They met in an undistinguished office block just off the Euston Road , two floors ofwhich were used as secure neutral territory for committees and meetings between Government depart-ments who would lose face by visiting the other fellow 's wigwam . |
| 5 | The target of the Enlightenment philosophers was the prejudices of religion and it is possible to find the term being used in other contexts without the negative connotation . |
| 6 | That really made me smile when I thought of this rock'n'roll preamp being used in that situation . |
| 7 | And since only about 3% of water is drunk , while a great deal is used for cruder purposes , much of the industry 's investment will be flushed down the drain . |
| 8 | This stitch is used for super Brownie 's face . |
| 9 | This legislative instrument is used in particular to bring various national legislations closer together ( approximation ) , such as those governing the return of works of art illegally exported . |
| 10 | Those in F and A have now dropped out of use ( perhaps one of the most recent scores in which parts are written for trumpets in F is Vaughan Williams 's ‘ London ’ Symphony , which was composed shortly before the war of 1914–18 ) and though many modern composers write for the C trumpet the B ♭ instrument is used in this country almost exclusively . |
| 11 | A similar effect is used in another part with a ball swinging over the screen . |
| 12 | As the servos move to new positions , large ‘ chunks ’ of current are taken from the battery supply and it is recommended that a tantalum capacitor be used in this position . |
| 13 | This light is used in deep-freeze displays in particular supermarkets ; it makes her pitch forward into the deep-freeze container . |
| 14 | On locomotive-hauled trains , a flashing red light is used by British Rail , while on multiple units a static light is used . |
| 15 | This strange greeting is used in this particular part of Arabia and parts of Oman , not the northern Gulf nor the inland deserts of Saudi Arabia . |
| 16 | Using to denote the share of intermediate good X in the cost of production of i ( similarly ) , we can solve which is strictly positive where labour is used in both industries . |
| 17 | The ‘ social housing ’ ( this term is used for all public and quasi-public rented housing , including the stock of local authorities , housing associations and development corporations ) areas of Cramlington display clear signs of ‘ outer-estate ’ status . |
| 18 | Reproduction , as the term is used by Marxist thinkers , refers to the process whereby a given form of society , or social formation , maintains itself — that is to say , is continually re-created — in that form . |
| 19 | Nevertheless , the concept of a belt in which the signs of Variscan compression rapidly die out northwards is , if neither scientifically correct nor consistent , at least a practical one and firmly entrenched , and it is in this general sense that the term is used in this paper . |
| 20 | Unless an exemption applies , it therefore includes dealing in , arranging transactions in or advising on futures contracts ( which term is used in this chapter to include contracts for differences and options on futures ) , or managing a portfolio including futures contracts . |
| 21 | The harbour is used by local fishermen , yachtsmen , motor boat and rowing enthusiasts . |
| 22 | It seems relevant that anthropology be used at this time to contribute to the debate on policing , for since the 1964 Police Act and the preceding Royal Commission which was generated through concern over police practice , the organization has held an increasingly central place in the public imagination . |
| 23 | Here , the symbolic value of the wedding ring was used by this teacher to communicate the values associated with marriage and the family that had been discussed by the deputy head in the previous interview . |
| 24 | Total 360° Nissen fundoplication was used in all these series , though some differences in mobilisation of the stomach , length of the wrap , and diameter of the calibrating gastric sound may have contributed to the discrepancies seen . |
| 25 | Masonry was used for important , ecclesiastical work , especially in the south and some of this work is extant . |
| 26 | A continuous 6/0 silk suture was used for intestinal anastomoses . |
| 27 | Intracorporeal lithotripsy was used in 30 of the 48 patients with larger stones . |
| 28 | Jonadab was used to implicit obedience . |
| 29 | ‘ The fact that my boat was used in this smuggling attempt is going to take some living down . ’ |
| 30 | The term was used in this sense by Lord Cairns in Rylands v. Fletcher . |