Example sentences of "[adv] used [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On this job , however , it is only used to give a view of the smouldering remains of the skip and lorry . |
| 2 | The story is thus used to teach a child to respond like the wise old tortoise when the cue word ‘ turtle ’ is given . |
| 3 | In the late Middle Ages , symbolism was widely used to express a feeling of belonging to a people ; likewise institutions , such as monarchy , played an important part in creating a sense of national identity ; while the writing of history was deliberately fostered to encourage a feeling which the single word ‘ roots ’ will convey to a twentieth-century reader . |
| 4 | Statistics are a convenience and if properly used allow a mobility between one set of numerical data and another that is not otherwise possible . |
| 5 | Moreover , the method was successfully used to clone a PCR-fragment of the dissimilatory nitrite reductase gene of Azospirillum brasilense Sp7 ( 7 ) . |
| 6 | The term fee is usually used to mean a payment that covers the full cost of the service provided . |
| 7 | Hebephrenia was once used to describe a form , typically beginning in adolescence , in which the person complains of auditory hallucinations , talks in an incomprehensible way , and shows totally inappropriate emotional reactions to other people . |
| 8 | The word ‘ mithra ’ was also used to describe a friend , and this god was thought to be a true friend of man , protecting and warming him in life and death . |
| 9 | This model is also used to define a research agenda for the next 5 years ; the reader may judge the accuracy of this analysis by the commercial reality of available systems during the early and mid-1990s . |
| 10 | A questionnaire survey of a sample of colleges was also used to bring a college perspective to the final stages of the development . |
| 11 | The thumps are also used to maintain a territory and attract a mate . |
| 12 | Staggered plantings are also used to ensure a continuity of supply . |
| 13 | Furthermore , it is also used to denote a belief in the uncontrollable and wildly sensual nature of women . |
| 14 | Studies of students taking part in seminars suggest that posture is also used to indicate a desire to enter the discussion . |
| 15 | Between Donnington and its confluence with the Windrush , near Bourton , the Dickler was originally used to power a number of mills . |
| 16 | From 1947 to 1953 he served as a trustee of the National Gallery , to which he left a fine collection of photographs of paintings which he had often used to stimulate a love of art in undergraduates . |
| 17 | ‘ Terry Nation often used to describe a set as a plain , white room . |
| 18 | The appeal of traditional shopfronts in purely commercial terms is also apparent in new developments , where historic styles are often used to promote a bespoke image . |
| 19 | The term ideology is often used to suggest a distortion , a false picture of reality . |
| 20 | Deictic or other definite referring expressions are often used to introduce a referent , and anaphoric pronouns used to refer to the same entity thereafter . |
| 21 | Such agreements are often used to achieve a Shut-out ( see below ) . |
| 22 | ‘ Laddie ’ here used to take a collection for railway orphans on Wimbledon Station . |
| 23 | The law is called upon to distinguish between information which may be legitimately used to make a stock market trade , and that which may not . |
| 24 | Random number tables were then used to generate a set of fifty-three imaginary references . |
| 25 | This phase is used with the phase difference to estimate the phase N from the normal scattering , which is then used to calculate a map of the structure . |
| 26 | The word ‘ imp ’ means a graft or shoot , hence is sometimes used to describe a child , as in Cromwell 's comment about Prince Edward when writing to Henry VIII : |
| 27 | And sometimes used to get a bit of a a bad storm ahead so we used to especially if you went from here to er North of Scotland round Cape . |
| 28 | The Spur steel shelving system can be cleverly used to create a wardrobe |
| 29 | The word Cystitis is commonly used to describe a set of symptoms associated with the urinary tract which result in difficulty and pain in urinating . |