Example sentences of "[vb base] be use [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Conversely , if developing countries dislike being used as illicit rubbish dumps , they must devote much more cash and effort to improving the quality of their own waste-disposal facilities , and preventing illegal dumping . |
| 2 | What is more , we hate being used as political footballs by cynical politicians . |
| 3 | And to show you what the situation is er the world 's energy demand is very likely i i i is almost certain to increase er because of development in the world and also because of the growing population er that arrow is some sort of guess as to how the world er the demand for energy worldwide is likely to increase when you set that against the curves at the bottom which show the likely projections for oil and natural gas as you can see as we get into the next century those er fossil fuels , which we 've been using with gay abandon for many decades , will start to into er decline . |
| 4 | And as you 've seen with previous closures of our homes , the last three , is that we 've been able to utilize some of those resources to provide that shift in policy which has been very successful , and has , er , a process that we 've got has allayed people 's fears who 've been used for those residential home agreements . |
| 5 | When you 've been used to that for sixty-two years , hot water and a flushing toilet do come as something of a culture shock . |
| 6 | If you 've been used to linear note-taking for many years , you 'll need to persevere with the Buzan method . |
| 7 | ‘ We 've been used to this since the anti-Rightist movement in 1958 , ’ observes an elderly economist of great distinction , trained in Germany in the 1930s . |
| 8 | I 've been used to domestic chores and looking after children all my adult life . ’ |
| 9 | They 've been used like sectional housing . |
| 10 | The term simulate is used in this chapter to mean mimic or copy a real event or situation . |
| 11 | In ways such as these coinage was used for contemporary propaganda . |
| 12 | We can now state the central result of applying the rational expectations hypothesis to the aggregate demand — aggregate supply model that we have been using in this chapter . |
| 13 | Most of these have been used at one time or another but still the TL 072 op.amp seems to combine the best characteristics at a reasonable price . |
| 14 | There are several possible approaches to multiplication and division in fixed-point binary , all of which have been used at some time . |
| 15 | Milk and honey are just two kitchen cupboard stand-bys that have been used since ancient times in beauty routines , so give these recipes a go . |
| 16 | Drift-nets were first developed by the Japanese , and have been used since 1905 . |
| 17 | Because the Codds have been used to tiller-steered boats , they were very keen that Sparkle be similarly equipped . |
| 18 | These tests have been used for individual student assessment and as instruments for the product evaluation of instructional programmes . |
| 19 | Cheaper , mass-produced furniture may have dowel joints instead of tenons , and you may find that screws have been used for makeshift repairs in the past . |
| 20 | They have been used for many years as propellants in aerosols , in the production of some foam packaging and as coolants in refrigerators . |
| 21 | Self expandable biliary stents have been used for palliative treatment of malignant biliary strictures . |
| 22 | Additives have been used for hundreds of years , though they were not always known as ‘ additives ’ . |
| 23 | Centres have been used for cooperative curriculum development planning ( what in America would be called " curriculum workshops " ) , teachers in similar subject fields from a number of neighbouring schools meeting together to share inspiration , experience and effort . |
| 24 | Segregation and control units have been used for difficult prisoners , especially in women 's prisons . |
| 25 | ( However , this does happen occasionally and the relocation companies report that their services have been used for senior new appointments and for technical specialists . ) |
| 26 | They have been used for thousands of years , one of the earliest references to salt being in the Old Testament when Lot 's wife was turned to salt in the desert . |
| 27 | The case ‘ will determine whether a seventh of British waterways … ( among the navigable rivers ) … will remain open … access to rivers that have been used for thousands of years could become open to challenge ’ . |
| 28 | Some Home Corners have even extended onto split levels or two floors , where raised areas have been used for this purpose . |
| 29 | In fact there are six , including the background colour , which means that six colours have been used for this design . |
| 30 | Bound , hard cover books , laboratory notebooks have been used for some time and have a strong pedigree . |