Example sentences of "[being] use [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The league said it would not send cats to Coundon as it had heard of a case of a kitten being used as live bait for dogs . |
| 2 | Homecover is now extended to provide Public Liability cover arising out of your occupancy of any building , caravan or camping structure being used as temporary holiday accommodation . |
| 3 | The New York-based human rights organization Asia Watch issued a report on Sept. 1 claiming that political prisoners were being used as forced labour in prison factories producing for export in Liaoning Province , and rejecting the Chinese government 's claim that prison-made products were not for export . |
| 4 | It seems she felt they were being used as unpaid labour . |
| 5 | Don Coleman , a state department official at the US embassy in Bangkok , said the department had ‘ tried to point out that there was a potential for [ the conference ] being used as political propaganda . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Being used as cheap labour to break Alejandro 's ponies , ’ said Luke , taking Perdita 's suitcases from her , ‘ in return for picking up a few tips from the master . ’ |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The situation there is that the , there 're , if you have double rooms as doubles then there would be , we do have a relatively low occupancy but the committee had decided to move towards double rooms being used as single occupancy only and on the , I 've got the latest figures for the first of January in front of me just by ch really just by chance |
| 9 | But it was — and still is — an affront to those who respected the great classic guitars , having to see them being used as dispensable stage props ! |
| 10 | It is recognised that assignments and case studies can also be significant aspects of learning and teaching approaches in the modules as well as being used for summative assessment purposes . |
| 11 | When case studies and assignments are being used for summative assessment they should be retained for inspection by the Subject Assessor . |
| 12 | This is an example of the sociological method of evaluation being used for summative evaluation of the products of an educational programme . |
| 13 | Are they being used for other work ? ’ he said . |
| 14 | In the future , computerised spatial mapping of the distribution of frequencies in the manner now being used for electroencephalographic mapping of epileptic foci may provide a non-invasive alternative to multiple implanted electrodes to help distinguish between the above explanations . |
| 15 | If land is not suitable for efficient farming , we can ill afford it being used for inefficient agriculture . |
| 16 | Swan Hunters was reprivatized in January 1986 and is now reduced to a work force of some 3000 and one building berth at Wallsend , although other yards are being used for preliminary fabrication . |
| 17 | Bosses at Woburn said they had no idea the monkeys were being used for medical research . |
| 18 | Are the periods of overlap being used to good effect ? |
| 19 | The Behringer studio noise gate can be likened to a surgeon 's scalpel ; it 's a shining , finely-honed blade of a rack unit , innocent enough in the hands of the unwary , but capable of being used to lethal effect . |
| 20 | While he is careful not to rock the boat at Juventus with any ill-timed criticism , there is clearly some frustration that he is not being used to maximum effect . |
| 21 | The idea of inspection started with national inspectors ( Her Majesty 's Inspectorate ) , but increasingly local inspectors are being used at local education authority ( LEA ) level . |
| 22 | Endaby , two double rooms being used at single occupancy for Lental House residents , one shared female bed available . |
| 23 | We will pursue it vigorously , and we will campaign to get changed the basic rules which ensure that a country which is rich in coal resources ensures that it makes the most of the use of these coal resources , and changes the rules automatically excluding coal from being used from sensible base burning for electricity laws . |
| 24 | The database , available on CD , is being used by industrial speech technology researchers to design commercial systems . |
| 25 | By simply writing to the Mailing Preference Service , you can have your name deleted from almost all the lists being used by direct mail companies . |
| 26 | More details have come to light about AT&T Microelectronics ‘ Hobbit ’ RISC chip : last we heard ( UX No 372 ) the hairy-footed little creature was being used by ex-Sun man Bernie La Croute at his pen-driven computer start-up Eo Corp . |
| 27 | National Trust regional director , Merlin Waterson , said ‘ protected ’ species of birds were being shot by trespassers and the shingle banks were being used by off-road vehicle enthusiasts . |
| 28 | Although continuous time econometric modelling is primary a British development the methods that were first used in modelling ( in continuous time ) the United Kingdom economy are now being used by leading research and forecasting groups throughout the world . |
| 29 | One suggestion is to take over frequencies currently being used by 405-line TV . |
| 30 | This rate was considerably closer to the discount rate being used in private investment decisions than to the after-tax interest rate faced by households . |