Example sentences of "language [subord] used " in BNC.
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| 1 | The pidgin form used ( and it can exist with or without fixed English syntactic markers ) has naturally given way in the USA and Scandinavia to a greater interest and access to the sign language as used by deaf people . |
| 2 | The critic of the plays must pay attention to register , those variations in language as used in particular social contexts , but also to rises and falls in the emotional temperature within a scene . |
| 3 | We have so far limited our interpretation of " style " and " stylistics " to match the kind of activity in which we wish to engage : the study of language as used in literary texts , with the aim of relating it to its artistic functions . |
| 4 | It is expressed in simple language as used and understood by ordinary literate men and women . |
| 5 | Lord Diplock in Treacy v DPP [ 1971 ] AC 537 said that the Act was " expressed in simple language as used and understood by ordinary literate men and women " . |