Example sentences of "be used [verb] a number " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lawyers and sections of the media have been concerned that the plastic sheet prevents electronic document analysis ( Esda ) , which has been used to correct a number of miscarriages of justice — including wrongful convictions of the Birmingham Six , Guildford Four and Tottenham Three . |
| 2 | Skills learned in decommissioning AEA 's own facilities , at sites from Winfrith in Dorset to Dounreay in Scotland , have already been used to assist a number of pharmaceutical organisation in planning and implementing their own decommissioning operations . |
| 3 | And high frequencies must be used to carry a number of TV channels because each is 8 MHz wide and they are ‘ stacked ’ one over the other in the frequency spectrum . |
| 4 | The entity model is just another view of the organisation , but it is a particular perception of reality and it can be used to address a number of problems . |
| 5 | The Cray computer at Rutherford Laboratory is being used to investigate a number of topics for which the simulation of large scale econometric models is appropriate . |
| 6 | In Out and Such one discourse is brought to bear on another through metaphor ; in Between , Thru , and Amalgamemnon the same type of metaphor is used to bring a number of discourses together in an increasingly interrogative conjunction . |
| 7 | With the designation came additional finance which was used to support a number of initiatives including a series of two term temporary posts for McGregor staff to engage in some pilot planning work . |