Example sentences of "be used [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | take you back in this first talk about the art of film erm to the very early days , and these are difficult I think for us to imagine because we 're so used today to sound films , of all the effects in , in the theatres , we 're used to the great stars , we 're used to the big subjects , and yet the film began in the smallest possible way , it began really as a sideshow , it began as a hobby for a group of people , sometimes they would be French , sometimes they would be British , sometimes American , the early pioneers , whose main interest was to produce a camera , which would look like a still camera and yet somehow would manage to produce a picture which moved when it was projected on a screen . |
| 2 | We 're used to the sharp cracks of lightning and the belch of thunder issuing from the belly of the sky . |
| 3 | take you back in this first talk about the art of film erm to the very early days , and these are difficult I think for us to imagine because we 're so used today to sound films , of all the effects in , in the theatres , we 're used to the great stars , we 're used to the big subjects , and yet the film began in the smallest possible way , it began really as a sideshow , it began as a hobby for a group of people , sometimes they would be French , sometimes they would be British , sometimes American , the early pioneers , whose main interest was to produce a camera , which would look like a still camera and yet somehow would manage to produce a picture which moved when it was projected on a screen . |
| 4 | You 're used to the little ones over this area though are n't you ? |
| 5 | Such terms are used for a wide range of contracts ; this book , however , is primarily concerned with the drafting of standard terms to govern contracts for the supply , or purchase , of goods ( in particular ) or services . |
| 6 | The same symbols are used for a two-handed process chart in which a detailed description of what each hand is doing separately is provided ( Fig. 1.20 ) . |
| 7 | Of course very few machines are used for a single application and in practice you need to balance the requirements of each application that you want to run . |
| 8 | Poles : five alloy poles of which four are used for the inner . |
| 9 | They are used for the final stages when working down a tilth and levelling the surface once the large clods and turf have been broken . |
| 10 | Tractors are used for the twelve months you see but not a combine . |
| 11 | The alcoves on either side are used for the hanging space , and the reduced space in front of the chimneybreast for shelving , either exposed or concealed behind the wardrobe doors . |
| 12 | PURPOSE GROWN TIMBERS from North America , Scandinavia and Italy are used for the wooden kitchen ranges |
| 13 | If the three colours are used for the whole fabric , the length of floats and buildup of these on the wrong side of the work can be a problem . |
| 14 | It is for the security force commanders to ensure that all the resources available to them are used with the maximum effectiveness . |
| 15 | 30-Gauge Luer lock metal needles ( Holborn Surgical Instruments Co Ltd ) are used with the bevelled ends cut flat and the ends polished . |
| 16 | Most of us are used to the familiar Baker Street landmark now , its squat green ( copper ) dome topped with a disconcertingly transparent Saturn in the place of a weather vane . |
| 17 | It places a great responsibility upon us to ensure that the children of Sunderland are given the very best possible value-for-money meals , while also ensuring that public funds are used to the best effect . |
| 18 | We are used to the traditional emphasis placed in Christian teaching on the transcendence of God , on His detachment from the world which He has created . |
| 19 | We are used to the Labour party believing that it can talk up its support by talking the country down . |
| 20 | Wedges are used under the former to get the vertical position exactly right . |
| 21 | In summer , the scrubbed slatted shelves inside the fruit house are used as a temporary store for soft fruits . |
| 22 | Rhizomes of A. rigidifolius are used as a medicinal herb in the East . |
| 23 | Other planning departments draw strategic conclusions from their own competitive analyses and these are used as a direct input into the final corporate plan . |
| 24 | Essences are used as a periodic treatment ; either once a week or daily for two weeks with a three to four week interval before resuming again . |
| 25 | The Lele are subsistence cultivators , growing maize , ground-nuts , and raffia palms from whose fronds they weave mats which are used as a special currency — a rare case of money really growing on trees . |
| 26 | The vans are used as an intimidatory measure , and also for when people deny they have a TV . |
| 27 | Feed systems vary according to whether liquid or powder detergents are used as the same system can not be used for both . |
| 28 | So , providing you say yes there will be occasions when the machine can take over some sort of part of the teacher 's role , then fair enough , yes , but I think one of the interesting ways in which computers are used at the present time , particularly again in the primary school , is as orchestrators of group work . |
| 29 | However , big is not always beautiful , and often having two smaller models which are used at the real point of use in a catering establishment can give greater flexibility and be more cost-effective . |
| 30 | I counted my basic fluids before I wrote this letter , I had 10 , all of which are used on a regular basis and about another 4 special fluids . |