Example sentences of "be used [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Um y'know all these things were not very pleasant and yet you 're used as a child , you 're used as a child to have grown-ups um be able to inflict things on you . |
| 2 | Um y'know all these things were not very pleasant and yet you 're used as a child , you 're used as a child to have grown-ups um be able to inflict things on you . |
| 3 | They are used for a bit of horticulture and , increasingly , for a bit of ’ horseyculture ’ — and the horses do not half make a mess on the ground ! |
| 4 | Banks are used for a variety of frauds as well as money-laundering . |
| 5 | Door-to-door sales methods are used for a variety of products , from vacuum cleaners and household goods to cosmetics or double glazing . |
| 6 | During the afternoon the school buildings are used for a variety of adult education and community purposes and teachers undertake further community work outside them . |
| 7 | If the guides are used for a literature search , the student gets feedback on understanding , in that he/she discovers whether or not he can find the information required . |
| 8 | Parallel ports are most commonly used for connecting a printer to your machine , serial ports are used for a mouse or a modem . |
| 9 | The hallmarks seem to be conditions which are not drafted with any particular parties or transaction in mind , that are used for a series of contracts , and in respect of which the person who puts them forward does not expect much , if any , negotiation to take place . |
| 10 | Intergovernmental grants are used for a number of efficiency and/or equity purposes . |
| 11 | c ) Auger bits are used with a ratchet brace . |
| 12 | Modern variations have two cutting edges and are used with a push/pull action . |
| 13 | At times this anti-realism took the form of an extreme nominalism , according to which the words ‘ man ’ and ‘ triangle ’ are general only in that they are used of a number of different things . |
| 14 | Thus the use of standard terms may promote certainty : the terms of the contract may be easily located and identified ; where the same terms are used over a period , the business and its trading partners will come to know their respective rights and obligations ; terms may be applied to resolve disputes and thus acquire " precedent " value . |
| 15 | Shepherds ' huts like this are used as a shelter during the winter and spring , when shepherds have to stay out all night in the fields , looking after very young lambs . |
| 16 | The city 's canals are used as a dumping ground for a range of toxic pollutants . |
| 17 | Here the conifers are used as a nurse crop and are progressively being removed to reveal an extensive beech forest . |
| 18 | Rates of sickness absence are used as a measure of morbidity . |
| 19 | Most improtant is that homeworkers are easily disposed of ‘ Outworkers are used as a buffer against market fluctuations , particularly in the manufacturing sectors ’ said the Employment Gazette blandly . |
| 20 | Sometimes they are told to demonstrate what new recruits ( and the field-worker ) can expect ; on other occasions they are told to illustrate the funny or the tragic sides of policing ; or are used as a vehicle for the story-teller to display some features about him or herself , such as his or her experience and skill and ability in handling all things , and that he or she is professional in being able to talk about horror in a cold and detached manner . |
| 21 | The Directive 's aim is to ensure that partnerships that are used as a vehicle by limited liability companies are not exempt from the accounting requirements of the Fourth and Seventh Directives . |
| 22 | Terms are used as a way of encouraging active thinking about language and its uses . |
| 23 | They are used as a piece of shorthand by historians . |
| 24 | ‘ Prices are used as a barrier so that the sort of people we do n't want go over the road , ’ he said . |
| 25 | In sections 4.2–4.7 certain elementary relations between sets are used as a model to generate ( i ) a basic set of paradigmatic lexical relations and ( ii ) a set of concepts which can be applied to other relations , yielding clearly defined and systematic variants . |
| 26 | Prepared videos of realistic interviews are used as a basis for discussion too . |
| 27 | The spot rates for each currency change throughout the day and are used as a basis for establishing appropriate exchange rates for mail transfers , travellers ' cheques and currency notes . |
| 28 | This potential weakness has to be borne in mind when macroeconomic models are used as a basis for policy prescription . |
| 29 | There are no Dwarf delvings here , and the rocky uplands are used as a refuge by Chaos warbands , Beastmen , Orcs and marauding Goblins . |
| 30 | However , sometimes buyers can be required to give an undertaking to their building society to effect repairs as mentioned above and otherwise undertakings are used as a device to fulfil a commitment that it was not possible to fulfil before the completion date . |