Example sentences of "use [to-vb] [adv prt] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the big institutional investor , this means that money — which could be used to carry out other share trades — is tied up unproductively . |
| 2 | Macros can also be used to carry out any set of commands used by the word-processing program . |
| 3 | They must also ensure that the riskiness of lending is kept to a minimum , since profits must be used to write off bad debts . |
| 4 | Spokesmen for the Chamorro government stressed that a small group of officers had acted on their own authority to ship the missiles , which included Sam-7s and Sam-14s and which had been used to shoot down Salvadorean army aircraft on Nov. 23 and Dec. 4 . |
| 5 | In this way , groups can be used to open up many topics for discussion , which can then be used to reverse some of the sociological and psychological factors which contribute to senescence in our society . |
| 6 | Subjecting applicants or employees to medical examinations is not the only means that employers have used to screen out disabled employees . |
| 7 | These semiconductors have been selected to respond to infrared radiation in four different wavebands , around 10 , 20 , 50 and 100 micrometres , a range of wavelengths that covers the maximum emission from bodies radiating at temperatures from 400 down to 40 K. ( ‘ Room temperature ’ is just below 300 K. ) The array will be used to pick up infrared sources within the telescope 's field of view of half a degree , that is , about the size of the Sun 's diameter as seen from Earth . |
| 8 | The end has a naked patch on the underside like the palm of a hand , which can be used to pick up small objects . |
| 9 | It was often used to clean up patchy pastures , rough grazing and marshland , and it remains a superb and thrifty grazer with the quiet temperament of its working ancestors . |
| 10 | The remainder is used to set up new bureaux or develop existing ones , with grant tapering down by year 3 or 4 . |
| 11 | The other four winning projects are : Community Education , Whitechapel Art Gallery , London , an educational programme under the direction of Lucy Dawe Lane involving over 200 artists living in the East End of London , ( the award will be used to set up after-school activities for local Bengali children and their families ) ; Art in Albany Prison , Isle of Wight , where Colin Riches has set up the first art centre in a maximum security jail , providing full-time employment and art education for eighteen long-term prisoners , ( Colin Riches will use his award to carry out further researches into the benefits of art in prisons ) ; Art Trust , Homerton Hospital , London , where the inspiration of surgeon William Shand has covered the bare walls and public spaces of the new building with specially-commissioned pictures and sculpture , ( the award will be used to commission a major sculpture for the principal courtyard ; and The Fan Museum , Greenwich , London , the first museum of fans , set up by Dicky and Helen Alexander who have donated their collection of 2,000 fans to the museum , ( the award will be used to provide proper storage facilities for the collection ) . |
| 12 | At various stations a number of final spot and seam welds are made , and then power grinders are used to smooth down exposed welds and any high spots . |
| 13 | Government grants , however , can be used to smooth out this unevenness . |
| 14 | Banks ' daily holdings of cash fluctuate as a result of transactions between the government and the public ; bank cash held by the discount houses is used to smooth out these fluctuations . |
| 15 | Again , some had hoped that Lloyd 's would forestall these by a big loan that could be used to buy off prospective litigants . |
| 16 | The proceeds , together with capital earned from trading , were used to wipe out net borrowings of £13.8m , the equivalent of 17% gearing . |
| 17 | If an abstract is included , it may be on a separate loose sheet and can be used to give in some detail the contents and argument of the report to those who do not require to read the whole text . |
| 18 | For example , this free trade article has been wrongly used to draw up radical measures banning tobacco advertising , a matter which has nothing to do with free trade , and a pure case of Commission empire-building . |
| 19 | This information has been used to draw up magnetic maps , similar in style to contour maps . |
| 20 | The court heard that forged American Express and Visa Gold cards were used to run up huge bills at the restaurants . |
| 21 | On the other hand it must be remembered that a more rapid turnover of light industry ( production of essential articles ) permits its capital also to be used to build up heavy industry , whilst developing light industry at the same time . |
| 22 | advertising and promotion will also be used to influence the evaluation of alternatives , and will be used to build up particular preferences in the mind of the potential purchaser . |
| 23 | Well it , it 's likely to be of charged under one of the loose clauses of anti-government er activities which really could mean anything , and so there , it 's more likely to be that , and if so , we have to look at the evidence then that was used to back up this claim . |
| 24 | The money will be used to step up technological know-how , to purchase restoration equipment and set up entire restoration studios in some countries including Colombia and Cuba . |
| 25 | One report which I uncovered , sanctioned by the Serbian socialist party , states : ‘ All means necessary will be used to stamp out Albanian nationalists . ’ |
| 26 | A study of a series of great square-headed brooches from southern England , of sixth century date , in which parts of the ornament are interchanged might at first argue for part-models being used to make up varying compound designs . |
| 27 | We have simplified the layout and rationalised the type so that fewer elements are used to make up each page . |
| 28 | ‘ China has a long history of cuisine , a vast territory and abundant natural resources , many nationalities and a large population that has many regions and local diets and customs , ’ he explains , adding that Chinese chefs tended to create new dishes daily , as each cooking method , each style and the range of ingredients could be used to make up different combinations — traditional menus contained a minimum of 100 dishes named after methods . |
| 29 | Such pessimistic Conclusions are rejected by pluralist writers , who believe that the political system can be used to bring about any change in society so long as that is what the majority of people desire . |
| 30 | Such weaponry may have been designed principally for warfare and combat , yet the existence of wild animal bones on settlements , especially deer , points to hunting being a means of supplementing the diet ; yet what was used to bring down such game ? |