Example sentences of "used [prep] the [noun sg] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Iron was used for the shank as it provided greater strength and longer life than bronze would have done . |
| 2 | We 'd been told which room would be used for the meeting so we did n't have to search the whole building . |
| 3 | One patient was treated with a drug not normally used for the condition after it had successfully been tested on her blood . |
| 4 | It is n't invariable practice amongst conveyancers even to keep a third copy of a simple transfer for themselves ( but always keep one if it contains restrictions , or the grant or reservation of rights , etc , or if you will require one for your mortgagee 's solicitors ; normally one prepares top and carbon , both of which are sent to the seller 's conveyancers with a suggestion that the top copy , too , should be retained and used as the engrossment if its terms are approved . |
| 5 | Although the terms by which police officers refer to black people are in common use in various other social contexts , they seem to be more commonly used within the Met than in most other groups : there can be few other groups in which it is normal , automatic , habitual to refer to black people as ‘ coons ’ , ‘ niggers ’ and so on … |
| 6 | Threshing machines were initially more used in the north than in the south of England , commencing in the early nineteenth century . |
| 7 | Square-plan kilns were not used in the South until shortly before World War I. The kilns had brick walls ; inside , at ground level , there was an open brick box to contain the fire , the draught being controlled by the entrance door . |
| 8 | Three- and four-part chords are effective only in f and ff , and are best used in the orchestra when a series of emphatic detached chords is desired . |
| 9 | Chafe ( 1977:244 ) criticises the typical psycholinguistic tree structures which assign agents and roles to the words used in the recall as being ‘ able to capture only certain decisions that were made during certain particular verbalisations . |
| 10 | Two video cameras were being used in the cabin when failures occurred in the flight-mode annunciator No 2 whilst a McDonnell Douglas MD-87 was taxiing . |
| 11 | No 2900 built in 1955 for Prince Charles and Princess Anne ; now a back up vehicle , used in the main when two trains are run , or to strengthen the principal train . |
| 12 | The dynamic duo are responsible for almost every bit used in the demo except for some loading routines and music players ) : Equal doing coding and graphics ; Snap doing music and graphics . |
| 13 | In the most competitive of the three preliminary rounds , designed to get horses used to the arena before the cup begins in earnest , she and Forester had easily the best of a four horse jump-off . |
| 14 | Unless that party , not less than seven days before the hearing , gives notice to the other party that he objects to the use of the affidavit , he is to be taken to have consented to the use of it and the affidavit may be used at the hearing unless the court otherwise orders ( Ord 20 , r 7(1) ) . |
| 15 | This power may not be exercised against the Crown : Ord 42 , r 5(5). ( 5 ) Affidavit evidence may be used at the hearing if notice has been given ( Ord 20 , rr 5 , 7 and 10 ) . |
| 16 | These in his original draft he had characterised at " Chetniks " , a term often loosely used at the time although its most precise meaning was to refer to the Royalist followers of Gen Mihailovitch . |
| 17 | The die study has become one of the most important tools used by the numismatist because it provides a physical link between two separate objects and thereby provides evidence that they were made at the same place and time . |
| 18 | In other words , these are the cases where there is the greatest public impact , so , while a small minority , these high-profile cases will tend to be used by the public as indicators of what is normally the outcome . |
| 19 | They are intended for use on top of a work bench and are often used by the artist when in a sitting position . |
| 20 | They are intended for use on top of a work bench and are often used by the artist when in a sitting position . |
| 21 | This vehicle was used by the Queen until her death , and is preserved at York . |
| 22 | A soldier 's wife who stayed on in married quarters after her husband walked out has been asked to pay eight hundred pounds for trespass , the term used by the army when it considers a tenancy has become unlawful . |
| 23 | Apart from this last point and Zaidie 's description of the words used by the defendant when he telephoned Zaidie after the shooting , the impression is created that Mr. Pantry was examining the witness out of his statement rather than his deposition . |
| 24 | Of that land , about 15 per cent is used by the military as training grounds for flight , bombing and land warfare exercises . |
| 25 | The following text pages can be used by the instructor as prompts to the discussion . |
| 26 | With effect from the start of an insolvent liquidation of the vendor , unless the court grants leave , the vendor 's company name may not be used by the purchaser if the purchaser or directors of the purchaser have been directors or shadow directors of the vendor during the twelve months preceding the liquidation . |
| 27 | This parameter is only used by the routine if the package is being granted approval . |
| 28 | It can be used by the student when the need arises . |