Example sentences of "used [adv] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In other words , they formed the public religious community , and so the words ‘ covenant ’ and ‘ circumcision ’ are often used interchangeably in the post-exilic writings . |
| 2 | A NEW blood vessel ‘ drill ’ which can relieve blocked arteries supplying the heart has been used successfully for the first time by surgeons in Britain . |
| 3 | GaAs was first used successfully in the 1960s for instrument applications such as light-emitting diodes , lasers , visual display units and audio disc players . |
| 4 | Let them see to it that their power is used effectively in the coming elections for the establishment of a bona-fide working-class party , and above all let them beware of the intriguing politics and hypocritical middle class friends of Germany . |
| 5 | Local officials said that the move could result in the police and army being used locally for the first time , but reflected members ' anger and frustration . |
| 6 | I examined numerous texts ( English , social studies , history , geography , maths and science ) which were used mostly with the fourteen plus age group to locate some of the sexist trends in curriculum materials . [ … ] |
| 7 | Prednisone was used less during the second year ; twenty six patients received one course and 10 children two or more courses . |
| 8 | But that was in 1909 and she has had so many successors that the device now sticks out like a sore thumb and must be used only with the greatest care and deftness of touch . |
| 9 | It rests also on the insight that income " transferred " by this means was not used only for the minimum relief of destitution , for the old , widowed , orphaned and infirm , but also for the purchase of some " decencies " , for the supplementation of the earnings of the underemployed as well as the relief of the involuntarily unemployed , and for the apprenticing of the children of the poor . |
| 10 | Actually there are many stars with proper names , but in general these are used only for the first 30 or so , plus a few fainter stars of special interest — such as Polaris , Mizar in the Great Bear , and the variable star Mira , in Cetus , the Whale . |
| 11 | Not only does this pick them out , but the underline can be used only for the main emphasis of the sentence . |
| 12 | This method has been used only in the twentieth century . |
| 13 | The statement makes clear that sanctions will be used only in the last resort . |
| 14 | The provision of trains that were solely first and second class , and therefore expected to be used only by the imperial race , helped this arrangement . |
| 15 | Lavender 's use can be traced back to the Greeks and Romans and it is more than likely that it was used all round the Mediterranean by Egyptians , Arabs , and Sumerians for a variety of domestic , cosmetic and perfumery needs . |
| 16 | Introduced to Britain by the Romans and to North America by its first settlers , it has long been used all round the Mediterranean bowl , and continues to be used there today . |
| 17 | The new synthetic pitch at the Jordanstown campus has attracted the prestigious tournament to Northern Ireland for the first time in over a decade , and the impressive facilities at the campus will be used together with the new pitch at Valley Leisure Centre . |
| 18 | Therefore they should not be used together in the same word . |
| 19 | The Bach flower remedies and the homoeopathic remedies complement each other and can be used together in the same treatment plan . |
| 20 | Bilingualism arises when two or more languages are used alternately by the same speaker . |
| 21 | Both are used exactly in the same way as the elastic . |
| 22 | Well first of all I suppose one should say that we do n't just use one computer , we , like lots of other libraries , have got access to a large number of computers , and indeed you 'll find these computers being used elsewhere for the same sort of way . |
| 23 | Well , first of all I suppose one should say that we do n't just use one computer , we , like lots of other libraries , have got access to a large number of computers , and indeed you 'll find these computers being used elsewhere for the same sort of work . |
| 24 | ‘ One advantage is that it can be used indoors at the bigger exhibition centres , thus saving the time and expense of setting up individual exhibitions . ’ |
| 25 | There is abundant evidence from a number of studies which shows that , apart from health visitors , these services are used more by the higher socio-economic groups . |
| 26 | It was used extensively during the Second World War , and is still used in parts of the Third World to help eradicate malaria and typhus . |
| 27 | These pellets should not be used extensively in the domestic market because of the possibility of their producing toxic gases when incompletely burnt . |
| 28 | The approach is not restricted to a clinical population , but has been used extensively in the commercial world particularly in the fields of sales and management . |
| 29 | Usually the proposed adjustments are checked outside the meeting by the central team and recirculated for quick comment before publication in a final form in which they can be used both by the Modular Admissions Committee ( MAC ) to control enrolment and by faculties and departments as the base for resource management . |
| 30 | A truly incremental algorithm would improve its performance during a single search , so that information learned early can be used later in the same search . |