Example sentences of "is used [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | More than 230 illegal gambling dens take £175,400 per day , most of which is used to finance the city 's thriving illegal drugs trade ; Frankfurt has 10,000 registered heroin addicts . |
2 | Actually , none of the water stored in Lake Powell is used to irrigate the area . |
3 | The revenue so generated is used to service the pipeline 's project debt . |
4 | This transition in the comparator output is used to generate the position detector pulse [ Fig. 7.12/1 ) ] , which occurs at the time when winding C should be switched on and therefore can be used directly as a step command . |
5 | When the load reaches the target the downcounter contents are zero and this zero count is used to generate the clock STOP signal . |
6 | The LPF is used to scale the transitions according to the likelihood of the constituent words . |
7 | The current yield is used to estimate the cost of or profit from holding a bond . |
8 | A computer is used to simplify the search procedure and process for the user , for example by translating commands in one language into commands appropriate for other systems ; |
9 | It is used to improve the flow of oil and alkyd paint , for subtle blending , smooth brushwork and fine detail . |
10 | However information from this survey is used to assess the capacity to benefit of various groups of students , including those who entered first degree courses on the basis of non-standard entry qualifications . |
11 | A criterion referenced marking schedule is used to assess the students at each clinical station . |
12 | In Chapter 3 we reviewed some of the main principles of experimental design in which a control group is used to assess the relationship between some causal factor and its presumed effect . |
13 | ‘ Flying planes can be dangerous ’ is the type-sentence of semantic ambiguity because it can yield both a passive and an active interpretation , and here a variation is used to demonstrate the danger of paying too much attention to public opinion . |
14 | Finally , a summary of policy issues raised and discussed during one academic year ( 1987–88 ) is used to demonstrate the pattern of contending interests and the extent to which they can or can not be accommodated . |
15 | A further sequence of delays is used to decelerate the motor as it approaches the target position . |
16 | + is used to join the notation of two subjects which are commonly associated with one another , but which are separated by the normal sequence in UDC . |
17 | Consequently , when |
18 | Stipple is a black messy stuff that is used to simulate the years of dirt and grime that can build up in all those little nooks and crannies . |
19 | A century-old optical theory is used to simulate the effect of reflected light . |
20 | It is performed with the centreboard down and the sail is used to turn the board . |
21 | A support stake is used to take the stress when the long-net deviates from a straight line . |
22 | The important difference is that >> is used to save the output in the file in place of > . |
23 | For example , if a stepping motor is used to drive the carriage of a teletype then the system must come to rest for the printing of each letter . |
24 | The mouth is used to modulate the volume , like a resonator . |
25 | Lastly , Ingolstadt is used to exemplify the approach that could be adopted in an historically important and attractive city centre . |
26 | Redundancy is figured as an existential situation which is used to exemplify the condition of the humanist academic in an increasingly technocratic world . |
27 | All the money raised from the scheme is used to fund the zoo 's conservation projects worldwide . |
28 | The Shop is administered by Trinity College Library and all revenue is used to support the work of the Library . |
29 | Based on 10 Megabit ethernet cards which support most kinds of ethernet backbones ( the type of cabling system that is used to connect the network up ) Mainlan is not too difficult to install , although you do really require a basic knowledge of memory configurations in PCs to get the best out of it . |
30 | Concrete of the same consistency as is used for pool construction is used to form the waterfall , which like the pool benefits from being 15 cm ( 6 in ) deep . |