Example sentences of "be [be] used [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Clearly the authorities know the rape camps are there and what they 're being used for . |
| 2 | A very mysterious , nasty record , and one that asks whether we 're being used by the powers-that-be by going out raving on E every night instead of overthrowing the rich . |
| 3 | If objections based on uncertainty have any validity , then that word must be being used in a third sense . |
| 4 | Are there any questions that people would , would like to ask , er I think it 's a very important paper , er important also because as most of you know it was all these new technologies and new drug treatments and things like that that are coming in , an awful lot of rather easy criteria are being used to , to look at the , the various things , and I think that 's why there 's a lot of confusion about what is and is not a good method of treatment . |
| 5 | Behind this geo-demographics are being used to their full extent to match profiles to identify the most likely prospects for a particular offer . |
| 6 | More worryingly , confidentially clauses are being used to falsely maintain capital values . |
| 7 | The idea of inspection started with national inspectors ( Her Majesty 's Inspectorate ) , but increasingly local inspectors are being used at local education authority ( LEA ) level . |
| 8 | A small group ( two bulls and six heifers ) was exported to an English agricultural college in 1988 on an experimental basis , and here it was described as looking rather like a South Devon or a beefy Jersey ; the bulls are being used on the college 's Friesian dairy herd to produce beef calves . |
| 9 | Finally , buying management and their advisers should try and appreciate what tactics are being used on them . |
| 10 | Courtaulds paints are being used on three 25-metre trawlers built by Chantier Naval du Pacifique Sud in record time . |
| 11 | The Cruise missiles would be used to devastate Serbian airfields which are being used for helicopter flights in defiance of the exclusion zone ruling . |
| 12 | What had influenced Hollywood , thought Moley , was the ample evidence that ‘ the generality of the public takes its movies seriously and is adversely responsive to any effort which offers the least suspicion that they are being used for some purpose other than entertainment ’ and that in particular ‘ nothing hurts a picture 's chance of success more than the whisper that it contains propaganda ’ . |
| 13 | If bricks are being used for steps , make sure you choose a frost-proof type , as you wold for paths or retaining walls . |
| 14 | The technology has advanced to the point where systems are being used for real ( albeit simple ) applications rather than demonstrations [ Grishman , 1986 ] . |
| 15 | Swan Hunters was reprivatized in January 1986 and is now reduced to a work force of some 3000 and one building berth at Wallsend , although other yards are being used for preliminary fabrication . |
| 16 | For example , the 1987/88 Programme of Work included a major review of the modules in Personal and Social Development ( PSD ) ; the fruits of this review appeared in the catalogue last April and the new and revised modules are being used for the first time this session . |
| 17 | When case studies and assignments are being used for summative assessment they should be retained for inspection by the Subject Assessor . |
| 18 | Several pictures were taken of the installation , some of which are being used for promotional purposes . |
| 19 | Scoring systems designed to rate the severity of an illness are being used for comparison of hospital units to identify different standards of care and to allocate resources . |
| 20 | The Act will apply where the premises are being used for business purposes as defined in s. 1(3) . |
| 21 | It is the purpose that the premises are being used for , rather than the purpose of the visitor , that is important . |
| 22 | Facilities at Theatr Clwyd , are being used for editing . |
| 23 | It should be noted that the two marks and are being used for two different purposes in this course , as they are in many phonetics books . |
| 24 | Colchester , UK : Packs jointly developed by Betts Plastics , part of Courtaulds Aerospace , with The Robert McBride Group are being used for a new range of shower gels ( below ) sold by the Superdrug retail chain . |
| 25 | ‘ Even a mature product such as ‘ Diakon ’ offers scope for exciting new developments to extend its range of applications , ’ he says , ‘ We have recently introduced impact modified grades with improved toughness and craze resistance , which are being used for such things as food mixer bowls , blood filters and tooth-brush handles , and a research programme we are engaged in has produced acrylics with very much higher softening points — likely candidates for automotive head lamp lenses and other lighting applications . ’ |
| 26 | mm , well , I visit ladies in the nineties and they 're called Emma and Alice and Amy and all these names that are being used for children now , but I do n't think you 'll ever get Fred , Sidney |
| 27 | These are being used with different degrees of intensity in about 20 classes over the year 1991-2 , with pre and post evaluation and ongoing classroom observation . |
| 28 | All other things which are done instead of talking are a waste of time , are being used as excuses to delay the whole process , and will bear no fruit whatsoever , except the killing which is going on every day … |
| 29 | The Zionist Federation condemned Damiani , Abu Khadra , Mrs Zamzam and Mrs Boulos as ‘ victims of their own aggression ’ who had ‘ remained refugees because they are being used as an instrument of the destruction of the State of Israel . ’ |
| 30 | Currently in the nursing field , computers are being used as a medium for communicating in nursing practice , education , management and research . |