Example sentences of "be use [prep] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 It seems that we now have serial correlation in our model as a result of including the dummy right , now we 've got to test statistic , I mean always look at the F version of the test , right , er our F statistic of three point seven six is significantly different from zero , right , that leaves seven percent level , so a five percent test we probably accept that we did n't have any serial correlations and we just got there by the skin of our teeth on that particular test erm yes , you could probably get away with this one , functional forms fine , no problem there , hetero skilasticity right , are F statistic three point nine but significantly different from zero that 's six percent level , right , so again we just scrape it if we were looking at the ninety five percent confidence it wants to be five percent if you are using as five percent significance level .
2 So then he gave them Visa , which he 'd hardly been using at all , and twenty minutes later they gave him a car .
3 The thing is , he has been using for such a long time .
4 These solutions , which involved old technology , simply applied to the ocean freighter what railroads and truckers had been using for 30 years .
5 If a patent were to be granted to the second business , it could prevent the first from using what it has already been using for some time .
6 And to show you what the situation is er the world 's energy demand is very likely i i i is almost certain to increase er because of development in the world and also because of the growing population er that arrow is some sort of guess as to how the world er the demand for energy worldwide is likely to increase when you set that against the curves at the bottom which show the likely projections for oil and natural gas as you can see as we get into the next century those er fossil fuels , which we 've been using with gay abandon for many decades , will start to into er decline .
7 We can now state the central result of applying the rational expectations hypothesis to the aggregate demand — aggregate supply model that we have been using in this chapter .
8 These Societies were in opposition to the differentiation and autonomization model of modernity that I am using in this paper .
9 The amplifier that you 're using on this tour , is that the Ray Butts amp that you used on Elvis 's ‘ Comeback Special ’ ?
10 Tony what 's this stuff we 're using in that one ?
11 The layout of the Alpha 2.0 is n't the simplest to get to grips with without some help — especially if you 're used to such simple machines as the Alesis Quadraverb — and the fact that the manual seems to require a PhD in logistics to understand just makes it all the more frustrating .
12 We 're used to that , though .
13 Secondhand , of course , but we 're used to that . ’
14 It does n't help when , as a child , your brother leads you to believe that they 're used as rubber pants for hamsters .
15 You qualify out of that as an acting corporal , then you 're used by other classes ; for example , as a helper or decoy in staged attacks .
16 Others are supplied as polymers , per se , or are made as polymers in a dental laboratory , where elevated temperatures are used without any risk to the patient .
17 The lowest concentrations ( ½ to 2 per cent ) are used for facial oils , children , and for those with sensitive skin .
18 The most versatile of the vinegars , these are used for general cookery and in many of the classic sauces .
19 They are simply a recording of a band 's live or alternative versions of their songs , which are used for one or two broadcasts .
20 The key point is that if the knives are used for one purpose and do not fall into the category of domestic cutlery there is a case for a ban .
21 As for the evolutionary precursors of the system , both hydrogen peroxide and various kinds of quinones are used for other purposes in body chemistry .
22 English is one of the languages that do not use tone in this way though tones or pitch differences are used for other purposes ; such languages are sometimes called intonation languages .
23 He said there were ‘ good grounds for suspicion that certain offshore banks are used for fraudulent purposes ’ .
24 But documents can be dangerous things if used without care and if , as sometimes happens , they are used for partial and selective purposes .
25 Auditory verbs are used for mechanical activities : clanking , thumped , rapped , whistled .
26 Norwegians are keen to train their dogs and Rottweilers are used for many purposes , from mountain rescue to drug detection .
27 Of course , price subsidies are used for many other purposes ; for example , in chapter 3 it was noted that they might be used to tackle the problem of an externality .
28 The same products are used for treating scabies as are used for pubic lice .
29 Different criteria are used for each table , but a common minimum market value of £100million is used to exclude the smallest companies where small changes can produce disporportionate results .
30 However , they sample the pupils in a more selective way , because not all pupils take the same kinds of public examinations , and different criteria are used for each kind .
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