Example sentences of "be used to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | We 're used to that , though . |
| 3 | Secondhand , of course , but we 're used to that . ’ |
| 4 | Students today are used to visual effects of a high quality , such as in documentary programmes on television , and expect competence on behalf of the tutor and clinical teacher in their use . |
| 5 | Diagrams presenting data and clear summaries are used to good effect . |
| 6 | But they are just as difficult to read if you are used to political hypocrisy . |
| 7 | Although the last thing we want is a return to rigid central control , the NHS does need some coordination to ensure that scarce resources are used to best advantage and not wasted by the unsupervised duplication of facilities . |
| 8 | True , he had frequently circumnavigated Ramsey Island but if the tides are used to best advantage then the Bitches will not be working as they are passed . |
| 9 | Dr Longstaff said : ‘ Our study will enable us to find out more about the causes of asthma , suggest ways of preventing it , and make sure the resources to treat it are used to best effect . ’ |
| 10 | They are used to nerve-wracking finales . |
| 11 | They are used to nerve-wracking finales . |
| 12 | It 's all right for a man ; men are used to smutty books and vulgar jokes — women do n't go for things like that . ’ |
| 13 | Even American tourists who are used to all mod cons accept the fact that we ca n't offer absolutely everything . ’ |
| 14 | Here in the UK we are used to major variations in water chemistry from area to area despite this being only a small country ; the huge Amazon system , however , consists generally of soft and acid waters . |
| 15 | Cutter numbers are used to further subdivide subjects . |
| 16 | Note here whether any general types of grammatical construction are used to special effect ; eg comparative or superlative constructions ; coordinative or listing constructions ; parenthetical constructions ; appended or interpolated structures such as occur in casual speech . |
| 17 | Qualifications are used to pre-select the sample of candidates . |
| 18 | Johnson and Melville are used to this . |
| 19 | We are used to this , to the extent that we become blase about it . ’ |
| 20 | It is relief , I think , and we must marry soon , I can not bear to wait , and you wo n't mind living in a little house in Vetch Street when you are used to this , will you ? ’ |
| 21 | Both sides ' form has dipped but Newcastle might just be the more resilient , with McDermott adding : ‘ We are used to this — when you are a club the size of Newcastle and runaway leaders in the first division , every game is a pressure game . |
| 22 | We are used to evil men demanding a ransom before their victim can be released . |
| 23 | Whilst the benefits and opportunities presented by distributing tasks and applications across high-performance , inexpensive Unix processors are being realised across the industry , commercial users are used to well-proven systems management utilities such as Digital Equipment Corp 's Enterprise Management Architecture and proprietary solutions from the likes of IBM Corp . |
| 24 | Remember that you will be often attempting the hard-sell on people who are used to aggressive business practices . |
| 25 | Omanis are used to foreign attention . |
| 26 | Frequent fliers in the islands are used to unusual problems holding up their flights . |
| 27 | The water is normally like crystal and , if you are used to British waters , it is strange to see bubbles from other divers , rising like plumes some 40 or 50 metres away . |
| 28 | Supper is served early for children — although the Continental ones who are used to later hours tend to dine together with their parents in the grand restaurant . |
| 29 | This drug has been used to good effect in generalized viral infections , when it can be injected directly into the blood stream , but this is not without hazard and is not indicated unless the infection is life-threatening . |
| 30 | That weapon may have been used to good effect against the Scots who were defeated at Falkirk in July 1298 . |