Example sentences of "is used [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a preliminary , we must note that Thai has two forms to correspond to the English word old ; one is ( with superscript 2 indicating low tone ) which is used of animate beings , and the other is , applied to inanimates . |
| 2 | The same word is used of those who doubted the risen Christ : ‘ When they saw him , they fell prostrate before him , though some were doubtful ’ ( Matthew 28:17 ) . |
| 3 | With DPT preparations , the 600F ground glass surface is used without final polish , as a slightly rough zone is required as a ‘ key ’ to ensure adhesion at the glass/resin interface . |
| 4 | There are no detectable products when male DNA is used under high stringency conditions . |
| 5 | High population densities on the other hand may modify the way in which the land is used under given social relations of production , and indeed modify the relations of production themselves . |
| 6 | Its tone can be hard and piercing , and is used as such by Stravinsky and Shostakovich . |
| 7 | This provides for a supply of very good quality water to the main river , which itself is used as potable supply . |
| 8 | The HLLAPI interface is used with existing 3270 and 5250-based applications and both APPC and CPI-C are used to write co-operative applications for the LU6.2 protocol . |
| 9 | These remain primitive in that , on the whole , non-technical English is used with all the possibilities of ambiguity and communication at cross purposes which this implies . |
| 10 | Double plain hem with mitred corner is used with all lined curtains ( fig. 24 ) . |
| 11 | Easy to dye , it is used with other fabrics such as Cordura for lightweight and fashion boots . |
| 12 | ‘ poeticity ’ , he says , is like oil in cooking ; you can not have it on its own but when it is used with other food it is more than a mere addition . |
| 13 | For these high speeds very specialised equipment is used with long narrow boards often less than a foot wide and with specially reinforced camber-induced sails . |
| 14 | Examples of its use in various ways are to be found in Tristan and Parsifal ( many unaccompanied recitative-like passages ) , Tchaikovsky 's ‘ Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy ’ from the Nutcracker Suite ( very few notes , but marvellously effective ) , Elgar 's Symphony No. 2 ( endless examples of bass clarinet doublings ) , Stravinsky 's Petrushka ( in the 1st scene where it is used with two ordinary clarinets during the extraordinarily realistic hurdy-gurdy episode , and in the Moor 's scene later on with grotesquely sinister effect ) . |
| 15 | This is used with industrial safety statutes such as the Welding Regulations to give employees injured by a breach of statutory duty an action in damages . |
| 16 | It is used with absorbent disposable potty pouches , which can be removed when the job is done , and disposed of in the same way as a disposable nappy . |
| 17 | The unsuccessful minimal strategy ( in which no critical information is supplied ) is most evident among the younger children , while the sophisticated directional strategy ( which makes use of instructions involving ‘ left ’ , ‘ right ’ , etc. ) is used with any frequency only by adults . |
| 18 | ( Most often , a digit is used with 9 for ‘ do n't know ’ or 0 for ‘ do n't know ’ and 9 for ‘ other ’ . ) |
| 19 | To make the handle shape the object subtraction tool is used with both ovals selected . |
| 20 | The heater matrix on the SIII commonly blocks up if it is used with hard water so it may need cleaning out by a radiator specialist or replacing as flushing with cleaning chemicals is not very effective . |
| 21 | Round guttering is shaped like half ( or slightly less than half ) of a circle and is used with circular downpipes . |
| 22 | Any minor problems that exist are much more noticeable when the guitar is used with huge amounts of gain . |
| 23 | Quite often the word ‘ information ’ is used with different meanings , but from the very beginning he sticks to a single interpretation — Shannon information . |
| 24 | This is a word which is used with different meanings in different contexts . |
| 25 | Square guttering is used with rectangular downpipes . |
| 26 | However , when this approach is used with single children or with small groups , it may still not be possible to attribute any observed changes in the child 's language to the effect of the intervention . |
| 27 | There is no shading on the rock here , but it is used on two out of three tiny , marvellous cups from Athens ( figs. 113 , 114 ) made by a potter Sotades and painted by the ‘ Sotades Painter ’ who may well have been the same man . |
| 28 | Carrot oil , a rich , orange liquid made from the dried root of the plant , is used on dry and scaly skins to make them more supple . |
| 29 | White French polish is milky-white and is used on bleached wood and marquetry , and in all cases where it is desired to keep the wood as light as possible . |
| 30 | Manganese steel is used on all ground contacting and crop conveying surfaces to give extra durability . |