Example sentences of "is used [to-vb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A burr is left on the outside of the pipe : this needs to be removed with a flat file , while a round file is used to clean up the inside . |
| 2 | In the case of spoken words , context is used to speed up recognition by reducing the number of possible candidates in the cohort . |
| 3 | A squeegee tool is used to smooth out the film and the excess film around the edge of the window is trimmed off with a safety knife . |
| 4 | Banks ' daily holdings of cash fluctuate as a result of transactions between the government and the public ; bank cash held by the discount houses is used to smooth out these fluctuations . |
| 5 | Good passenger-carrying capacity is vital as far as Peaks is concerned because the Shogun is used to pick up some of his employees and take them to work . |
| 6 | Here short-pile fabric is used to pick out the main pattern shapes , providing a relief pattern that highlights the design . |
| 7 | The snout is used to stir up mud on the river floor , to expose worms , crustaceans and other small organisms on which the fish feeds . |
| 8 | The remainder is used to set up new bureaux or develop existing ones , with grant tapering down by year 3 or 4 . |
| 9 | The rest is used to pay off debt . |
| 10 | Another 47% is used to heat up the Earth 's surface and 22% is consumed in the evaporation cycle which makes rain . |
| 11 | Other women in the narrative may not be friends , but are always constructed as rivals for male attention : ‘ She does not consider herself a beauty and this element is used to play off against the beauty of the other woman ( women ) … . ’ |
| 12 | It is not normally used between two complete sentences ( where a semicolon or colon is used instead ) , but is used to separate off various supplementary things in a sentence . |
| 13 | It is used to top up the seats awarded in proportion to the overall vote . |
| 14 | Although this 20 per cent is intended for teaching and research , much of it is used to make up deficits in general health-care budgets . |
| 15 | A paddle stroke is like any other model or diagram which is used to pass on information . |