Example sentences of "is used [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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1 | More than 230 illegal gambling dens take £175,400 per day , most of which is used to finance the city 's thriving illegal drugs trade ; Frankfurt has 10,000 registered heroin addicts . |
2 | The information collected is used to compile the ‘ community charge register ’ — a list of people liable to pay the community charge . |
3 | Actually , none of the water stored in Lake Powell is used to irrigate the area . |
4 | The revenue so generated is used to service the pipeline 's project debt . |
5 | When the load reaches the target the downcounter contents are zero and this zero count is used to generate the clock STOP signal . |
6 | The position detector pulse sent to the control unit is used to generate the next step command . |
7 | This transition in the comparator output is used to generate the position detector pulse [ Fig. 7.12/1 ) ] , which occurs at the time when winding C should be switched on and therefore can be used directly as a step command . |
8 | The LPF is used to scale the transitions according to the likelihood of the constituent words . |
9 | A standard electrical connector is used to link the two together ( and there is an optical output for matching the Karik transport to a different DAC ) , but there 's also a special custom link which when connected allows a single master clock to control the whole shebang to the benefit of sound quality . |
10 | Financial environmental appraisal is used to estimate the potential costs and benefits of responding to shortfalls highlighted in other audits . |
11 | The current yield is used to estimate the cost of or profit from holding a bond . |
12 | A computer is used to simplify the search procedure and process for the user , for example by translating commands in one language into commands appropriate for other systems ; |
13 | It is used to improve the flow of oil and alkyd paint , for subtle blending , smooth brushwork and fine detail . |
14 | So ‘ bureaucratic ’ pluralism has been used by some in recognizing the more important role of Japanese civil servants ; this has been further qualified as ‘ bureaucratic-inclusionary ’ pluralism to suggest that the widest possible range of citizen consultation is used to assess the national interest . |
15 | A criterion referenced marking schedule is used to assess the students at each clinical station . |
16 | In Chapter 3 we reviewed some of the main principles of experimental design in which a control group is used to assess the relationship between some causal factor and its presumed effect . |
17 | However information from this survey is used to assess the capacity to benefit of various groups of students , including those who entered first degree courses on the basis of non-standard entry qualifications . |
18 | ‘ Flying planes can be dangerous ’ is the type-sentence of semantic ambiguity because it can yield both a passive and an active interpretation , and here a variation is used to demonstrate the danger of paying too much attention to public opinion . |
19 | Finally , a summary of policy issues raised and discussed during one academic year ( 1987–88 ) is used to demonstrate the pattern of contending interests and the extent to which they can or can not be accommodated . |
20 | A further sequence of delays is used to decelerate the motor as it approaches the target position . |
21 | + is used to join the notation of two subjects which are commonly associated with one another , but which are separated by the normal sequence in UDC . |
22 | Consequently , when |
23 | A century-old optical theory is used to simulate the effect of reflected light . |
24 | Stipple is a black messy stuff that is used to simulate the years of dirt and grime that can build up in all those little nooks and crannies . |
25 | It is performed with the centreboard down and the sail is used to turn the board . |
26 | A support stake is used to take the stress when the long-net deviates from a straight line . |
27 | The important difference is that >> is used to save the output in the file in place of > . |
28 | For example , if a stepping motor is used to drive the carriage of a teletype then the system must come to rest for the printing of each letter . |
29 | The mouth is used to modulate the volume , like a resonator . |
30 | Lastly , Ingolstadt is used to exemplify the approach that could be adopted in an historically important and attractive city centre . |