Example sentences of "used [adv] [to-vb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Previously , ‘ nearest-neighbour ’ parameters for the ten possible unique combinations of base pair stacking interactions [ 7 ] have been used successfully to predict the stability and melting temperatures of RNA duplexes of known composition . |
| 2 | Our perception of spermatozoa was changed forever by Woody Allen 's impersonation of one in Everything You Wanted to Know About Sex , and University of Pennsylvania are giving substance to his fantasies , putting the poor little tadpoles through an arduous obstacle course to step up the process of survival of the fittest : according to Prodigy Services Co , the mad scientists have created a new class of silicon chip that can be used for analyzing sperm samples and providing a venue for fertilisation ; the technology uses microscopic obstacle courses inside a silicon wafer to weed out unhealthy sperm , and has been used successfully to fertilise a mouse egg ; the chips are etched with a virtual theme park of twisting channels , forests of columns , and other features designed to ensure only the strongest of sperm reach their goal , with some passages so small that only a single cell can pass ; the researchers have not yet applied for approval to test human fertilisation using the chip , but say that could happen within the next 12 months — Brave New World , or the embodiment of virtual sex . |
| 3 | As schools become more practised and expert at constructing and implementing them , they should guarantee that the resources available to the school are used effectively to increase the range of opportunities and the quality of education for the pupil population . |
| 4 | Many problems which arise from such trades are caused by ‘ bad housekeeping ’ , used figuratively to describe the way in which some businesses carelessly handle and store raw materials such as slaughterhouse waste . |
| 5 | It is very unlikely that a Labour Prime Minister would be deprived of his seat in this way , but it deserves to be noted that , however unwittingly , a piece of machinery has been created which could be used locally to deprive a Labour Prime Minister of his seat . |
| 6 | ‘ The terrorist group included a youth of about fifteen with bleached hair and it is thought that glimpses of this boy were used skilfully to support the terrorists ' claims . |
| 7 | Your muscles are now being used properly to create a much more beautiful contour of the body . |
| 8 | This is used widely to determine the functional state of the brain , but is difficult to relate to the operations of different areas . |
| 9 | It is relevant , however , that their proportions in the populations were used only to rank the sectors ( that is , for internal comparison ) . |
| 10 | Washington had previously stated that the 12,000 American troops in Panama would be used only to defend the Canal and themselves . |
| 11 | If it is used only to improve the pupil-teacher ratio within special schools then its value is limited . |
| 12 | Ateliers et Chantiers de Bretagne hopes Trax will not , however , be used only to ease the lot of weary car , rail and subway passengers . |
| 13 | During the last war these bells were silent on government orders to be used only to warn the village of a German invasion . |
| 14 | Middle class observers often complained that the parlour remained a showpiece in the respectable working class home , used only to house the piano and the aspidistra . |
| 15 | In the popular tongue it was used only to indicate a point in time . |
| 16 | The word " sino " in Spanish means " but " , but it is used only to show a contrast with a preceding negative statement . |
| 17 | The simple grid described above is used merely to exemplify the method which , with computer analysis of the data and a use of rank ordering or numerical scaling of the judgments , is able to reach a higher level of sophistication . |
| 18 | Can he therefore confirm that either the Secretary of State has breached the security rules or that the excuse of national security has been used merely to cover the fact that the Government made the decisions on political rather than on military grounds ? |
| 19 | If our oil revenues are used merely to pay the unemployed , who now cost an estimated £18,000 million each year , the burden to those in work will suddenly increase by this amount when the oil revenues cease . |
| 20 | The concept of the testator 's intention is used merely to establish the likely meaning attached by him to the words , and this is a technique applied as much in civil-law dispositions as in trusts . |
| 21 | A hopper boat is used alongside to catch the dredgings . |
| 22 | The brakes can be used fiercely to minimise the roll , but we let aerodynamic drag do most of the work , leaving them to slow us to taxi speed and steer onto the taxiway ( still ineffectually prodding the rudder pedals ) . |
| 23 | This traditional-style comfort room shows how plains , patterns and stripes can be used together to give a lived-in look . |
| 24 | Facts which are individually correct may be used together to distort a picture . |
| 25 | Commonality tactics are frequently used unconsciously to lower the other person 's status . |
| 26 | In many places it is being used just to overthrow the nomenklatura and there are even cases where new careerists just use Civic Forum to win positions for themselves . |
| 27 | It may be used just to give the researcher a feel for what is being studied ; as a resource to back up or complement evidence produced from other sources ; or as evidence in itself , as the topic of the research . |
| 28 | Here , two camera positions are being used alternately to record a group of friends enjoying a drink in the sun . |
| 29 | Too often the term is used not to denote a specific ( designing ) but rather to denote either or both , the results of that activity ( designed products ) or the problems which initiate design activity . |
| 30 | Though game theory has been criticised , we believe it can be helpful if used critically to explore the possible structure of conflicts , rather than to search for neat but probably illusory ‘ answers ’ . |