Example sentences of "used [prep] the [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Increase is by division in spring , and seed sown at the same time can be used for the species . |
| 2 | Comparisons with computers can be used for the data transfer elements of this process , modelling the flow of sequential current variations along circuits , and also for the transfer of information , in the form of structured data ( i.e. the computer program ) which interacts with the information processing elements of the communicating machines . |
| 3 | And local Labour leader John Tompkins called it a scandal , adding : ‘ If the house is vacant , it should be used for the people here who have nowhere else to go . ’ |
| 4 | Opposite is a small engine shed ( No. 33 ) , for the saddle tank engines used about the works , with coal stores , etc. , adjacent . |
| 5 | This additional assessment in general SVQs will also be used as the means to identify merit for the group award . |
| 6 | First , in circumstances where the post is expected to be used as the means of communication between the seller and the buyer , an acceptance takes effect when it is posted . |
| 7 | One participant felt the lack of real jobs was a political weapon used against the people of West Belfast . |
| 8 | In fact , Black South African writers are committed in trying to rewrite our history , our true history , because it has been so much misrepresented and twisted , and used against the people themselves . |
| 9 | It is a practical and successful way of using land used throughout the tropics under different names , where poor soils , steep slopes and heavy rainfall obtain . |
| 10 | DIM mem 20 mem ? 5=&50 PRINT mem ? 5 Thus , The 2 examples below show how 2 operands can be used with the byte indirection operator ( ? ) to examine the contents of memory . |
| 11 | At the simplest level , many of the systems require an ‘ external ’ computer and an existing installed base will be helpful — so long , of course , as the computers can be used with the multimedia systems ( see 4.10 below ) . |
| 12 | Only after an expensive study was it concluded that the steelwork used in the £240 million plant ( jointly owned with Exxon and inaugurated in October ) would not be susceptible to RFI . |
| 13 | Umberto Eco complains , ‘ Unfortunately , ‘ postmodern ’ … is applied today to anything the user happens to like ’ ( in Hutcheon 1988 : 42 ) : as he suggests , the term is increasingly used in the media to signify little more than vague approval of what is new and striking in contemporary culture . |
| 14 | There 's a lot of free-lance work which is actually used in the media , and there 's a lot of opportunity for people . |
| 15 | Dowell is adamant it will be the second option : ‘ As young dancers they would start and be used in the corps like everybody else . ’ |
| 16 | The World Bank method , used in the data in this chapter , is based on official exchange rates . |
| 17 | Evidence presented at the International Ornithological Congress in New Zealand has suggested that the " de-beaking " of chickens , widely used in the poultry industry , may not be as benign a practise as previously thought . |
| 18 | The changes that were made for the Oval game took the number of England players used in the series to twenty-three and , as Cowdrey had to withdraw with a bruised foot , Graham Gooch was appointed the fourth captain of the series . |
| 19 | Mr Nearn , who was at the time sole concessionaire for the Seven , supplied the car used in the series . |
| 20 | The ships to be used in the series are being restored for the programme at Irvine 's Maritime Museum . |
| 21 | Letters from satisfied customers should also be kept and used in the sales presentation in order to build confidence . |
| 22 | Was the large oil cooler used on the Series IIA military Land Rovers a success . |
| 23 | Drift-nets are most notoriously used by the tuna fishing fleets of the Pacific . |
| 24 | the amount of memory used by the data structure ; |
| 25 | In connection with this it should also be remembered that all popular places , all sites actually used by the people , tend to retain the best routine of antiquity very much more than any localities or machines used by any privileged class . |
| 26 | The company also offered to provide £30,000 towards the construction of a Sports and Social Centre , primarily for the mine employees , but also to be used by the people of Loughrea … |
| 27 | Whether or not that is actually used by the people who live in the flats , I do n't know , to be honest . |
| 28 | Some of these were not foreseeable or preventable but they all represent threats to our reputation , and all were reported to the media ( although we managed to stop two of them being used by the media ) . |
| 29 | There is no simple procedure to determine the number of blocks which may be used by the media item . |
| 30 | discount on goods being purchased at a supplier , by dishonestly operating a computer used by the sales staff and entering a false discount . |