Example sentences of "used [to-vb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No such effect of pertussis toxin on the inhibitory action of TPA was observed when histamine was used to stimulate the cyclic AMP content of HGT-1 cells ( Table II ) . |
| 2 | It is used to stimulate the white blood cells . |
| 3 | Saltpetre , or potassium nitrate , is a preserving salt usually available only at a chemist 's or pharmacy and is most commonly used to preserve the pink colour of pickled or salt beef . |
| 4 | Each contained around 100lb of Semtex high explosive , five times as much as was used to demolish the Grand Hotel , Brighton , during the 1984 Conservative conference and 40 times the size of an average car bomb . |
| 5 | Those who argue for a ‘ carer 's benefit ’ need to ponder this point and consider ways in which such allowances could be used to support the existing arrangements in a household in which carers are in employment and wish to continue . |
| 6 | An IBM 30335 processor is used to support the main company database systems , including the Payroll/Personnel system , operating IMS under MVS . |
| 7 | RENFE received compensation for some political prices , such as those used to support the Asturian coal mining industry . |
| 8 | The cash will be used to support the newly-opened Tokyo office . |
| 9 | This was indicated by the dispatch of British warships to the region , the construction of a major base on Diego Garcia , and the desire of the British cabinet ‘ to set up its own rapid deployment corps , which will be used to support the convenient regimes in that region and suppress the national liberation movements there ’ . |
| 10 | The feature close would have the value + for , , , , and we could also use this for and if we adopt the convention that most of the features will be used to classify the first part of the diphthongs . |
| 11 | That deprives Japanese of the space that , in other rich countries , would be used to accommodate the domestic fantasies whose purchase occupies the weekends and disposes of the earnings of workers . |
| 12 | The RNA tumour viruses have been studied extensively , and have been used to carry the human adenosine deaminase gene successfully into children with severe combined immunodeficiency . |
| 13 | As with the other two methods of entry , the updated file is used to re-define the graphical functions and the spatial views . |
| 14 | For example , PCR has been used to confirm the persistent faecal shedding of HIV in children with HIV associated diarrhoea . |
| 15 | Thus all M-H stretching frequencies decrease by several hundreds of cm -1 , and this can be used to confirm the group-frequency assignment of such modes , and also to remove M-H bands from regions where they may hide other bands . |
| 16 | χ 2 test was used to compare the pathological features of the idex polyps in relapsing patients with those of patients in whom recurrence was not observed . |
| 17 | Where normality for each group separately was found to be appropriate by using probability plots a two sample t test was used to compare the mean values of each variable of interest between the regulated and random groups . |
| 18 | The unpaired t test was used to compare the mean levels of diabetic control in two groups by means of a two sided test . |
| 19 | One way analysis of variance was used to compare the mean levels of diabetic control in three or more groups . |
| 20 | A deprivation score was used to compare the relative deprivation or affluence of rural and urban areas . |
| 21 | Analysis of variance was used to compare the ten junctions for each judgment task averaging each subject 's responses for the three exemplars of each junction . |
| 22 | SynOptics Communications Inc has announced an order from the Unipart Group of Companies for its System 3000 intelligent hubs , which will be used to spearhead the latter 's migration from IBM Corp mainframe systems to personal computer local networks : the order comes via network integrator Harris Adacom , and comprises seven System 3000 hubs which will be used to run Token Ring and Ethernet ; the total contract is worth £250,000 , and SynOptics says it won the order ahead of competition from Cabletron and IBM . |
| 23 | Dessie was used to promote the first Sunday meeting at Doncaster last month along with Red Rum . |
| 24 | One of the lumens was used to drain the gastric contents by siphonage . |
| 25 | Both tasks were designed to assess children 's ability to respond to some of the linguistic cues which can be used to signal the deductive/ empirical distinction . |
| 26 | It also involves understanding the linguistic cues ( deductive markers ) which can be used to signal the empirical/deductive distinction . |
| 27 | The table can be used to estimate the average proportion of days which , in the long term and if these probabilities are representative , will be foggy or clear . |
| 28 | They argue that the techniques used to estimate the current and future supply of housing land are flawed and that the industry 's main motive is speculative profit . |
| 29 | Forms of analysis somewhat similar to those above were used to estimate the net gains . |
| 30 | In this form the ratio of the share price decline to the size of the dividend may be used to estimate the personal income tax of the investor given a rate of capital gains tax . |