Example sentences of "used on the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To save precious fuel , sheep were occasionally used on the front field instead of a motor-mower to keep the grass in check , though it probably did not matter too much , as for a short period the field could no longer be used anyway for Games , owing to the telegraph poles and other obstacles laid and dug there to thwart landings by German gliders and paratroopers . |
| 2 | But here we could see for ourselves how timber-framed partition walls , filled in with brickwork , were used on the upper storeys over the larger rooms to ensure no weight pressed on their ceilings ; and how joiners had constructed the mahogany bookcases in the library . |
| 3 | A slightly curved shape used on the upper side of boards to produce greater speed . |
| 4 | These trains were all composed of covered wagons of either French or Italian make , used on the Continental Ferry Service , and left in this country . |
| 5 | As the syllabuses and teaching methods devised for the in-service PGCE course are also used on the equivalent full-time course , the latter has been accepted by the General Nursing Council as a recognized route for the training of nurse tutors . |
| 6 | Check that the chemical will in fact control the pest and can be used on the affected plant . |
| 7 | Reflex : A fabric used on the outer of some sleeping bags . |
| 8 | The 24-inch diameter pipes are being transferred from British Pipe Coaters , of Leith in Scotland , for Irish utility company Bord Gais in Dublin to be used on the Irish Sea natural gas interconnector project . |
| 9 | To trim the sail , the jib car should be used on the inside track and the clew trimmed back to the shrouds . |
| 10 | The small fleet of 37 's used on the Cambrian is being dispersed to Petroleum and other sectors . |
| 11 | On the Cambrian lines , a basic diet of 156 's and 155's was promised with some 153 's being used on the Cambrian Coast line services . |
| 12 | For a half a century from the 1840s , Shorthorn bulls from Britain and Dutch Black Pied bulls were used to improve local red and red-pied cattle in central and southern Belgium ; they were also used on the black-and-white Charleroi ( which also had some Charolais influence later ) . |
| 13 | For a while Ayrshire and Durham Shorthorn bulls were used on the Breton cows but the results were not worth while . |
| 14 | Although there is some latitude between these grants , in that part of the capital grant can be transferred to be used on the current grant , the distinction between them is maintained and is important . |
| 15 | Equipped with sturdy heads to withstand the rigours of the classroom , both come with the superb LB objectives used on the existing Olympus range . |
| 16 | Cards from IBM and third parties offer Ethernet , Token Ring and facsimile modems can be used on the new notebooks , as well as memory cards . |
| 17 | All equipment used on the New OED Project is covered by a maintenance agreement with IBM . |
| 18 | Readers may be concerned at the loss of the glossy pages believing that format to be more serviceable in a wet environment but the cartridge paper used on the new book is equally strong and considerably cheaper ! |
| 19 | Mr do you want to have a ten minute break while you consider this question of whether you would be prepared to advise the panel that you would be a you would accept an amendment to the key diagram to show one star or what ever it is you have used on the key diagram to indicate A fifty nine relief road proposal ? |
| 20 | And they told me about Azul , in Jersey , and before that I think it was before that they showed me the forensic photographs of all of them : Bissett skewered on the railings , grotesque and spread and limp ; the blood-smeared vibrator used on the retired judge , Jamieson ; the drained shapeless white body of Persimmon , tied to his grid above a pool of blood , then nothing when there should have been something ; then what was left of Sir Rufus Carter , blackened bones , distorted and bent , the black skull 's jaw hinged down in a blind scream but the flesh all gone very much a dental-records job and it was all black , the nails , the wood and the bones too but it 's their mouths their jaws I remember , their silent screams , hanging slack or jammed open and it gets worse because they show me the fucking video they show me the video they think I made or that I think they think I made but I did n't ; they make me watch it and it 's horrific ; there 's a man and he 's dressed in black or dark blue and he has a gorilla mask on and he keeps sucking on this little bottle he 's carrying which must be helium because it gives him that baby voice disguising his own voice and he has this fat little guy strapped to a chrome seat , his mouth taped , one arm tied down onto the arm of the chair , shirt rolled up and the little guy 's shrieking as hard as he can but it sounds quiet because the noise is having to come down his nose while the man in the gorilla mask looks from the camera to the guy in the seat and holds up this huge fucking syringe like something from a nightmare from an old movie from a horror film and I can feel my heart beating wildly because that 's what this is . |
| 21 | They are widely used on the large-scale , a familiar example being the cup anemometer used in everyday meteorological applications . |
| 22 | 13 CARITA brass ball valves are available from the Office and these can be used on the white pimply Battel balls . |
| 23 | In the second series , similar techniques were used on the postcecal colon and transit assessed two hours later . |
| 24 | With the risk of a product being used on the wrong surface or half-full containers being topped up with incompatible chemicals . |
| 25 | Material which starts out at regional may also go on to be used on the national networks . |
| 26 | Similar techniques have been used on the fire-damaged medieval manuscripts of our Cotton collection . |
| 27 | It can be torn up and stuffed into awkward shapes ; cut to size and layered ; and used on the horizontal or held vertically in a grid . |
| 28 | A collection was started whereby the silver cross and candlesticks used on the high altar could be purchased in memory of those who died . |
| 29 | This was significant , but even more important was the effect of a stainless steel skin being used on the top inner portion of the stabiliser . |
| 30 | Animal and human manure was spread over the land , and about twenty tons might be used on the single acre if root crops were being grown . |