Example sentences of "used as a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At one stage the Guernsey was used as a draught animal and later for beef , but its prime role was always as a milk producer . |
| 2 | The face is dished , like that of the Jersey , and it probably has some Jersey blood from the nineteenth century , while the brindling probably comes from the old Normandy Isigny variety , a good butter producer and big enough to be used as a draught ox on Alderney and Guernsey , whither it was taken by monks in the time of William the Conqueror . |
| 3 | In addition , however , sessions like this , or sequences of them , can be used as a consultancy training ground by inviting from any of the school services those with specialist qualifications and good experience in meeting children 's special needs , to attend such meetings as participant observers acting as co-consultants . |
| 4 | The airport has also established a niche in the express freight/mail market , being used as a hub and distribution centre by TNT Express Worldwide and Royal Mail . |
| 5 | A double stranded oligonucleotide ( termed 71/72 ) corresponding to this region of the PPT promoter was previously used as a competitor in exonuclease analysis of the PPT promoter ( 6 ) . |
| 6 | This means that the labelling can be removed and the aid used as a recall test . |
| 7 | Levels of nitrates in tap water had been rising slowly over the past decade , most of it leaching into groundwater from farmers fields , where it 's used as a fertilizer . |
| 8 | This suggests , of course , that the data could be real time information and that MBS could therefore be used as a videoconferencing facility . |
| 9 | For a few moments , I wondered if the sand and shingle had been brought from the coast to be used as a road surface , then I doubted my sanity in thinking that anyone would bring sand to the Sahara . |
| 10 | Here the fuse is used as a back up to the protection afforded by thyristor CSR1 aided and abetted by transistor TR3 . |
| 11 | A common arrangement is to have both so that the immersion can be used as a back up and in summer when the boiler is off . |
| 12 | In this way the product can be customised to an individual child or groups age — or it can be used as a vocabulary primer for French , German , Spanish , Italian , English or even ‘ American English ’ . |
| 13 | The threat could be used as a safeguard , sure ; but it could also be used to turn a further profit . |
| 14 | Floorboards — tongued-and-grooved planks are generally about 100mm ( 4in ) wide — can also be used as a floor surface , in conjunction with carpet squares or loose rugs . |
| 15 | The house was used as a workplace , both by the woman who is preparing vegetables and whose spinning wheel stands in the background , and by the shoemaker , whose tools and materials hang to the right of the fire . |
| 16 | The conservative-historical analysis takes certain legislative changes as being fundamentally permissive in outlook , and even suggests that the reforms of the law can be used as a barometer of the times . |
| 17 | It is now used as a school . |
| 18 | The convent , built between 1868 and 1907 has been used as a school , orphanage and convalescent home , but is in a derelict state and in full view of the main A55 Expressway into Wales . |
| 19 | It was used as a piggery and the stench hovered about it . |
| 20 | At Cable Street the counter-demonstrators broke into a builder 's yard and a lorry loaded with bricks was overturned and used as a barricade . |
| 21 | During the Hussite period the church was used as a meat store and so suffered relatively little damage . |
| 22 | The electoral register was used as a sampling frame of addresses ( institutional inmates were excluded for practical reasons — so few of them are willing or able to answer survey questions ) . |
| 23 | How last year the crop had meant nothing to him at all ; how , without understanding , he had walked about the harbour and warehouses of Episkopi , and the misuse of the Order 's cargo of sugar had been simply a matter noted and used as a playing-counter . |
| 24 | Finally , a pleasantly-grained veneer of dark ash has been used as a finish on the front and back of the headstock . |
| 25 | Various materials can be used as a base , such as silicon , gallium arsenide , germanium and some metals , cmos , bipolar and bi-cmos circuits have been built . |
| 26 | ‘ There is no evidence that Hong Kong is used as a base for activities against the Chinese government , ’ a spokesman said . |
| 27 | Occasionally pasta or rice is used as a base for a meal rather than potatoes . |
| 28 | Most books are ordered on or around publication date , and here a variety of different tools can be used as a base source . |
| 29 | Doug Mills , 49 , landlord of The Golden Ball — used as a base for the police operation — said : ‘ Customers told me he had done several tours of Northern Ireland during his service . |
| 30 | IT WAS USED AS A BASE BY THE UNDERCOVER AGENT , ALEXANDER ATKINS . |