Example sentences of "be used [verb] a series " in BNC.
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| 1 | These estimates will be used to construct a series of co-ordinated departmental , functional and financial budgets , which will also serve as standards for cost control . |
| 2 | The capacitive system works the other way around in that the stylus is used to detect a series of coded pulses fed into a two-layer grid . |
| 3 | The capacitive system works the other way around in that the stylus is used to detect a series of coded pulses fed into a two-layer grid . |
| 4 | There are , the book argued , many ways of ‘ being at home in the town ’ , with many examples of good practice already visible today in maturing towns ; in densely populated areas with narrow streets ; in ‘ a celebratory way ’ by making a quiet little green island at the opening of a street ; in a new town ; in existing residential areas where the space around the houses and garages is used to make a series of squares and narrowings ; or ‘ in a happy way ’ where flowers and trees are so colourful that parked cars are less intrusive . |
| 5 | Resistant propionibacteria were detected by rubbing facial skin with a moistened swab , which was used to inoculate a series of plates containing selective antibiotics . |