Example sentences of "[adv] [subord] used " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once a surface is disinfected it tends to remain so until used . |
| 2 | This chapter may be useful back-up material but ONLY if used with the up-to-time normal speech . |
| 3 | Flanging , by nature , has the effect of thinning down a signal , especially if used on an extreme setting . |
| 4 | — some word senses appear only when used in particular idioms or collocations ; Intersections — e.g. if ’ conduct ’ and ’ violin ’ appear together , this would suggest a different sense of ’ conduct ’ than if it appeared with ’ wire ’ ; |
| 5 | In fact , positive consequences are not always enough when used alone . |
| 6 | A light brown Mk II Cortina is believed to have broken down when used by the IRA unit and a black E registration Nissan Micra was seen near the barracks the night before the bombing . |
| 7 | These sounds used in different contexts and in different ways and intensity , especially when used with body language , convey quite a large number of different meanings . |
| 8 | Aerate the system throughout the treatment especially when used to cure gill problems or when using formalin . |
| 9 | The Ampoules are designed for non-surgical , external application and contain very active ingredients , which when used correctly , and especially when used in conjunction with the other preparations in the programme can produce spectacular results . |
| 10 | Whole word recognition would appear to have its place especially when used in conjunction with other recognition techniques , but the current recogniser does not supply this type of information . |
| 11 | I certainly found this new brush to be highly responsive , especially when used with acrylic colours , although it is also perfectly suitable for use with oil and is very easy to clean ! |
| 12 | Ever since this system was introduced there has been much criticism of the validity of basing the TDR on the profitability of the private sector , especially when used for non-commercial public sector evaluations . |
| 13 | Brick makes great paving on its own and looks best when used in a pattern |
| 14 | It is intended to accredit these individually as used but we would like to take the opportunity of thanking Mr Gilson now . |
| 15 | For example , collocations extracted from the domain of Banking may be of little use when processing a medical report , since words like ’ charge ’ behave differently when used to describe a type of payment rather than a type of nurse . |
| 16 | The tremolo is especially worthy of note : it is extremely smooth in operation and although it detuned slightly when used in real anger , it settled in more each time I played it . |
| 17 | The chamber is reasonably sized , which means that it does n't have to be emptied very often when used for small d-i-y tasks , and it will also clean up after bigger jobs such as wood planing . |
| 18 | Even if used sensibly , capital-budgeting procedures will tend to discourage major initiatives and indicate strategies aimed at short-term returns . |
| 19 | Will any teacher who raises funds in the name of the Society ( even if used immediately for a specific purpose ) please send a brief statement to the Treasurer , as we need to show the extent of our own fundraising in the Annual Report and to the Sports Council . |
| 20 | [ T ] he term British constitution is near meaningless even as used by British writers . |
| 21 | Even when used properly , the bit has to be reversed to release the nose screw ; mot all machines have this facility . |
| 22 | Although Kemp 's is a silly book , it contains enough of Wells 's lively turns of phrase — even when used against him — to make it readable . |
| 23 | Even when used , with effort to avoid evaluative overtones and as a purely descriptive device , psychiatric classification leaves much to be desired ; for example in its inability to distinguish clearly between different varieties of psychosis or draw sharp boundaries between the manifestly and the marginally insane , points we shall have cause to enlarge upon later . |
| 24 | The difficulty is that the assumptions on which it is based are to say the least shaky : the assumptions , namely , that only one vote suffices although more than one candidate is to be elected ; that preferential voting is reliable , even when used in ignorance of all the relevant information and inhibited by the arbitrary exclusion of candidates who might otherwise be successful ; that it is reasonable to grant to some votes the privilege of being transferred , and to lower-preference votes the possibility of exercising greater influence than is warranted by their very definition ; that it is reasonable also to give to all transferred votes the same weighting as to original votes ; and that election by quota is sensible even if the quotas are manifestly make-believe . |
| 25 | Some explanation is perhaps needed for the fact that the same phrases also sound more normal in ( 18 ) than the corresponding phrases in ( 15 ) : ( 18 ) the heir is a lawful one her cousin is a distant one Possibly we should accept that , even when used in a context of heirs and cousins respectively , these two adjectives occupy an intermediate position in the sense that they can be construed either way without any significant difference in the non-linguistic phenomena that can be designated thereby . |
| 26 | Peter Yeo , who had personally persuaded Barton of the presentational disadvantage of using words like ‘ darkies ’ , ‘ niggers ’ or ‘ wogs ’ , decided that ‘ immigrants ’ even though used in the manner of one invoking a curse , was as good as he was going to get with this particular client . |
| 27 | If the " we " code is taken to be the one which is closer to the " heart and mind " of the speaker , and hence the one which imparts greatest salience to a given message , then Creole , even though used sparingly , does indeed seem to fulfil the " we code " function for speakers in this community . |
| 28 | For example , new antitank missiles , particularly when used from helicopters , are making main battle tanks obsolete . |
| 29 | The whole matter of quantitative information about stock — particularly when used to diagnose stock revision requirements — is explored in more detail in Chapter 10 of this book on ‘ logistics ’ . |
| 30 | Designed to enhance and protect both new and previously sealed timber and cork floors , water-based Beaver Clear Satin Floor Varnish is safer and more pleasant to use than solvent-based varnishes which give off strong , unpleasant smells that can cause headaches and nausea , particularly when used in confined areas . |