Example sentences of "not [adv] used " in BNC.

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1 I have also stressed that research is a powerful tool but like all sharp instruments can do harm as well as good if not properly used .
2 Most psychologists accept that cognitive processes , and therefore ‘ mind ’ — although this is a term not widely used in the brain sciences - encompass both conscious and unconscious activities .
3 Lead-lag analysis is a fairly simplistic method of demand forecasting , and is not widely used .
4 This system was not widely used in Gloucestershire .
5 The UK operates a system of aids to joint investment schemes for forage groups ( under Article 11 of the LFA Directive ) through ‘ Food from Britain' and includes grant aid of 25% for certain machinery and 15% for tractors but this is not widely used in the UK .
6 Biogas produced in this way is not widely used as an alternative energy source in the developed world , but is now widely used in China where several million small-scale digesters have been constructed to produce fuel for cooking and lighting at a local level .
7 Competitive benchmarks for financial and non-financial indicators are not widely used .
8 The idea of the kingdom of Heaven is still relevant to Christians even though the term is not widely used today .
9 It is not widely used for research outside the military because of the cost of high fidelity simulator time .
10 The term ‘ mass media ’ itself was not widely used until the 1960s .
11 Ultrastructural evidence of neuroendocrine differentiation may be shown but is not widely used to discriminate primary site of origin .
12 The potato was not widely used directly as food in England until the nineteenth century , although its capacity to sustain a family on very little land has been credited with the rapid Irish population growth from the late eighteenth century ( Connell 1950a , Langer 1975 ) .
13 Injectable contraceptives , prohibited in most Western countries because of their proven association with an increased risk of cancer , are not widely used but are available .
14 The term ‘ curriculum ’ is generally understood but not widely used in higher education ; academics are more likely to speak of undergraduate studies in terms of courses , programmes , syllabuses/syllabi or content .
15 By means of the CKR 's ‘ no disp ’ clause the shipper-consignor agreed to a known ( although not widely used ) method of creating a security interest , i.e. , the conveyance of its negative possessory right to a consignee who was either an issuing or confirming bank .
16 The serotonin reuptake inhibitors seem to have similar efficacy to the tricyclic and related antidepressants , but the analysis of efficacy is less reliable than that of acceptability because intention to treat analyses were not widely used , different Hamilton scales were used , and reporting of standard deviation was inadequate .
17 Although social class is one of the census categories ( see Chapter 2 ) , it is not widely used in the publication of official statistics on education .
18 Non-dispersive interferometers , though available , were not widely used prior to the advent of modern computer technology .
19 Not widely used , although frequently calculated , the kurtosis is related both to the dispersion and the normality of the distribution .
20 However , assembly is not widely used at present and as more companies develop RISCs it is likely that this architecture will dominate the CISC design in the future .
21 Although CNAA Regulations permit the use of other criteria these are not widely used .
22 The main hypothesis is that some CSPs are socially differentiated in that they are not all used by every social group , and that people are more aware of these CSPs than of others .
23 Milk was not greatly used by villagers , partially because of the poor condition of the animals , but buffalo curd was considered a treat by those who could afford it .
24 The scheme was not greatly used and was complemented by a Voluntary Advice Scheme under which solicitors would give up to half-hour 's advice for a fiat fee of £1 paid by the client irrespective of means .
25 No doubt she had felt safe : probably she still had his old typewriter , not greatly used since the separation .
26 The rules for pronunciation are therefore not necessarily used prior to the generation of possible meanings .
27 Although not necessarily used with a database , it proves suitable in that environment and in Chapter 15 a case study is described of an application developed with a database .
28 Traditional chemical analysis and the measurement of specific gravity are not much used nowadays , as the former is destructive of the object and the latter is useful only when dealing with an alloy of two metals of greatly differing specific gravities ; in effect this restricts its utility to alloys made of gold and one other metal .
29 She wanted to know why these paths existed ; there were several of them , not much used , but used often enough to be distinguishable .
30 Hybrid Perpetual ( abbreviated to H.P. ) is a term not much used now .
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