Example sentences of "[be] used [adv] [prep] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Computers are used increasingly for commercial purposes . |
| 2 | The examples used should be realistic and relevant to the pupils concerned Emphasis should also be given to the way in which percentages are used both for comparative purposes in many everyday situations and also as a numerical measure based on a 100-point scale of reference . |
| 3 | In some other devices semiconductor beads are used instead of metallic sensors . |
| 4 | If standard EB Corporation ocular replacements are used instead of cloned organs the estimate is only nineteen thousand adjusted ergs . ’ |
| 5 | Although most languages are used differently in formal settings , in some the distinction formal/informal is firmly grammaticalized , for example in Japanese by so-called masstyle , and in Tamil by a high diglossic variant ( see below ) . |
| 6 | Fiction classifications are used extensively in public libraries . |
| 7 | Acid cleaners are accessible to and are used only by senior supervisors . |
| 8 | Care should be taken to ensure that such guidelines are used only in appropriate cases . |
| 9 | Care should be taken to ensure that such guidelines are used only in appropriate cases . |
| 10 | Some of the poorest public houses have been closed and some are used now for non-licensed purposes . |
| 11 | Video feedback has also been used effectively in these types of training programmes . |
| 12 | The park has been used regularly for 30 years by Yorkshire County Cricket Club and it is also home to Middlesbrough rugby and cricket clubs . |
| 13 | ‘ This method has been used successfully with larger birds like eagles in America and South Africa , ’ said Mr White . |
| 14 | Self-guided tours have been used successfully in many libraries in the US and their use has now spread to other countries such as Australia and Sweden ( see figure 5 ) . |
| 15 | Developed originally by International in the UK , the paint has been used successfully by marine businesses for about 10 years . |
| 16 | The model has been used widely by political scientists and , interestingly , underpins the Business and Technician Education Council 's guidelines on problem solving on public administration and business studies courses . |
| 17 | It has been used diagnostically in infertile patients . |
| 18 | In the last few years , the RMCs have also been used extensively by outside clients , most notably by the MSC 's Training Services Division which has commissioned programmes for unemployed managers , especially those intending to set up small businesses . |
| 19 | Some have been used informally for many years , subjective assessments such as those made by parents , teachers , and librarians . |
| 20 | This is another form of discounting which has traditionally [ although not exclusively ] been used mainly for large contracts with payment terms greater than 180 days . |
| 21 | Hydrochlorothiazide is a longstanding antihypertensive drug used as first line treatment in essential hypertension and has also been used safely in normotensive subjects with idiopathic hypercalciuria . |
| 22 | Whiteboards can be used similarly with watersoluble pens which enable the surface to be cleaned with a damp cloth . |
| 23 | Durant and Fabb claim that Literary studies in action is a pedagogical tool which can be used either by individual students or groups of students working in isolation , or as a course book . |
| 24 | There are two methods of emergency contraception — a pill that can be used up to 72 hours after intercourse and an IUD method that may be fitted within five days . |
| 25 | Emergency contraception ( sometimes called ‘ the morning after pill ’ ) may protect you against pregnancy if you have had sexual intercourse without contraception or if you think that the method you have used may not have worked — but it should never be used up to 72 hours after intercourse and an IUD method that may be fitted within five days . |
| 26 | Word Perfect 's document management system is clever enough to allow long filenames ; they can be used up to 68 characters in length |
| 27 | ‘ Depending on the way nurse prescribing is introduced , there is a real danger that time saved may be used up on additional procedures . |
| 28 | United States officials claimed that most of the nuclear-related technology that Iran was seeking to obtain from China , Brazil and elsewhere could be used equally for nuclear weapons or civilian uses . |
| 29 | Such a procedure could be used even for these words . |
| 30 | Classrooms as such tended to disappear ; they were replaced by areas and bays which could be used both for informal workshops and for formal teaching . |