Example sentences of "use make [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the examples that Jencks uses to make this point is that of IQ . |
| 2 | The words used make this clear . |
| 3 | In addition to wine cups rhinoceros horn was used to make small sculptures of such traditional figures as Kuan Yin and Pu Tai , as well as a variety of desk furniture , toilet requisites and personal ornaments . |
| 4 | Substantial quantities are sold to the ICI/EniChem joint venture , EVC , to produce polyvinyl chloride [ PVC ] while the remainder is used to make chlorinated fluorocarbons [ CPCs ] , chloromethanes , solvents , polyurethanes , ‘ Cereclor ’ chlorinated paraffins and ‘ Alloprene ’ chlorinated rubbers . |
| 5 | He predicted that in future the technique would be used to make subtle change to politicians ' facial features in print and on television to make them appear more attractive . |
| 6 | The hydrogen sulphide gas thereby freed from calcium sulphide was burnt to produce elemental sulphur , which was used to make sulphuric acid . |
| 7 | These reactions , first discovered by Fischer and Tropsch in Germany in the 1920s were used to make poor quality petrol during the Second World War . |
| 8 | The billet has to be highly dense and of high integrity and will be used to make new kilogram mass standards . |
| 9 | Fastness to light may be a problem , but this does not mean that they can not be used to make finished pieces . |
| 10 | Because of time lags in the production process , the cost of replacing inventories may well have risen by the time that the raw materials are used to make finished goods and then sold . |
| 11 | all the provinces , bar one have balances which could be used to make that up , so the money is fairly short and we 're bear er , for pains , the |
| 12 | Generally speaking , racist humour is used to make simple conversation and reactions to these generally leaves us , the black individuals , feeling guilty that we have challenged them . |
| 13 | The animals not only provided dairy products , meat , leather and wool for clothing ; bone was used to make such things as combs , weaving tools and netting needles . |
| 14 | The head of the UN Special Commission on Iraq , Rolf Ekeus [ see pp. 38165 ; 38211 ; 38307 ] , said that an inspection of the Muthanna State Establishment , 100 km north-west of Baghdad , had revealed 46,000 pieces of chemical munitions instead of the 10,000-11,000 pieces which the government claimed in April to possess [ see p. 38164 ] , and 3,000 tonnes of chemicals used to make such weapons instead of 650 tonnes originally declared . |
| 15 | This tagset exhibits in a particularly noticeable form one of the chief strengths of the TEI approach to encoding : it provides the encoder with a well-defined set of tools which can be used to make explicit his or her reading of a text . |
| 16 | Shock tactics are being used to make young drivers more aware of danger on the roads . |
| 17 | While there are tools that have more stitch hooks ( optional ) and these could be used to make wider cables , a three over three pattern probably remains the most comfortable to work with . |
| 18 | Standard techniques may be used to make broad comparisons between groups of individuals but the statistical analysis of changes over time and interrelationships between events , topics often of special interest to the psychologist , is much less well understood . |
| 19 | He says the substance , which is used to make internal organs show up on X-Rays , brought on an incurable condition which affects the nerves in his back . |
| 20 | We have also seen how Raman polarization data and gas-phase band contours may be used to make complete assignments of the observed bands to vibrations of particular symmetry species . |
| 21 | Dry flyash can be used to make specialist concrete products and conditioned flyash is a filler for large civil structures like roads and building foundations . |
| 22 | Even if statistical controls are used to make sure that people with similar work histories and social backgrounds are being compared , the key question of what causes what remains unanswered . |
| 23 | It must be acknowledged , however , that the library appears to have been sometimes used to make sure that children whose teachers were absent or engaged in other pursuits were supervised . |
| 24 | The same approach could be used to make other animal tissues into useful transplants . |
| 25 | In much the same way implicit or explicit models for describing the evolution of stream channels or drainage basins commonly are used to make simplifying assumptions that eliminate considerations of time , history and sometimes even progressive change . ’ |
| 26 | Cut and sew can also be used to make two fronts from a single knitted piece . |
| 27 | The task of Positive economics , Friedman says , ‘ is to provide a system of generalisations that can be used to make correct predictions about the consequences of any change in circumstances ’ . |
| 28 | These instruments are used to make straight cuts across the embryo in order to subdivide it into particular regions or fragments . |
| 29 | Spare marzipan trimmings can be used to make little flowers to surround the toadstool . |
| 30 | A distinction must be made at this stage between things which can be used to make unauthorized copies of programs , but which also have legitimate uses ( for example , computers with two disk drives and cassette players with twin tape decks ) and things specifically designed to overcome copy-protection such as software to be used to copy other software which has been copy-protected . |