Example sentences of "[vb -s] [prep] [be] used [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because production speed is important but flexibility more so ( the system has to be used for other things as well ) we adopted Aldus PageMaker as our standard layout package , we run it on both Macintosh and PC systems , and Word Perfect as our word processor . |
| 2 | A clear , bright hue , phthalocyanine green , has to be used with some caution due to its high tinting strength , although it has many mixing applications . |
| 3 | Just as it is necessary to ensure full involvement of members , so the time available has to be used to best advantage . |
| 4 | A poor attendance rate can signal condoned truancy but it needs to be used with other measures of attendance , and on a regular basis , to help schools to improve pupils ' attendance . |
| 5 | Thus stylistic dating needs to be used with great care , and it must be accepted that the results it can give are not particularly secure . |
| 6 | These definitions are fairly flexible , particularly ‘ program ’ , which tends to be used for all three . |
| 7 | Standing sex has had a bit of a bad press — mainly because it tends to be used for illicit love-making by young couples who have no bedroom to go to . |
| 8 | Because it tends to be used in thicker layers than watercolour , the surface character of the paper will have less effect on the painting . |
| 9 | Similarly , within the area of prosodic components most generalisations tend to be very broad and obvious : wider pitch range tends to be used in excited or enthusiastic speaking , slower speed is typical of the speech of someone who is tired or bored , and so on . |
| 10 | CPM tends to be used in large or complex projects in construction and manufacturing . |
| 11 | So far E-mail tends to be used within single businesses , but raising it to inter-Group level would offer the benefits of speedier , cheaper and more convenient desk-to-desk communications for all . |
| 12 | At one time , and I became adversaries over the selection of polio virus strains to be used as oral vaccines . |
| 13 | It certainly appears to be used with good effect by the courts . |
| 14 | Also being shown were the Xylogics Annex range of Ethernet terminal servers and a selection of NCD X-windows displays to be used with multiple or networked hosts or applications . |
| 15 | Sometimes objects are perceived merely as alternatives to words , as signs to be used in pseudo-linguistic formal analysis . |
| 16 | Some form of chant continues to be used in most communities at some time , not only because of historic associations , but also because of its fundamental simplicity . |