Example sentences of "[be] use in [noun] " in BNC.

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1 In our series about computers we 're looking at applications in all sorts of different areas , and today we 're going to talk about how they 're used in medicine .
2 Not strictly speaking cleaning products these chemicals are used in conjunction with machine detergents .
3 The two books contain units to match the corresponding Headway coursebooks , and a number of activities are derived from the coursebooks so as to maximize progress when the two are used in conjunction .
4 This means computer programs , including the specially designed programs on various types of disc , e.g. hard discs , floppy discs which are used in conjunction with the hardware .
5 It 's recommended that these are used in conjunction with brushes to keep them from clogging .
6 These various rates are used in conjunction with the estimated age-sex ( and marital status ) distributions for Regional Health Authorities in order to derive expected bed-occupancy days ( or visits ) for each condition in each region .
7 Fig 4.11 outlines the way in which the bigram and matrices are used in conjunction .
8 Those patients at most risk when undergoing ERCP are the elderly , and previous workers have shown that age is a predisposing factor to hypoxia during ERCP when narcotic agents are used in conjunction with benzodiazepine sedation .
9 In order to have a sense of how the different codes are used in interactions , it is necessary for the linguist to be quite clear about which code is being used at a particular time .
10 Flame Retardants sells TCPP , TCEP and DMMP — liquid chemicals which are used in furniture foams and building insulation materials .
11 These various economic indicators ( past , present and projected into the future ) are used in country risk assessment and thereby aid banks in their loan management .
12 The guns , which can take blank ammunition and are used in country and western events , were in a case left in the car when the owner parked it outside the Boiler Makers ' club .
13 Fuels made from biomass , like ethanol , from sugar cane , are used in Brazil and a few other countries , but are subject to shortages , sometimes because of drought .
14 Above all , when toxic chemicals are used in ignorance , as in many tropical countries , they can be hazardous to human health .
15 Silica or sand is used in scouring powders and feldspar and calcite or chalk are used in cream cleaners
16 It 's this process ( the nitrogen cycle ) used in sewage farms , plus the fact that nitrates are used in fertilisers , that makes for excess of nitrates in our drinking water .
17 Sugar is the natural food of yeasts ( which is why they are used in brewing ) , and it is clear that sugary diets do encourage Candida to grow .
18 The above examples are taken from scientific subjects , but the same mechanisms are used in humanities texts .
19 Pigs are used in experiments to find out more about gastric ulcers , muscular dystrophy , alcoholism and obesity .
20 Various kinds of IUD are used in Britain .
21 The librarian has developed some excellent information skills software packages ' which are used in operation with other school staff on a variety of projects .
22 Other solvents suitable for cleaning operations are acetone , used for spot cleaning , butoxy ethanol and glycol ethers which are used in degreaser formulations .
23 The Home Office has commissioned research from Professor Graham Davies of Leicester University who says it focuses on four key areas : observing how tapes are used in court and how children stand up under cross-examination ; tracking how many tapes are made and how many end up in court ; discovering the views of lawyers , judges , social workers , police who use the tapes ; and judging the memorandum 's influence over how recordings are made and questions asked .
24 Card , plywood , sheet-metal or compressed hardboard are used in turn by all kite manufacturers but , for the independent enthusiast , another piece of stiffish paper will suffice .
25 All five senses are used in activities carried out with the purpose of maintaining a safe environment and , therefore , impairment or loss of any one can result in problems .
26 CFC 's are used in aerosols like hairsprays and deodorants , but since September 1988 Tesco 's own products have been CFC-free and carry an " Ozone Friendly " symbol .
27 ( b ) Twin 240V primaries are used in parallel .
28 The minimum load is 4Ω ( ohms ) , which the outputs run at anyway , giving the B-1R 's full 150 watts , and so care must be exercised if hooking up additional speaker cabs not to drop the total load below this figure — one cab can be run at 4Ω , but if two are used in parallel then they must both be 8Ω , and so on .
29 Phosphates are used in detergents , fertilisers and many other manufactured products .
30 For analysing the way in which theological terms like ‘ faith ’ , ‘ grace ’ and ‘ revelation ’ are used in order to undergird the ‘ meaning ’ theist position , and for a more general discussion of the issues , there is a useful collection edited by Basil Mitchell called Faith and Logic .
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