Example sentences of "[noun sg] be use [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | More specialist types of board are used in top level racing ( see Chapter 6 ) and speed sailing . |
| 2 | Billing machines and the tabular ledger are used in the preparation of accounts and the work must always be up to the minute , as it should be possible to produce a guest 's bill immediately on request . |
| 3 | The gases solidify between 25K and 120K , so liquid helium or liquid hydrogen are used as refrigerants to prepare a solid matrix . |
| 4 | Measurements of neutron flux at the earth can also help in estimates of carbon-14 production , important because studies of the concentration of that isotope are used in dating and in research on solar activity and climate in the past . |
| 5 | Only marks gained on the Course are used in the calculation of honours . |
| 6 | If the results of assessment are used in the ways intended and if the evidence of research and HMI findings of good practice are heeded , these children should in fact benefit , because their problems with the English language will have been identified and appropriate action can be taken to help at an early stage . |
| 7 | In this conversation several first generation speakers are present , and both British English and Creole are used at different times . |
| 8 | Only certain parts of the spectrum are used in remote sensing because radiation at some wavelengths is absorbed by gases present in the atmosphere , particularly ozone and water vapour . |
| 9 | Passata and stock are used in preference to wine for the casserole , to allow the flavour of the young lamb and vegetables to dominate the dish . |
| 10 | The alcoves on either side are used for the hanging space , and the reduced space in front of the chimneybreast for shelving , either exposed or concealed behind the wardrobe doors . |
| 11 | Two or three nouns in succession are used as pseudo-adjectives qualifying one of their number . |
| 12 | Th the the other thing erm reference that this other manager has not at no occa on no occasion has that car been used for company use . |
| 13 | Vitamin C powder , chalk and glucose are used by the nicer manufacturers ; others add bleach , brick dust or oven cleaner . |
| 14 | How , then , can the informal interview be used in sociology in an acceptable way ? |
| 15 | What can the car be used for ? |
| 16 | Can a row about the endless Saturday afternoons he now spends bent over the bonnet of his old car be used as a vehicle for their underlying struggle ? |
| 17 | Only if effective consumer demand was increased could the new productive powers of industry be used at their full potential and unemployment avoided . |
| 18 | They met in an undistinguished office block just off the Euston Road , two floors ofwhich were used as secure neutral territory for committees and meetings between Government depart-ments who would lose face by visiting the other fellow 's wigwam . |
| 19 | Socialism is against violence being used on nations . |
| 20 | But socialism is in general against violence being used on people . |
| 21 | He decided instead to follow Jordan through the Gabes Gap and mount an attack in the area around Sousse , a harbour being used by the Germans to ship in supplies . |
| 22 | The target of the Enlightenment philosophers was the prejudices of religion and it is possible to find the term being used in other contexts without the negative connotation . |
| 23 | That really made me smile when I thought of this rock'n'roll preamp being used in that situation . |
| 24 | Police , who kept the crowd away from the entrance being used for the day-long meeting run by the James Connolly Association , said the demonstration passed peacefully . |
| 25 | Because some patients had repeated studies to monitor the effects of treatment , however , and as such treatment may affect the scan score without necessarily affecting the laboratory tests , only the initial scans obtained before administering any therapy were used in correlations between scan score and laboratory indicators of disease activity . |
| 26 | It has also been suggested that requiring recourse to an alternative remedy is used as a way of reducing the number of judicial review cases and the strain on the judicial resources available to hear such cases . |
| 27 | Colonic crypt cell proliferation is used as an indicator of risk of colorectal carcinoma . |
| 28 | Each card is used as an aid . |
| 29 | And since only about 3% of water is drunk , while a great deal is used for cruder purposes , much of the industry 's investment will be flushed down the drain . |
| 30 | The essense of ‘ The Thing ’ is that violence is used in order to subjugate the will of the majority by destroying its good conscience . |