Example sentences of "[was/were] used in [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I was making saggars there for a good number of years after the move to Barlaston , where they were used in firing , ’ re recalled . |
| 2 | Commemorating this historical event aroused considerable interest and media coverage , and while two lifeboats and three bands were used in Manchester , Shoreham managed with one lifeboat and two bands provided by TS Intrepid and TS Implacable , the Lancing and Littlehampton divisions of the Nautical Training Corps marching through the streets . |
| 3 | An estimated 5,500 primates were used in Europe last year , according to the report , mostly by the pharmaceutical industry . |
| 4 | For example , in 1980 in the Metropolitan police district there were fewer than 2,000 cases of the use of knives in offences of violence against the person and 1,240 cases where knives were used in robberies . |
| 5 | By 1987 , those figures had shot up to 2,870 cases of the use of knives in offences against the person and 4,630 cases where they were used in robberies — a huge increase . |
| 6 | Plants in some 34 families were used in Borneo over a period of 16 months and all but 5 were sources of fruit . |
| 7 | The probes were used in gel retardation experiments with the VT2 bacterial extract to determine the VT2 binding specificity for the IE-3 binding site . |
| 8 | Because iron structural members were used in circumstances where great strength was required , it is very unlikely that serious defects , such as could affect timber or masonry before they become unsafe , can arise without causing collapse . |
| 9 | Types in this sense were used in teaching . |
| 10 | These booklets and associated worksheets were used in conjunction with class visits where the librarian gave an introduction to the library . |
| 11 | Study 5 was thus conducted to allow some quantification of the actual information contained in the stimuli that were used in Studies 2 and 3 . |
| 12 | Study 5 used a methodology relatively similar to that of the Hughes and Cole ( 1986 ) laboratory study to describe the information which was available in some of the films which were used in Studies 2 and 3 . |
| 13 | Several groups of eight to 10 rats were used in studies with each ulcerogen ( 100% ethanol , acidified aspirin , and stress ) . |
| 14 | Thus , for example , Priscillianist texts were used in Ireland , despite their heretical status in Rome 's eyes . |
| 15 | Almost half of these funds allocated within the Community were used in Italy , with France and the UK obtaining 15 per cent and 13 per cent respectively . |
| 16 | If one hospital 's unit is full because of pressure from theatres or road accidents , units in adjacent hospitals were used in South Tees 's case , units in North Tees or Darlington , he said . |
| 17 | There are studies by Japanese labour economists which suggest that if the US definition of unemployment were used in Japan , the unemployment percentage would at least double ( Tominomori 1985 ) . |
| 18 | They were used in Greece and Italy but rarely in Istanbul . |
| 19 | Later , plain biscuits were used in Edenderry instead of bread . |
| 20 | From 1864 onwards , Miss Burnside wrote about 200 Christmas verses a year which were used in Christmas cards . |
| 21 | The discussion of early Anglo-Saxon pottery in Myres ( 1969 ) has little direct comment on the uses of pottery , except that many were used in mortuary rituals . |
| 22 | In all 3,164,908 animals were used in tests that year . |
| 23 | g , h , Paired images of mitochondrial proteins in the same cell labelled with two different antimitochondrial antibodies to verify the mitochondrial specificity of the antibody shown in f ; the same antibodies were used in f and g . |
| 24 | In 1937 the type was tested on twin-floats , setting several more records in this configuration , and during 1942 numerous examples were used in combat after being modified with various armament configurations involving guns mounted on the wings or fuselage and even on the undercarriage spats . |
| 25 | Parts exported by the firm at the heart of the arms-for-Iraq scandal were used in Saddam 's bid for a nuclear arsenal , a weapons experts confirmed last night . |
| 26 | Two µl of the mixture ( corresponding to 0.6 µg of oligo ) were used in ligation reaction with 1 unit of T4 DNA ligase in a total volume of 10 µl ( 70 mM Tris-HCl ( pH 7.6 ) , 10 mM MgCl 2 and 5 mM dithiothreitol ) , plus 2.3 nM cold ATP . |
| 27 | In 1845 an estimated 740 million bricks were used in stations , bridges , aqueducts , and embankments under construction . |
| 28 | Ro rose petals erm , were eaten , in fact , there was a thriving erm , industry near Paris for drying rose petals which were used in medicine , and also were used erm , to crystallise and to they were put in cakes and things like that . |
| 29 | Apparently they were used in restaurants , skating-rinks , and similar venues . |
| 30 | 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 . |