Example sentences of "[was/were] used [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Elizabeth and I corresponded as usual , though there was no immediate likelihood of our meeting ; but we were used to that . |
| 2 | It made for a somewhat strained atmosphere , but as a company they were used to that . |
| 3 | Supersoft styling and fixing products were used on all three stunning finished looks . |
| 4 | Gradually , however , different shapes developed to suit the respective functions , and the visual appearance of the separate tool and weapon types suggests that different alloys were used for each . |
| 5 | The same sequences were used for each task and video-tapes were made of each sequence . |
| 6 | Sections of 25 µm were cut from each block with a sterile no touch technique , and new blades were used for each to reduce contamination . |
| 7 | Band-shift experiments were performed in the presence of 600–900 ng of sonicated E.coli DNA as previously reported ; 2–3 µg of nuclear protein and 0.03–0.06 ng labelled probe ( specific activity = 0.5–1.0 10 5 cpm/ng DNA ) were used for each assay . |
| 8 | In treated patients and in controls six samples were used for each index . |
| 9 | Firstly , in the 1970s and '80s ad hoc epidemiological studies were used for all of the common ( >=1/10000); and most of the moderately common congenital abnormalities . |
| 10 | Identical test meals were used for all the experiments . |
| 11 | The same instruments and techniques were used for all the measurements . |
| 12 | Partially purified extracts of bacterially expressed VT2 and VT2X were obtained by ammonium sulphate precipitation ( Figure 2 ) and were used for all subsequent DNA binding analyses . |
| 13 | Reacting to Ms Ashworth 's claim , BT said it would be appalled if those machines were used for that purpose . |
| 14 | In the hamlets and villages the galleries were used for many purposes . |
| 15 | The very rich religious vestments on display date from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and were used for many different ceremonies . |
| 16 | As in most houses in those days , old garments were used for this purpose . |
| 17 | Yet it was the poem that brought Wordsworth to the notice of clerics in need of sermon material ( his poems were used for this purpose throughout the last century , and I have heard them used in this ) . |
| 18 | The US military were already spending vast sums on making tritium for warheads and the reactors that were used for this process had been closed , pending repairs , in 1988 as a result of nervousness about reactor safety following the Chernobyl accident . |
| 19 | Styling wax and extra strong mousse were used for this look . |
| 20 | Within the South West of England a wide distribution of second homes was found ; 10 per cent of the total building stock in the extreme north-west of Cornwall were used for this purpose but the figure was between 1 and 5 per cent in most districts ( South West Economic Planning Council 1975 ) . |
| 21 | They were used for both pulling carts and carrying loads . |
| 22 | Answer guide : An opportunity cost is defined as the maximum benefit which could be obtained from a resource if it were used for some alternative purpose than the opportunity under consideration . |
| 23 | Black cattle , when they were used at all , ploughed light sandy soil . |
| 24 | The Pacifics were used at this time on the Nottingham to Marylebone semi-fasts but they were to be transferred away as the rundown of the GC got underway . |
| 25 | Indeed , the huge capital exports by US business provided a ‘ justification ’ for the United States running a current account surplus and were used as such during the Smithsonian discussions over the size of adjustment of the exchange rate . |
| 26 | The inspection and the self-appraisal seemed to be two entirely different processes : each operated with quite a different agenda and entirely different methods were used in each case . |
| 27 | To give an overview of the way in which the 50 coding categories were used in each condition Tables 7.4 and 7.5 show the total number of times each category was used in the description and potential risks conditions respectively . |
| 28 | A mean of 8.4 pulses and 211 joules , were used in each patient , with the 2.3 mm probe in four cases and 3.2 mm probe in the remainder . |
| 29 | Equal amounts of each protein ( 250 ng ) , as judged by Coommassie Blue staining , were used in each reaction . |
| 30 | Chow fed male Sprague-Dawley rats weighing 300–350 g were used in all experiments . |