Example sentences of "used [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The goldfish is the rarely used thirteenth sign of the zodiac . |
| 2 | Apples should be picked carefully and graded so that the smallest and largest are used first , and medium-sized fruit is saved for storage . |
| 3 | The ‘ good-natured ’ flowers which sit firmly are used first — mock orange , philadelphus , ‘ something with a bit of body ’ . |
| 4 | They already had a lock on the number Zack had used first , but when he changed booths , even though the kiosks were side-by-side in Dunstable , they lost him . |
| 5 | They will last longer and look better if lining paper , applied horizontally , is used first , especially if walls are uneven and you want to hide the bumps . |
| 6 | It seemed obvious that the best form of organization for overseas trade was the one that was used first in exporting wool and then by the cloth traders , who still accounted for three-quarters of English exports in the first half of the century : all the merchants involved would sell together at a ‘ staple ’ town , usually in Belgium or the Netherlands , where they could avoid competing with each other and so increase their bargaining strength . |
| 7 | Saillard says the results of the group 's study would be used first by the participants and then by Sun . |
| 8 | Notice in ( b ) pink was used first and then yellow and finally pale viridian . |
| 9 | Acid deposition is not a new problem : for example , the term ‘ acid rain' was used first by Robert Angus Smith in 1872 to describe the polluted air of Manchester , England , which damaged vegetation , bleached the colours of fabrics and corroded metallic surfaces . |
| 10 | A very simple independent clause structure is used first : " She swept the room " . |
| 11 | The method was used first by Kröner ( 1958 ) for the elastic moduli of cubic polycrystals and has been applied to composite materials by Hill , Walpole and many others [ see , for example , Laws & McLaughlin ( 1978 ) for references ] . |
| 12 | While FIFO corresponds most closely to the way in which firms actually use their inventories ( i.e. the oldest stock is used first ) and corresponds to the actual cost paid for inventories , it ignores the fact that to replace the inventories now costs a great deal more . |
| 13 | I treated a case in a practical class in our school , each bottle of 80 oz injected had 6 oz of Plastopake 25 index , 6 oz of Metasyn Jaundice fluid , 6 oz of Dispray , 2 oz of Rectifiant water conditioner plus a co-injection fluid of 2 oz — a saline flush was used first ( about 160 oz ) and then injection started . |
| 14 | Dry material , which might include honesty , poppy heads and broom pods , are used next to start filling in designated areas , followed by leaves such as cotoneaster or copper beech . |
| 15 | Referring to words , usually conjunctions , which often occur together , though not usually used next to each other : neither and nor in He neither smoke nor drank . |
| 16 | First of all there are people in universities who are inventing things which will be used next year or the year after or the year after that . |
| 17 | But there are other cases where research is being done which will be used next year . |
| 18 | The craft section includes Heaviest Scones ( cement was used last year ) and The Fruit Cake With The Most Fruit At The Bottom . |
| 19 | How he will now speak of the methods used last weekend by the security services could become clear in the next few days . |
| 20 | His secret weapon has been a three-wood he first used last June . |
| 21 | One practice has used last year 's savings to clear its waiting list totally for eye , orthopaedic , and ear , nose , and throat surgery by purchasing the operations from the private sector . |
| 22 | used last one today er Then w where it says M on it means only a mild attack . |
| 23 | Right , what I want you to do , and we 've used the same two teams as we , we 've used last time . |