Example sentences of "[noun] [am/are] use as [art] " in BNC.

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1 Essences are used as a periodic treatment ; either once a week or daily for two weeks with a three to four week interval before resuming again .
2 Most improtant is that homeworkers are easily disposed of ‘ Outworkers are used as a buffer against market fluctuations , particularly in the manufacturing sectors ’ said the Employment Gazette blandly .
3 Here the conifers are used as a nurse crop and are progressively being removed to reveal an extensive beech forest .
4 Hillman has graphically shown what will result when these data are used as the basis for planning , as in the case of recent DoE advice to local authorities on planning for shopping provision .
5 This potential weakness has to be borne in mind when macroeconomic models are used as a basis for policy prescription .
6 There are no Dwarf delvings here , and the rocky uplands are used as a refuge by Chaos warbands , Beastmen , Orcs and marauding Goblins .
7 When the comparative method of land valuation is used problems may sometimes arise where unrealistic transactions are used as a guide or base value , particularly at the point when land values are about to fall , as happened in 1973 .
8 The view expressed by Lawani & Bayer , that self-citations are used as an ego-enhancement , can not be tested in the present case , and should be rejected in the absence of evidence , because it is essential for an author to be able to refer back to the unpublished parts of theses .
9 However , sometimes buyers can be required to give an undertaking to their building society to effect repairs as mentioned above and otherwise undertakings are used as a device to fulfil a commitment that it was not possible to fulfil before the completion date .
10 The only positive freedom is the freedom to use our creativity — and when machines are used as a substitute for labour rather than as an extension of our abilities , they deny us that freedom .
11 The picture changes dramatically , however , if adults rather than households are used as the basis of the calculation .
12 Terms are used as a way of encouraging active thinking about language and its uses .
13 Rates of sickness absence are used as a measure of morbidity .
14 Prices are used as a barrier so that the sort of people we do n't want go over the road , ’ he said .
15 Wholesale prices are used as an indicator of movement of domestic costs up to 1983 and retail prices subsequently .
16 In sections 4.2–4.7 certain elementary relations between sets are used as a model to generate ( i ) a basic set of paradigmatic lexical relations and ( ii ) a set of concepts which can be applied to other relations , yielding clearly defined and systematic variants .
17 Feed systems vary according to whether liquid or powder detergents are used as the same system can not be used for both .
18 Rhizomes of A. rigidifolius are used as a medicinal herb in the East .
19 To this end , he recommends that transcripts be used as the starting-point for the generation of assessments which address structural , semantic and functional language characteristics .
20 Chickpeas are used as the basis of many southern Mediterranean and Middle Eastern dishes , including hummus and couscous .
21 The vans are used as an intimidatory measure , and also for when people deny they have a TV .
22 In many cases soakaways are used as an alternative to storm water sewers .
23 Odours and fumes given off from pans in which fish is fried , particularly when rancid oils or vegetable oils are used as the frying medium , are liable to give rise to objections from nearby residents .
24 The first is that where dictionaries are used as a data source often little is known about , for example , how formal the sign is , whether there are other social or regional variants , how well the translation represents the meaning of the sign .
25 The city 's canals are used as a dumping ground for a range of toxic pollutants .
26 PCBs are used as a ‘ marker ’ to measure the incinerator efficiency , because they are very stable organic compounds .
27 Firstly , and what I see as being most important his thoughts are used as an introduction to both acts .
28 Cards are used as the medium which translates the pattern into a mechanical function on the Jacquard loom .
29 In summer , the scrubbed slatted shelves inside the fruit house are used as a temporary store for soft fruits .
30 Prepared videos of realistic interviews are used as a basis for discussion too .
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