Example sentences of "[be] used [adv] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Computers are used increasingly for commercial purposes . |
| 2 | The examples used should be realistic and relevant to the pupils concerned Emphasis should also be given to the way in which percentages are used both for comparative purposes in many everyday situations and also as a numerical measure based on a 100-point scale of reference . |
| 3 | Minis are used primarily for on-line work , so they have to perform well in this respect . |
| 4 | In some other devices semiconductor beads are used instead of metallic sensors . |
| 5 | If standard EB Corporation ocular replacements are used instead of cloned organs the estimate is only nineteen thousand adjusted ergs . ’ |
| 6 | In a series of crimes , the words ‘ sexual intercourse ’ are used exclusively in this sense . |
| 7 | The salt has high levels of calcium to buffer the water and additional quantities of the elements that are used up by marine life . |
| 8 | Such items are used exten-sively in both the Gunzberg Progress Assessment Charts and the Vineland Adaptive Behaviour Scales — for example , ‘ Constantly asks questions ’ , ‘ Listens to a story for at least five minutes ’ ( see Figure 7.6 , A and B ) . |
| 9 | Set gill-nets are much shorter , and are used mostly in shallow coastal seas , where they are anchored to the seabed . |
| 10 | Although most languages are used differently in formal settings , in some the distinction formal/informal is firmly grammaticalized , for example in Japanese by so-called masstyle , and in Tamil by a high diglossic variant ( see below ) . |
| 11 | Starting at the top , resources are used effectively on each in turn . |
| 12 | Health services are used extensively by older people . |
| 13 | Black beans are used extensively in Cantonese cookery and are usually served with fish or beef . |
| 14 | Foreign currency loans are used extensively in foreign trade finance . |
| 15 | Fiction classifications are used extensively in public libraries . |
| 16 | Secondary analysis of these data and published tables are used extensively in this book . |
| 17 | They are used respectively with 5 and 20–25 litre containers . |
| 18 | Acid cleaners are accessible to and are used only by senior supervisors . |
| 19 | Care should be taken to ensure that such guidelines are used only in appropriate cases . |
| 20 | Care should be taken to ensure that such guidelines are used only in appropriate cases . |
| 21 | Some of the poorest public houses have been closed and some are used now for non-licensed purposes . |
| 22 | Such inverted commas are often called SCARE QUOTES , and are used especially in philosophically-inspired criticism which is sceptical about the customary senses we give to words . |
| 23 | are less common than blue , and are used mainly in Indian and Jewish cookery . |
| 24 | They are native to South America and are used mainly in Mexican cookery , although some Indian recipes also include them . |
| 25 | In this study the overall need for reinsertion may have been higher , particularly in the no surgery group , than if bilateral tubes had been used instead of one tube . |
| 26 | ‘ Children have been used up to this because we felt it showed a non-violent style . ’ |
| 27 | Video feedback has also been used effectively in these types of training programmes . |
| 28 | The park has been used regularly for 30 years by Yorkshire County Cricket Club and it is also home to Middlesbrough rugby and cricket clubs . |
| 29 | The Bodmin Parkway connection had been used regularly by main line diesels visiting the B&WR for special gala events , including locos from the West Somerset Railway owned by the D&EG . |
| 30 | ‘ This method has been used successfully with larger birds like eagles in America and South Africa , ’ said Mr White . |