Example sentences of "is use [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The unsuccessful minimal strategy ( in which no critical information is supplied ) is most evident among the younger children , while the sophisticated directional strategy ( which makes use of instructions involving ‘ left ’ , ‘ right ’ , etc. ) is used with any frequency only by adults .
2 To make the handle shape the object subtraction tool is used with both ovals selected .
3 Manganese steel is used on all ground contacting and crop conveying surfaces to give extra durability .
4 Extra sail stretchers either in the form of rigid stand-offs made of carbon fibre rod , or flexible glass fibre rods forced by compression into a curve which push the sail upwards and backwards , have become regular features.These serve to dampen the flutter , and to hold the sail form during the critical launch stage in low wind speeds.Trailing edge stiffening with mylar film or mesh overlay is used on some designs .
5 The Doric Order is used on both stages , as three-quarter piers on the ground storey and as three-quarter columns above .
6 Continuous assessment , which is used at many colleges in the United States , is more conducive to maintaining a short-term aim in the student 's mind .
7 Food , in our society , is used for many reasons other than simply to satisfy hunger .
8 The land is used for many purposes : for housing , factories , rail and roadways , airports , water reservoirs , recreation , amenity , forestry and farming .
9 For this reason , the term ‘ related publication ’ is used for all publications bearing an identifiable relationship to the original research work .
10 For this reason , the term ‘ related publication ’ is used for all publications bearing an identifiable relationship to the original research work .
11 Care should be taken that the same classification method is used for all samples plotted , particularly if data are obtained from other , workers , as different classifications can result in variation of the position of plotted points ( and hence composition ) ( Zuffa , 1985 ) .
12 A separate page is used for each day , the date being clearly marked at the top of the page .
13 About what proportion of the National Park is used for each purpose ?
14 Also , when words are syntactically ambiguous ( i.e. they can have more than one grammatical tag ) the corpus can provide information about how often each of the possible tags is used for that word .
15 The term natural justice is used for that part of the spectrum which requires a relatively wide range of procedural checks , while fairness is used in those areas either where the nature of the decision-maker renders the term natural justice inappropriate or the set of safeguards tends towards the lower end of the spectrum .
16 The result is both neat and hard-wearing — it is used for most knitwear commercially after all .
17 Masham can never supply the whole S&N estate so extra capacity in Newcastle is used for this purpose .
18 In English the word by is used for this purpose :
19 A Beckmann thermometer is used for this purpose .
20 An equicaloric glucose solution is used for this purpose .
21 Unlike 12 C and 13 C , 14 C is unstable and therefore radioactive : hence the name ‘ radiocarbon ’ is used for this isotope which , because of its scientific designation , is also called ‘ carbon fourteen ’ .
22 Special stationery is used for this index , and no subject indexing has been undertaken — retrieval is impossible under anything other than first author .
23 Where the process is used for some purpose other than that for which it is intended , the distinction between an error of judgment and an abuse of process may be rather fine .
24 In reality , the term should only be applied to items made under royal commission , but in practice it is used for any rug from these weaving centres produced in the Pahlavi style ( pls 36 , 37 ) .
25 The same Electoral Register is used for both types of election and much the same criteria for inclusion and exclusion are applied .
26 The 24 hour clock is used in all guides .
27 I was referred to a number of other Acts in which the word ‘ maladministration ’ is used in that sense , namely the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967 , Local Government Act 1974 , National Health Service Act 1977 and Social Security Act 1990 .
28 Rather he is a participant in a form of life and the meaning of Truth for him is made apparent from the way in which it is used in that form of life .
29 To the extent that it is used in many countries as part of the process by which scientists communicate , and through which scientific knowledge grows , it will be treated here as equivalent to the formal .
30 The manipulation of statutory reserve requirements is another form of credit rationing which is used in many countries .
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