Example sentences of "be used on a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She sucked again from the tea-bulb , feeling its plastic smoothness dent as it emptied , knowing it came from a floating colony like she did but not knowing why it should be used on a steady-gravity planet like Mars . |
| 2 | This is suitable for a full needle rib band as in the diagram or the same method can be used on a tubular band . |
| 3 | Our Mirage 28 yachts , excellent for training and short handed sailing , will be used on a new Villa-Flotilla programme concentrating on the relatively sheltered Gulf of Güllück north of the Bodrum Peninsula . |
| 4 | Another alternative is to use a bait that can be fed via a swimfeeder , but is big enough to be used on a substantial hook . |
| 5 | The faith of the psychiatrist in whatever remedies he uses is an important contribution to , and perhaps sometimes the main reason for its effectiveness or its reputation , but this drug , later named Tofranil or imipramine , was found to be effective in many other clinics and came to be used on a wide scale . |
| 6 | Troops had to be used on a wide scale in the countryside and peasant disturbances continued through 1906 and into 1907 . |
| 7 | To be effective , it needs to be used on a regular basis . |
| 8 | She will then prescribe the appropriate treatment for your hair to be used on a regular basis between salon visits . |
| 9 | The research team 's leader , Dr David Porteous said the Oxford and Cambridge results were an important first step even though the treatment could not be used on a regular basis on human cystic fibrosis sufferers . |
| 10 | They say that until now paclitaxel for human drug use has been from felled trees , but in 1993 sources other than Pacific yew bark will be used on a commercial scale , and by 1995 they hope actual trees will no longer be needed to produce the drug . |
| 11 | The counsellors may provide displaced executives with ‘ mini-offices ’ — their own office space and secretarial back-up that can be used on a daily basis . |
| 12 | The First World War gave organized public relations in Britain an opportunity to be used on a national scale and official publicity was carried out by a number of organizations . |
| 13 | The software also runs in a variety of environments from mainframes to client-servers to personal computers , and , he added , can , therefore , be used on a company-wide basis . |
| 14 | These excellent distance learner texts could be used on a modular basis , allowing candidates to study for the purpose of expanding their knowledge to obtain a qualification , or to meet the needs of their work . |
| 15 | Their bestseller lists will be used on a 20-minute Thursday evening book slot on ‘ Nighttime Live ’ from 9.03 p.m. , featuring reviews , interviews and ‘ authors on tour ’ information as well as five bestseller charts , including one specialised category chart . |
| 16 | A waist strap may be used on a light daysack to provide extra stability . |
| 17 | It can be used on a hard disk computer or a floppy disk type with two disk drives . |
| 18 | The traditional wok ca n't be used on a ceramic hob because there 's not enough contact between the rounded base and hob to produce the high temperatures needed to stir-fry . |
| 19 | Moreover , according to Dr John Voorhees of the University of Michigan Medical Centre , who has carried out clinical trials on the drug , Retin-A needs to be used on an open-ended , on-going basis if the improvements are to be maintained . |