Example sentences of "as [pron] be used [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As they are used single-handed , they make it easier to dead-head flowers , prune shrubs , cut up chicken for the barbecue , and shape materials like leather , canvas , etc , for craftwork . |
| 2 | Unlike in a battery , the chemicals in a fuel cell are continuously replaced as they are used up . |
| 3 | While Green politics are based on the belief that the resources of the planet are finite and have to be carefully tended , global capitalist politics are based on the belief that the resources of the planet are virtually infinite , due to the scientific and technological ingenuity released by the capitalist system that will ensure unlimited replacement or substitution of resources as they are used up . |
| 4 | I have no objection to photographs , although I never use them , as long as they are used intelligently . |
| 5 | Like all other words , like the word ‘ jargon ’ itself , the technical terms are changed with use : corrupted , as they are used more and more cavalierly : enriched , as their origins are taken more and more for granted and they begin to be used as metaphors . |
| 6 | ‘ We do n't accept that our products damage teeth as long as they 're used properly , ’ said spokesman Nick Attenborough . |
| 7 | Feeding is difficult and laborious , and it is not easy to keep the rick waterproof , even with a plastic sheet , as it is used up . |
| 8 | The up-front payment mentioned in Clause 1 of this Schedule will be used to set off this advance payment until such time as it is used up . |
| 9 | Oxygen is much less soluble in water than carbon dioxide and in order for fish life to be sustained it must be replenished as fast as it is used up . |
| 10 | The factual information may have a place later on in the essay but as it is used here , as an introduction , it does not do a useful job . |
| 11 | Balance is better achieved by a mixture — often sold as ‘ blood , bone and fish ’ — although in recent years the fish content has been considerably reduced as it is used more and more in animal and pet foodstuffs . |
| 12 | Are we considering the potential equality of a variety ( which its speakers could develop if they wished ) or the actual equality of a variety , as it is used now ? |