Example sentences of "[noun pl] [be] used " in BNC.

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1 Does the Minister accept that when universities and other educational institutions are used as centres for terrorist activity .
2 Whenever liquids or greases are used during maintenance , all excess spillages must be cleared up as quickly as possible and before the equipment is put back into operation .
3 Verbatim notes are used where you want to record everything that is being said in a lecture or copy exactly what appears in print in a book or magazine article .
4 There is available for the certificate home study , where no tutor is involved but readings and notes are used for solo study .
5 It is still the case today , though , that P Notes are used to settle about 20 per cent of business transactions .
6 However , as there are only six notes in the system it is obvious that in four-part harmony without octave doublings only two notes can remain unused in each chord , and in five-part harmony only one note ; in six-part harmony all notes are used in each chord , even though the registers change .
7 The second phrase comprises only eight different notes , but this is because the parts are close together in a small area , and some notes are used by two different instruments .
8 One way around this particular problem would be to adapt the approach recommended by the Canadian Sentencing Commission ( 1997 ) , in which guide-lines are used in the first instance simply to indicate offences for which the presumptive sentence would ( or would normally ) involve a community sanction , and those which would ( or would normally ) involve a custodial penalty .
9 The Hochland colours of red and green are shown here in conjunction with a black plume — the colours of plumes and ribbons are used to indicate individual regiments .
10 At the same time , lectures , videos and discussions are used to broaden the students ' knowledge of the sociopolitical aspects of the target language area .
11 Where several bank accounts are used , provision is made for the pooling of those accounts so that any losses are spread among all the investors .
12 Accounts are not pooled , however , if specially " designated " accounts are used .
13 Bank accounts known as NOSTRO and VOSTRO accounts are used along with mirror accounts which record balances in the former .
14 ‘ It would however be quite unreasonable to expect the accidents were never to happen when the wire gauze lamps are used ; for it must be remembered , setting aside the chance of their being damaged by some of the casualties incidental to coal mining , they are to be entrusted to the management of a body of men among whom negligent individuals will be found . ’
15 In order to distinguish between all these subjects , it is inevitable that longer notations are used .
16 The following media item states are used by LIFESPAN :
17 Relevant techniques , methods and technologies are used to enable individuals/groups to apply learning
18 In more enlightened organisations interdisciplinary teams have enabled records managers to acquire sufficient knowledge of the technology to make significant contributions to both how particular technologies are used , and to the development of the wider IM strategy .
19 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 .
20 It is also important that you try and evaluate the dramatic experience of these different forms of presentation — this is worthwhile , because it will make you think about the different ways in which an actor can work and the various ways in which his skills are used .
21 Verbal presenting skills are used in many situations such as formal speeches , reports to senior management , announcements , shareholders ' meetings , sales conferences , union negotiations and communications with various levels of employees .
22 Risers are used where the slope of the ground is steep and consume much water when boats are ascending .
23 Newspaper and magazine graphics are a classic example of this sort of art ; stock illustrations are used over and over again , weather maps for example , but each one is slightly modified from the previous .
24 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 .
25 Humps and rumble strips are used on residential streets to reduce speeds .
26 Special covering profiles are available for corner joints and for joining planks , and special edging strips are used to hold it in place .
27 Ideology , principles and policies are used as instruments to achieve his objectives .
28 Phosphates are used in detergents , fertilisers and many other manufactured products .
29 Which operations are used more frequently , and so should be supported most efficiently ?
30 The difference between mental health and mental ill-health is not in whether or not defences are used but in the flexibility or rigidity with which they are employed and in the mix between them , as opposed to the over-use of one defence rather than others .
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