Example sentences of "[noun] use [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jessica Jartley used to terrified of hairdressers . |
| 2 | The spatial query language tools which a GIS uses for general interaction with spatial data and for the elucidation of spatial relationships have also been the subject of recent research ( Egenhofer 1989 ) . |
| 3 | The probes used for Southern and Northern Blot hybridisation were Ea cDNA ( 41 ) , Eb cDNA ( 42 ) , Ea 695 bp ( Pst I/Kpn I fragment covering the second exon of Ea d ) and 5'Ea 1.1kb ( Sac I/Sal I 1.1 kb fragment isolated from cosmid 32.1 ) ( 26 ) and β-actin cDNA ( 43 ) . |
| 4 | The probes used for Southern analysis of this DNA are described in the corresponding figure legends . |
| 5 | The probes used for indirect end labelling were : Ea 695 bp ( Figure 4b ) , and 5'Ea 1.1 kb ( Figure 4A ) ( See Figure 4D for exact location ) . |
| 6 | Black boxes refer to location of probes used for indirect end labelling . |
| 7 | One of the company 's washing machines had been featured on a well-known consumer affairs television programme , and some of the selling tactics used by Argent Distributors ' salespersons were deemed to be rather suspect . |
| 8 | If the style of the main room will take it , a dining alcove can sometimes be semi-curtained off as in a box at the theatre or in one of those titillating little areas off famous turn of-the-century Paris restaurants used for discreet entertaining . |
| 9 | AROUND 7000 PLANT-DERIVED MEDICINAL COMPOUNDS USED IN WESTERN MEDICINE COME FROM ONLY A SMALL NUMBER OF PLANT SPECIES … |
| 10 | Again , these misconceptions are important , because the ‘ common origin' idea is the basis for some forms of therapy used with chemical sensitive patients . |
| 11 | Another said Weizenbier was a term used by ignorant Franconians ( to the north ) . |
| 12 | Nor are mentally disordered people ‘ consumers ’ in the sense of the term used by retail and other service industries . |
| 13 | It was a term used by common soldiers — men who had shared a tent , a bowl of meat , or the last of the wine . |
| 14 | ‘ Informal carers ’ is the term used in official documents to describe close supporting relatives though it is not a good term ‘ informal ’ implies that the task is done by choice in a rather casual fashion , which is rarely the case , and ‘ carer ’ implies an embracing emotional commitment which may be wholly inaccurate . |
| 15 | This is the opposite extreme to the views that it is mere " myth " — a term used in varying ways , and notoriously hard to define exactly . |
| 16 | ‘ Bluffing ’ is thus an indexical term used in different ways by Easton 's section police . |
| 17 | A term used in notional English syllabuses to categorise concepts , eg abuse , comparison , distance , motion , solicitude , termination , urge , value , weight , wish . |
| 18 | At the global scale numerical modelling has developed and was applied to the planetary boundary layer , facilitated by the development of powerful computers used in short-range forecasting research , and then in the construction of general circulation models and thence models of global climate . |
| 19 | It will protect computers used in harsh environments against dust , oil , water , rough handling , vibration and tampering . |
| 20 | Sacred works of art such as the Wandjina act as powerful images , capable of stimulating and intensifying mind power during rituals , similar in nature to Yantras or designs used in Tantric meditative techniques . |
| 21 | Because it is not easy to scale up or down most of the designs used in Romano-British mosaics , or in Roman mosaics generally , the room of unusual shape or size frequently received filling panels and other special treatments . |
| 22 | Her inspiration also comes from abroad : having spent a month travelling all over Morocco , Ingrid tries to incorporate the dramatic colour combinations and designs used by Arab weavers . |
| 23 | Among the winners of last year 's prestigious R & D 100 awards in the US was Bradtec for developing the ELOMIX process — an electrochemical ion exchange technique for continuously removing radioactive elements from chemical decontamination solutions used in nuclear power plants . |
| 24 | Sometimes called ‘ pipe tongs ’ , this tool ( named after its original manufacturer ) is one of the army of gripping wrenches used for gripping and turning round objects such as iron pipes ( but not copper ) . |
| 25 | opaque material or masking tape used to block-off an area of the artwork . |
| 26 | From the Mermaid you get a view of the tall black huts used for hanging nets . |
| 27 | Recent research has confirmed that the shells used in central Europe came in fact from the Aegean . |
| 28 | The first Carolingian king , Pippin I , in 754/5 had specified " concerning the mint , that of each pound of silver , not more than 22 solidi were to be minted , of which one must go to the moneyer and the rest to the lord [ king ] " : since the account pound used in normal business reckoning contained 20 solidi , Pippin was in effect decreeing a royal mint charge of 1 solidus , i.e. 5 per cent . |
| 29 | IBM sees the clustered configurations being used to process and share text , video and image data used in large , complex applications such as astrophysics , climatology and medical imaging . |
| 30 | He also points out that legs used to regular running have muscles concentrated at the top , with a system of tendons working the leg attached to the bone . |