Example sentences of "[verb] [is] [adv] use " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ironically , the power to prosecute is rarely used . |
| 2 | This type of patterning is often used instead of a hem for jacket edgings and cuffs . |
| 3 | But , after a public meeting , the Muslim community 's spokesman Dr Hanif Mohammed said : ‘ The people now seem to understand the washroom we have built is just used to symbolically wash the bodies . |
| 4 | It is developed from an eastern world view , and each of the postures adopted is still used in the East to invoke various deities . |
| 5 | Military expenditure may keep people in jobs but much of the equipment produced is never used and is scrapped or sold at give-away prices so that the armed forces can have the most up-to-date equipment . |
| 6 | The money raised is now used principally to provide Ilkley with its Christmas lights , but local charities also benefit . |
| 7 | The word believe is commonly used very weakly today . |
| 8 | Any risk has now been virtually eliminated by testing donors for HIV infection and blood found to be infected is never used . |
| 9 | For example , talking about the jobs people do is often used to practise describing daily routines . |
| 10 | The simple form of C-R filter just discussed is widely used in conjunction with an operational amplifier , in circumstances where , to achieve electronic integration of a signal as mentioned in section 4.4 . |
| 11 | It displays the classic erosional features of limestone areas , and because of the pioneer work of the Serbian geographer Jovan Cvijić ( 1865–1927 ) , the Slavonic terminology which he devised is still used by geomorphologists throughout the world to describe limestone scenery . |
| 12 | The most disturbing fact about business intelligence is that the information obtained is rarely used for actual decision making … . |
| 13 | Since film is a language which is expressed primarily in visual terms , it makes sense to plan your movies in a visual way , and the technique of storyboarding is often used for this reason . |
| 14 | However , if the property where your business operates is also used as a person 's home , only the business element will be taken into account when it is revalued . |
| 15 | Both Poutsma ( 1923 : 42 ) and Jesperson ( 1940 : 287 ) point out that have is often used with the to infinitive in conditional contexts with would : ( 178 ) I 'd have you to know that I do n't care a penny , madam , for your paltry money . |
| 16 | A capital injection into Target after it has been acquired is often used to increase Newco 's base cost in the Target shares where , for example , Target is acquired for a nominal consideration because the value of its assets is matched by corresponding liabilities . |