Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] be used " in BNC.
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| 1 | What pleased her enormously was that over these garments Tina actually wore one of the patchwork aprons she had made and given her years before , with little hope of their ever being used . |
| 2 | Bile sodium ( Na + ) , potassium ( K + ) were measured potentiometric by a multichannel analyser ( Technicon SMAC analyser , Tarrytown , USA ) , which also was used for measurements of albumin and bilirubin concentrations . |
| 3 | There is one tablet from Knossos which lists several deities including Potnia and Enualios , a name which later was used as an alternative to Ares , the Greek war-god ; it also has the first part of Poseidon 's name , ‘ po-se-da- ’ , but the end is broken off . |
| 4 | On the other hand , it fits very well with the fact that , while obviously having a relation of some sort with the noun , these adjectives are questioned not by the interrogative word usual for attributive adjectives , but by a word which typically is used to question adverbs . |
| 5 | Falmouth has dockyards which now are used mainly for the repair of oil tankers and naval ships . |
| 6 | So erm , she presumably being used to sort of accepting these er , crises and behaviour |
| 7 | That is , it is the one currently being used by your LIFESPAN system and can be accessed by LIFESPAN RDBI . |
| 8 | What would it normally be used for ? |
| 9 | Water features on stage in most of Brook 's productions but I ca n't remember it ever being used to more powerful effect . |
| 10 | Water features on stage in most of Brook 's productions but I ca n't remember it ever being used to more powerful effect . |
| 11 | I think this both cumbersome and wrong ; the flesh of the fish picks up other flavours very easily , particularly those of spices — pepper , coriander , allspice or whatever else is used to flavour the stock . |