Example sentences of "[conj] [is] [adv] used " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the other hand , the structural failure in flight of a privately owned light aircraft of a type that is extensively used , possibly all over the world , must justify an investigation in depth while a four engined airliner carrying 400 passengers damaging its wing-tip on a passenger terminal building while taxying need not rate so highly . |
| 2 | Punitive taxes — and the insidious rhetoric that is invariably used to justify them , and then to raise them again — would eat away at the working spirit . |
| 3 | The computer keyboard also has a Delete key to delete letters in front of the cursor , a Backspace key to delete letters behind the cursor , a set of Cursor Movement keys that move the cursor up or down one line or side to side one space , a set of Function keys that perform preset functions with a single keypress and an Escape key that is normally used to reverse or undo the last action . |
| 4 | I do n't believe that a a single farm with a collection of farm buildings around it constitutes a settlement in the way that is normally used in planning terms . |
| 5 | Abulafia used the phrase ‘ to untie the knots ’ to describe this process of getting beyond our normal sense-perceptions — it is a phrase that is also used in Tibetan Buddhism . |
| 6 | Our own solution has been to subject the material about each author to a formal analysis , applying a psychiatric assessment procedure that is widely used in research and clinical practice . |
| 7 | ‘ Bourne Seal ’ is one that is widely used . |
| 8 | It is this level of normalisation that is usually used as the basis for the design of the data model , as an end result of data analysis , and for mapping onto a database ( the logical schema ) . |
| 9 | It is this level of normalisation that is usually used as the basis for the design of the data model , as an end result on data analysis . |
| 10 | Er , some some translations will put it tha that , that a , that a great storm blew up , but he word that is originally used there is the wi i , conveys the idea that this is no ordinary storm , this is just a , a sudden squall that has blown and in a , in a short while will blow itself out again , but it 's a strong word that 's used here , a word that would , that would denote a whirlwind or a tempest , something above and beyond the ordinary course of events that these disciples , many of them experience fisherman , would have known and been able to cope without any problem . |
| 11 | Indeed , our understanding of the technique that is now used so widely and with such serious consequences seems to have made disquietingly little progress since the 1770s , when Franz Anton Mesmer first took Paris by storm with his new , bizarre technique . |
| 12 | The elderly population is based on the estimated increase in population of the over seventy five year olds , and indeed that is the factor that is now used in S S A in terms of looking er , the need to spend on elderly people . |
| 13 | The group obtains film and photographic evidence of problem areas that is then used to press for changes in legislation . |
| 14 | The parallel-derived , series-inserted feedback with unity feedback fraction makes it a very valuable circuit that is much used as a buffer in electronics . |
| 15 | The procedure is to simulate the effects of input data uncertainty by a Monte Carlo approach that is often used in statistics to perform exact significance tests . |
| 16 | Clearly there are many ways of studying man , and the phrase ‘ I am interested in people ’ that is often used to express and justify an interest in social anthropology is encouraging — but not very enlightening . |
| 17 | Another hand technique that is often used is the crane 's beak . |
| 18 | One approximation that is often used is to simplify the model by considering only N-grams . |
| 19 | Answer guide : This introduces the idea of arriving at the amount of stock using sales less mark-up , a technique that is often used to produce regular accounts in the retail sector . |
| 20 | Many people are confused by the jargon that is often used to describe the process of storing and retrieving information . |
| 21 | A story that is sometimes used to explain market opportunity concerns the managing director and marketing director of a shoe-making firm , who were visiting a less-developed country . |
| 22 | There has been one very disturbing factor in keeping this particular type of fish , and that has been discovering the incredible cruelty that is sometimes used in order to increase the sale of them . |
| 23 | Vinyl sheet flooring is the modern equivalent of linoleum , and provides a smooth , hygienic and easy-to-clean floorcovering that 's widely used in kitchens , bathrooms and hallways . |
| 24 | And when it is n't , one maxim that 's often used as a lie detector is the maxim that actions speak louder than words . |
| 25 | Another phrase that 's often used for the same thing is your statutory rights . |
| 26 | The ‘ primary rate ’ ISDN provides a block of a minimum of 30 lines , and is mostly used by large firms which connect it to a telephone switchboard . |
| 27 | It has been much updated and is regularly used by the WI , the youth club , indoor bowls club , and an over 55's club . |
| 28 | This timber is both decorative and durable and is regularly used for high-quality work . |
| 29 | This is called cost effectiveness analysis and is regularly used in defence , public health and other fields . |
| 30 | This was developed by the Aldus Corporation and Microsoft particularly for images obtaining from scanning devices , and is widely used in desk top publishing . |