Example sentences of "[be] use to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Students today are used to visual effects of a high quality , such as in documentary programmes on television , and expect competence on behalf of the tutor and clinical teacher in their use . |
| 2 | Diagrams presenting data and clear summaries are used to good effect . |
| 3 | But they are just as difficult to read if you are used to political hypocrisy . |
| 4 | They are used to nerve-wracking finales . |
| 5 | They are used to nerve-wracking finales . |
| 6 | It 's all right for a man ; men are used to smutty books and vulgar jokes — women do n't go for things like that . ’ |
| 7 | Here in the UK we are used to major variations in water chemistry from area to area despite this being only a small country ; the huge Amazon system , however , consists generally of soft and acid waters . |
| 8 | Note here whether any general types of grammatical construction are used to special effect ; eg comparative or superlative constructions ; coordinative or listing constructions ; parenthetical constructions ; appended or interpolated structures such as occur in casual speech . |
| 9 | Qualifications are used to pre-select the sample of candidates . |
| 10 | We are used to evil men demanding a ransom before their victim can be released . |
| 11 | Whilst the benefits and opportunities presented by distributing tasks and applications across high-performance , inexpensive Unix processors are being realised across the industry , commercial users are used to well-proven systems management utilities such as Digital Equipment Corp 's Enterprise Management Architecture and proprietary solutions from the likes of IBM Corp . |
| 12 | Remember that you will be often attempting the hard-sell on people who are used to aggressive business practices . |
| 13 | Omanis are used to foreign attention . |
| 14 | Frequent fliers in the islands are used to unusual problems holding up their flights . |
| 15 | The water is normally like crystal and , if you are used to British waters , it is strange to see bubbles from other divers , rising like plumes some 40 or 50 metres away . |
| 16 | This drug has been used to good effect in generalized viral infections , when it can be injected directly into the blood stream , but this is not without hazard and is not indicated unless the infection is life-threatening . |
| 17 | That weapon may have been used to good effect against the Scots who were defeated at Falkirk in July 1298 . |
| 18 | Both styles are well finished , a satin stain/varnish has been used to good effect , the eye is well placed high on the body and on all of the floats I received was free of varnish . |
| 19 | These had been used to good effect by the PRD in the presidential elections of July 1988 , when the PRD candidate Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas Solórzano had accused the PRI of indulging in blatant electoral fraud to deny him victory [ see pp. 36367-69 ] . |
| 20 | The DNA technique has already been used to spectacular effect , even trapping a murderer . |
| 21 | Strangely enough , they consistently demand outrageous prices for things like basket-case Eko Rangers and Westone basses that have obviously been used to fell fair-sized pine trees , but they also have the laughably ignorant if highly convenient habit of pricing guitar amplifiers on the simple basis of how large they are . |
| 22 | There has been a trend in recent years for manufacturers to shorten their channels in order to control more effectively the distribution of their products , particularly where expensive advertising has been used to pre-sell the goods to the consumer . |
| 23 | For the Japanese no such decision was necessary because their home market had always been used to small cars . |
| 24 | One place where Westmorland slate has been used to great advantage is in the new Coventry Cathedral , but it can also be seen in vernacular building , particularly at Elterwater ( q.v. ) and Troutbeck . |
| 25 | The eyes had been used to great effect as Queen Gertrude , Imogen , Portia , and Lady Macbeth . |
| 26 | Lustre powder has been used to great effect here , giving a lovely ephemeral glimmer to the castle . |
| 27 | Here , an unusual combination of ash and cherrywood has been used to superb effect . |
| 28 | In November 1989 Secord had pleaded guilty to a felony charge of making a false statement to congressional investigators by denying that he knew that funds from the Iran-contra operation had been used to instal a security system at the house of Oliver North . |
| 29 | Because the Codds have been used to tiller-steered boats , they were very keen that Sparkle be similarly equipped . |
| 30 | I 've been used to domestic chores and looking after children all my adult life . ’ |