Example sentences of "used [is] " in BNC.

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1 Ashton and MacMillan adopt the same practice in their ballets which can be called classical in the court meaning of the term and whenever the music used is composed according to the formulae for classical composition .
2 Finally and most importantly there are simple and easy-to-follow directions on how to find each crag , including the page and cross-reference of that crag on the road atlas ( a list of the road atlases used is given ) .
3 One tactic she has used is to decide matters outside the formal Cabinet , either in committees or in informal groups .
4 The external reference that is used is the timing of one or more rhythms in the environment .
5 According to Harwell Laboratory 's energy technology support unit , in CHP systems 80% to 90% of fuel used is converted to electrical power and heat .
6 The word used is chronos , from which comes our word ‘ chronology ’ .
7 In many cases , however , the method used is not immediately obvious .
8 The technique used is much the same as that used in hospitals to find fractures in bones ; where the metal is broken the film is blackened by the X-rays which pass unhindered through the break ; where the metal is densest , more of the X-rays are stopped and the film remains pale .
9 Even the particular part of the verb used is the same in both cases .
10 The final safety net , available but rarely used is a nine-month monetary support arrangement .
11 When reference is made to older children moving to adoption from public care , the concept used is that of ‘ inclusive ’ adoption or adoption with contact .
12 It is true that removal of radiocaesium by clinoptilolite seems to be less effective than by bentonite or a hexacyanoferrate II but this may well be because a zeolitised tuff has been used ( 40–60 per cent zeolite content ) , or that the clinoptilolite used is potassium rich .
13 The technology used is more labour intensive than in the Pergascript plant .
14 Where the IQ rating falls below 50 , the classification used is ‘ severely ’ mentally handicapped , and there are further breakdowns in use in the medical field describing categories down to the ‘ profoundly ’ mentally handicapped with IQ ratings of under 20 .
15 What types of boats were used is hard to conceive , but they must have been small and of shallow draught .
16 ( See Types of Income ) Choices have to be made about what counts as income , and then further decisions are required to determine whether to sue gross income or disposable income , income before or after housing costs , and whether the average used is an arithmetic mean or a ‘ median ’ or mid-point in the distribution .
17 The social relations of production under which land is used is a key and pervasive element in the explanation of soil erosion ; it also goes some way to explaining the nature of the state — which intervenes and influences the use of land in all sorts of ways .
18 Another polyphosphate used is sodium hexametaphosphate the choice of which is often governed by availability and price at the time .
19 Whether the poet is concerned with nappies or dragons , the interview technique used is accommodating .
20 However , the choice of statistical model used is still a problem .
21 How the issues are identified and used is discussed in more detail in Section 6.2 .
22 the arrow which appears on the screen when a mouse is used is called a pointer .
23 Why the date 1785 was used is uncertain ; it was said by Professor J.G. Wright to commemorate the meeting of the Odiham Agricultural Society when the first mention of the idea of improving farriery was made , but the strong possibility remains that it was originally meant to be 1875 , the year the College received its Charter of Incorporation and adopted its coat of arms , and that someone corrected what was wrongly assumed to be an error .
24 The fuel used is almost invariably charcoal made from wood or coconut shells .
25 The drug most widely used is nystatin .
26 The grape variety used is Chenin Blanc but when it is picked before it is fully ripe , it makes dull , acidic wines , with an off-putting nose that reminds me of wet dogs .
27 Although an increasing range of clinical applications are being found , the range of actual ceramics used is still limited ( Table 1 ) .
28 Generally , the molecule used is a protein , so classical protein immobilisation methods can be used .
29 All the milk used is taken from the Brynllys herd of 70 Guernsey cows , who also provide milk for Welsh Organic Foods for cheesemaking .
30 The most common method used is laparoscopy .
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