Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] it is use " in BNC.

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1 Yet software house Microsoft recently caused quite a stir in computer circles by announcing that it is using real people , working for real companies , to test its software products .
2 An informal producer is always difficult to define but it is used here to describe an owner or an employee of a small-scale enterprise comprising less than ten people , operating from an impermanent site , under an ill-defined registration and tax scheme .
3 ‘ For the purposes of this Article an article or substance is not to be regarded as properly used where it is used without regard to any relevant information or advice relating to its use which has been made available by a person by whom it was designed , manufactured , imported or supplied . ’
4 The statute may impose a duty on an employer to provide safety equipment and ensure that it is used .
5 Its shape and worn appearance confirm that it is used regularly .
6 Once a suitable disinfectant is in use resistance will not occur if it is used correctly .
7 No birth control method will work unless it is used regularly — the one time you take a chance could be the time pregnancy occurs !
8 Introducing research into the curriculum is justifiable provided that it is used to expand the student 's intellectual horizons , and not because it propels students towards becoming embryonic researchers .
9 Moreover , it means a greater proportion of national income is in the hands of public officials , and care has to be taken to ensure that it is used well .
10 This obviously applies when the word " language " is used in its direct sense , but it equally applies when it is used symbolically for perceptions and values .
11 Balance is better achieved by a mixture — often sold as ‘ blood , bone and fish ’ — although in recent years the fish content has been considerably reduced as it is used more and more in animal and pet foodstuffs .
12 The wider food industry now has to demonstrate that it is using all within its power to minimise the risk of injury to the health of the consumer .
13 It does not have to be defined before it is used .
14 And it is the fact of being the written form which means that it is used not only in Britain but by all writers of English throughout the world , with remarkably little variation .
15 In an attempt to improve the effective provision of intelligence to decision makers , some companies , particularly in the USA , are experimenting with various ways of developing a process of gathering information , analysing and interpreting the information and ensuring that it is used effectively in the decision-making process .
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