Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [is] [adv] used " in BNC.
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| 1 | This ‘ technology transfer ’ is a process of innovation , but it involves spreading existing technology from sectors where it is conventionally used throughout industry so as to provide added value and competitive advantage . |
| 2 | The ordinary use of the term " correlate " , where it is ordinarily used , is perhaps for a type of individual rather than an individual . |
| 3 | The richest source of MUFAs is olive oil — there is a low incidence of coronary heart disease in Mediterranean countries where it 's widely used . |
| 4 | Although it is widely used , there are no generally accepted definitions . |
| 5 | Although it is now used with a cup , the saucer had a very different origin . |
| 6 | Notice that we avoid the ( anthropomorphic ) term memory , and the term core store , which presupposes a particular store technology ( although it is often used generically ) ; when we wish to distinguish among several levels of storage on a computer , we will refer to this basic level as main or primary store . |
| 7 | There is no shortage of Greg Norman critics , although he is still used as a bench mark for other people 's success . |
| 8 | To put it another way , a noun , as an item from the lexicon of the language , has descriptive content and may be considered as a property concept just as much as any verb or adjective , with only the exception that it is habitually used in individual acts of communication in order to identify an entity , by means of that descriptive content . |
| 9 | Supporters of this option claim it reinstates the spectacle of demo-cracy , while critics content themselves with pointing out that it is currently used in Iceland , Bosnia , and parts of Turkey . |
| 10 | The ITTO is in a perfect position to demand from its members better practices , such as felling secondary forest rather than primary , chopping up every part of a felled tree so that it is all used ( this is not the case in many areas ) and replanting after a section of forest has been cleared . |
| 11 | For products that are expensive and only used sporadically an unattractive product may be chosen if it has an exceptional performance as its handling characteristics will ensure that it is only used as a last resort and not used casually when other cheaper products would suffice . |
| 12 | Indeed , the pervasive appeal of the term ‘ bottom line ’ ( profit after all deductions ) is such that it is often used as the ultimate test of success in any aspect of society ; in sport , how well the game is played is irrelevant , what matters is the final score — the bottom line is winning or losing . |
| 13 | ‘ If somebody 's already used a break it just means you 've got to use it in a better way . |
| 14 | It is possible to argue that certain sections could , with advantage , have been expanded to stress the more chemical aspects of topics — eg the section of enzymes ‘ in reverse ’ ( why not refer to this as synthesis ? ) touches on an area of great value and which is increasingly used industrially . |
| 15 | And they 's only used a s short time of the year . |
| 16 | My son , who 's in his teens , ca n't do long division , simply because he was n't paying attention , presumably , at school , and he 's always used a calculator since . |
| 17 | He finds it adds a surreal quality to the ‘ dream ’ collages , and he 's recently used the process to create a CD cover for a band called David Cross ( ex-King Crimson ) . |
| 18 | He finds it adds a surreal quality to the ‘ dream ’ collages , and he 's recently used the process to create a CD cover for a band called David Cross ( ex-King Crimson ) . |
| 19 | Because that 's the old term that 's been used for however many years , and it 's still used by industry . |
| 20 | But it 's in having said that it 's an interesting fact that the knitted fabric as such we know , is a warm sort of comfortable fabric and it 's obviously used in where I call the , the cold climes , and that , that 's why it 's developed in the very areas we 've been talking about . |
| 21 | The local people call the clays salão , and it is traditionally used for covering walls and houses . |
| 22 | This stress is not symmetric and it is little used in continuum mechanics , although certain expressions become more compact when it is used . |
| 23 | From the survey , it would seem that many bureaux which own the microfilm system find many uses for it within the bureau when it has not been taken out for an outreach advice session ; it is used for training purposes in order to demonstrate access to and use of information in CAB advice work and it is also used for giving talks to outside groups . |
| 24 | The film is available from larger stationers and art suppliers , and it is also used to protect the covers of books . |
| 25 | This is the method of knitting Fair Isle on the older push-button machines and it is also used with the ribber and double bed colour changer for double jacquard . |
| 26 | This is adopted as a measure of output in industries such as advertising and a range of personal services , and it is also used as a proxy for output in the public sector , with services such as education , defence , the fire service and public administration . |
| 27 | An individual 's field can reveal its sex , age , and emotional state , and it is also used in courtship displays . |
| 28 | It is the major medium for high-level training and it is widely used in most other forms of interaction . |
| 29 | Job evaluation has long been popular in the private sector as a way of formally assessing the relative value of different jobs — and it is frequently used as a basis for deciding pay . |
| 30 | The arena here is in an exceptionally fine state of preservation , with nearly all the seats intact , and it is frequently used for modern performances . |