Example sentences of "[conj] it is [adv] use " 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 | Although it is widely used , there are no generally accepted definitions . |
| 4 | Although it is now used with a cup , the saucer had a very different origin . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | AT&T says that it is already using the two components in its New Generation Testing system that troubleshoots toll-free 800 number services and can pinpoint problems on up to 42 lines simultaneously . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | The local people call the clays salão , and it is traditionally used for covering walls and houses . |
| 13 | This stress is not symmetric and it is little used in continuum mechanics , although certain expressions become more compact when it is used . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | The film is available from larger stationers and art suppliers , and it is also used to protect the covers of books . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | An individual 's field can reveal its sex , age , and emotional state , and it is also used in courtship displays . |
| 19 | It is the major medium for high-level training and it is widely used in most other forms of interaction . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | The Newport bridge was built in 1906 , the second of the British transporter bridges , and it is still used . |
| 23 | ‘ Well , ’ he continued , ‘ I know we all call this place the summer-house , and it is only used to keep salmon nets and baskets in nowadays , but it is really a gazebo , where the local gentry used to meet their ladies of ill repute in the old days . ’ |
| 24 | Later the college became a school , and it is now used for the embryo of a university for the island . |
| 25 | The notion of pastiche is now a guiding thread in critical discourse , to the extent that Palandri 's novel can be put forward as ‘ a disturbing attempt to write a kitsch novel ’ ( De Michelis 1986a ) , and the argument be made — — referring to Piersanti 's Charles — that no novelist born in the 1950s can return to ‘ traditional narrative ’ without being aware that he/she is ‘ holding an old toy which might look fine in an antique shop , or might be an ornament or a collector 's item , but is no good for playing with any more ’ ; if they do use it ( but why should they if it is no use any more ? ) , it is with a mixture of pleasure and melancholy , ‘ like someone repeating a game which once gave pleasure for years and years and now gives none , only the memory of the joy it once gave ’ ( De Michelis 1986b ) . |
| 26 | Even if it is not used much the trenchant criticisms of it would appear to demand reform , as it appears to be a blunt instrument which ‘ should be honed down to produce a greater quality of justice . ’ |
| 27 | It can not be sold and will cost the company £500 to dispose of it if it is not used to produce Abrasive . |
| 28 | If it is not used to manufacture Abrasive it will cost the company £500 to dispose of the ingredient ; therefore if it is used the company will gain £500 . |
| 29 | But it is also used in some cases for rather trivial offences . |
| 30 | As the sobriquet implies , this is principally used by booksellers for acquisition and as a finding list , but it is also used by some librarians for selection purposes . |