Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] be use [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | First , if a number of subtests are used as part of a larger test , the conversion of the subtest scores to a single standard scale will assist in the interpretation of the subscale scores . |
| 2 | The same sets of patterns are used for backgrounds and for filling in the fonts themselves . |
| 3 | The tendering process has in a number of cases been used by local authority managers to reassert their right to manage ’ ( 1988 , p. 187 ) . |
| 4 | A wide range of nozzles is used in this book . |
| 5 | Generally the singular form of words is used for processes and properties ( e.g. Liquidation , Classification ) , and the plural for classes of people who perform such processes ( e.g. Liquidators , Classifiers ) . |
| 6 | This form of words is used in an attempt to avoid the problem of the defence of recklessness in R. v. Caldwell ( H.L. , 1982 ) . |
| 7 | A wide range of methods are used in research studies , e.g. focus group , interview , questionnaire , direct observation , modelling . |
| 8 | Since U never leads to ulceration this group of mice was used as irradiated controls . |
| 9 | For example , if the number of transactions is used as a proxy for the arrival of information , there should be zero correlation between volatility and volume computed using transactions data . |
| 10 | One distinctive theme of the Newcastle RRL work is the problem of integrating zonal datasets--in other words , bringing together information that was published for different sets of areas ( over 50 different sets of areas are used for reporting statistics about Britain 's localities ) . |
| 11 | The tacit knowledge ( in the Polanyi sense of the word ) of the wide range of workers was used to the full . |
| 12 | Although some skins claimed that they were so hard that they did not need to use weapons , and there was no standard personal armament like the cut-throat razors of the teds or the bicycle chains of the grebos , a variety of weapons were used at football matches and other fights . |
| 13 | A vast range of plants are used in medical preparations and as research continues new species are found to have beneficial properties . |
| 14 | About 5,000 tonnes of plasticiers are used in 24,075 tonnes of plasticised food wrapping in the country annually . |
| 15 | The company claims all kinds of tricks are used in the Evolution V-Q 's innards to increase performance , including secondary cache , and the ASIC which provides a wide data path between memory cache and processor . |
| 16 | Leg Movements and Locomotion — The legs of insects are used in three forms of locomotion — walking ( or running ) , jumping and swimming . |
| 17 | Around a quarter of CD-ROMs are used for games . |
| 18 | Some 64,186 tonnes of insecticides were used on the republic 's cotton crops in 1975 ; this fell to 30,083 tonnes in 1985 , as the environmental implications of their use became evident , and to 2,586 tonnes in 1991 , following the end of the centrally planned system . |
| 19 | Only a limited set of inflections are used in the Text710 . |
| 20 | It turned out to be a story about the residents of a block of flats being used as breeders by aliens , who implant their offspring into the unsuspecting humans . |
| 21 | A variety of techniques are used in qualitative or environmental forecasting . |
| 22 | The second set of stimuli were used in a rhyming task in which the target word was matched against the sounds of words in the sentence . |
| 23 | Thus the presence of dependants is used as a means of excluding women from benefits . |
| 24 | Its range of fibres is used in inner and outer clothing , leisure and sportswear , carpets and industrial goods . |
| 25 | These cells respond most vigorously when a combination of wavelengths is used for the illumination , and the area of the stimulus is seen as strongly coloured by human observers . |
| 26 | A change in the type of materials being used in the construction , such as a move from steel to fibre-reinforced plastics , can result in a change in design drafting rules and drawing techniques leading right through to the replacement of complete sections of manufacturing machines and skilled men . |
| 27 | ‘ It tells us nothing in terms of lessons that can be learned , what sort of materials were used for the curtains , whether a sprinkler system was installed and whether they worked properly . |
| 28 | The second set of materials was used in area training . |
| 29 | In the absence of any positive action from the government to stop the trade with the Midi , the Federation des Syndicats de la Champagne ( which changed its name in 1919 to the Syndicat General des Vignerons de la Champagne ) was founded by Marne vignerons in 1904 to protect the quality of grapes being used for Champagne . |
| 30 | The Registrar-General 's classification of occupations was used in making the social class assessments : classes I and II ( professional and managerial ) were termed ‘ middle class ’ and classes IV and V ( semi-skilled and unskilled ) ‘ working class ’ . |