Example sentences of "[subord] it 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 | 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 | I am glad Tom Regan mentioned this word , because it is often used in the wrong sense , as he implied , simply for anyone whose ideals are rather extreme . |
| 7 | is marginally grammatical , because it is often used although a precise grammar would reject it . |
| 8 | This is because it is chiefly used for steam raising in power stations and industry and , particularly in the former , it will continue to be replaced by coal and nuclear power . |
| 9 | The availability of surplus cash for financing fixed asset investments tends to be limited , since it is often used to meet working capital requirements . |
| 10 | Even rotted FYM must be further broken down before it is fully used . |
| 11 | This is the power of film when it is properly used . |
| 12 | More recent work has demonstrated that the allochthon is not quite as confused as was formerly thought , and the term Argille scagliose has been dropped in Italy ( though it is still used in many other parts of the world ) . |
| 13 | Lynda Moss , editor of the RSC 's journal Methods in Organic Synthesis , said that it does not often crop up in published syntheses , though it is sometimes used as a source of in reactions as well as being a solvent . |
| 14 | Obviously in many cases the car is a ‘ family car ’ and as long as it is generally used for the benefit of the disabled person it can be treated as any normal family car . |
| 15 | The label is awkward as it is also used loosely of anything inspiring a sense of inexplicable awe and mystery , however vaguely , or anyone thus moved . |
| 16 | It would have been parochial of us not to have mentioned it as it is still used in many other countries . |
| 17 | As with all COBUILD materials , the emphasis is on English as it is really used today , drawing on the evidence of the COBUILD corpus devised by Professor John Sinclair 's English Language Research team in the University 's School of English . |
| 18 | The record of a system should describe the system as it is actually used rather than the form in which it was originally intended to be used . |
| 19 | How children sometimes experience learning difficulties because they can not cope with the specialist language of science , as it is often used in books or by teachers . |
| 20 | The benefits of this are dubious , specially as it is often used for electoral purposes with destabilising inflationary effects for the domestic economy . |