Example sentences of "be used as [noun] of " in BNC.

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1 The two bodies labelled A and B in Fig. 2.3 carry corner cube mirrors C A A and C B while B also carried a beam splitter S. These optical components are used as elements of a Michelson interferometer ; the source is a stabilized He-Ne laser and the detector is a p-i-n photodiode .
2 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 .
3 The following symbols and abbreviations are used as part of the explanation of the operating system commands .
4 Furthermore , faeces and urine are used as markers of individual ‘ personalities ’ .
5 Finally , and again in contrast with the pluralist conception of policy-making , the functionally representative producer groups whose leaders are integrated into the state structure under corporatism are used as instruments of mobilization , control and legitimization , rather than for the spontaneous articulation of a plurality of competing political demands .
6 A more sinister development is the seepage of nitrate into aquifers which are used as sources of the domestic water supply .
7 It is also possible that the numbers are used as symbols of power and importance , rather than a literal count of heads .
8 They are used as reserves of migrant labour and ray materials , to which the developed centre can export its unemployment when necessary : the importance of sovereignty is that a Bantustan carries political responsibility for handling the consequences of economic downturn , while the developed centre carries little or none .
9 At local level the survey 's findings have been used as part of the Lingdale Revitalisation Project , to argue the case for converting the old village primary school into homes .
10 It has also been argued that green belts have been used as instruments of preservation rather than conservation , and that insufficient attention has been devoted to positive planning , and to provision for recreational use .
11 This has been used as evidence of the continuing popularity of marriage .
12 Heart rate and skin conductance have been used as measures of arousal , and unusually high levels have been reported ( e.g. Venables , 1964 ) .
13 1984 ; Luker 1988 ) have all been used as methods of routinely screening all the elderly in a given population .
14 ( Note : answers to these may overlap — ( ii ) and ( iii ) may be used as illustrations of ( i ) , for instance .
15 Examples from schools who have acquired microcomputers for their libraries will be used as sources of inspiration rather than documents to be copied verbatim .
16 Writing is a motor skill which ensures that the same words written by different people are distinct — allowing signatures to be used as verification of identity .
17 The pattern revealed by kinship terms can not therefore be used as evidence of marriage systems in the way that Morgan believed .
18 Since the argument between the two centres on how open each country 's market and regulatory climate are , an increase in Telecom 's ability to buy from US suppliers could be used as evidence of the openness of the UK market .
19 Clearly , much more research needs to be done on a wide variety of conodonts before the histological structure may be used as evidence of vertebrate affinities .
20 Hart , in his book Law , Liberty and Morality can be used as models of the relationship between the criminal law and contemporary moral rules or mores .
21 A further element in this argument is the possibility that advertising can be used as part of a marketing strategy to shape the wants and needs of a less developed society in a direction that is clearly beneficial .
22 It will be used as part of a non-broadcast programme called Project Video that will be sold to secondary schools worldwide ( the main markets are likely to be Spain , Italy and Greece ) .
23 Cognitive aspects of spatial perception place constraints on the definition of a spatial language intended to be used as part of a user dialogue with the computer .
24 According to Berke and Stubbs ( 1989 ) a DSS can often be conceptualized as a tool to be used as part of an interactive learning process allowing the user to undertake ‘ what if ’ analyses and view the consequences of such alternatives .
25 In summary the model may be used as part of a learning sequence , so the teacher must ask the question ‘ has the learner the requisite knowledge and skills to enable further learning to take place ? ’
26 Glass membrane potentiometric electrodes were one of the first to be used as part of enzyme electrodes , typically for monitoring of pH in hydrolase catalysed reactions — eg urea assays .
27 While philosophy and history may be used as part of a tactic for establishing the disciplinary validity of English against the soft option charge , the essence of English is none the less taken to inhere in its " nobler , more eternal and universal element " , that very artistic quality which is said to transcend both the historical process and all systems of ideas :
28 The characteristic of both informational and investigative enquiries is that the results are advisory and may be accepted or rejected by the minister , though they will be used as part of the process of ministerial decision making .
29 Their experience can be used as part of the learning progress for Social Work and joint examination of the subject can be fruitful .
30 to enable us to have a stru have another report done which would then be used as part of the evidence in conjunction with a test case ,
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