Example sentences of "but it is [adv] used " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it is also used in some cases for rather trivial offences . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | It can be mixed with basmati rice to give an attractive appearance , but it is generally used for stuffings for game . |
| 4 | Birch is a sustainable and fast-growing timber from northern Europe , but it is rarely used for fine furniture because of the skill required to convert the logs . |
| 5 | Quantification is usually taken for granted in social dialectology , but it is not used in some other branches of sociolinguistics ( for example , those researches that follow Gumperz 's model ) , and there can be disputes about whether or not it should be used in given instances . |
| 6 | Eastern cultures certainly know about the clash principle — the yin and yang of the Chinese and the Japanese Sumo wrestlers — but it is not used as a method of getting change or making decisions . |
| 7 | The natural function of the bassoon is to provide the bass of the woodwind group , but it is frequently used as a melodic instrument , both ‘ solo ’ and when doubled in the upper octave by another wind instrument or sometimes by the violins . |
| 8 | The many functions that have been proposed for it range from sound transmission to drilling holes in ice ; but it is really used in aggressive fighting among males . |
| 9 | No. 28 was formerly the wheel turning shop , but it is now used mainly for automatic machines . |
| 10 | Software might be restricted , as in this book , to computer programs but it is sometimes used as the generic term to include all sources of information . |