Example sentences of "are used [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The more paper we produce , the more trees we cut down ; 131 million trees are used per year . |
| 2 | Where hydroxyapatite coatings are used without cement , the bone bonds directly to the implanted artificial hip and a good quality , healthy interface is created . |
| 3 | There is available for the certificate home study , where no tutor is involved but readings and notes are used for solo study . |
| 4 | This may be considered to be the more appropriate standard in contracts between patients and doctors where artificial products , such as manufactured heart valves , are used for implantation . |
| 5 | Pulsed sounds like clicks are used for echolocation and navigation ; yelps can be a feature of courtship ; and other pulsed calls are made during distress and aggressive confrontation . |
| 6 | Many varieties including King Edward , Maris Piper , Pentland Crown , Pentland Dell and Pentland Squire are used for dehydration . |
| 7 | All Falcon 20 aircraft are allocated an F-W … registration ( U.K. equivalent Class B ) , and are used for test or experimental flights , C of A qualification or renewal , and the approval of modifications . |
| 8 | Both are used for winter fodder . |
| 9 | Another method of classification takes only five occupational categories , which are used for census and other statistical purposes : the social classes 1–5 on the Registrar General 's Scale . |
| 10 | Studies by BGS have shown that increased concentrations of sulphate in pore waters beneath trees , though mostly of little consequence , can in some circumstances result in metals such as aluminium being leached into shallow groundwater , which could have potentially serious consequences where these waters are used for drinking . |
| 11 | This could have potentially serious consequences where these waters are used for drinking . |
| 12 | Potatoes are the only cash crop though even some of these are used for fodder . |
| 13 | More than 25 glass lined and stainless steel reactors , which hold from 50–1200 litres , are used for development and testing . |
| 14 | Altogether there are 32 looms at Sekers , some of which are used for development work . |
| 15 | The average bid and offer rates then calculated are known as the London interbank fixing rates and are used for reference purposes in variable interest rate loan agreements . |
| 16 | However , just prior to the split Adobe had announced , and have subsequently delivered , a mechanism ( Adobe Type Manager ) for generating on-screen bitmap fonts from outlines — the same outlines that are used for printing . |
| 17 | All foods are organically grown , except when foods with pesticide residues are used for testing . |
| 18 | It is always possible to ‘ compartmentalize ’ one 's life ; to separate religion and work and politics so that different criteria are used for decision-making in each compartment . |
| 19 | They are used for fluting , reeding and other features on the lathe . |
| 20 | If the environment in which you work is predominantly PCs which are used for word processing then there is little if any problem in using Macintoshs as desktop publishing systems . |
| 21 | Many amphibians , including the horned toad , have very serviceable rows of teeth on their jaws , as their ancestors had , but these are used for defence or as a way of gripping the prey . |
| 22 | The positioning of each part node becomes important here since they are used for attachment points ( see Figure 5.12 ) . |
| 23 | In other cases , separate project organizations are used for idea generation and idea realization . |
| 24 | Where there are ordinands or members of staff with professional musical skills , they are used for teaching . |
| 25 | These are used for accent lighting , to pin-point objects and give a strong punch of light whenever and wherever needed . |
| 26 | Many chemical agents are used for disinfection . |
| 27 | Rollers are used for consolidation of the surface to conserve moisture and press seeds into contact with the soil . |
| 28 | The use of ‘ management information systems ’ , which take low-level data from databases and are used for decision support by modelling future scenarios using different management predictions or alternatives , has led to substantial savings in those commercial organisations where they have been introduced . |
| 29 | Water chestnuts are very crisp and are used for texture as much as flavour . |
| 30 | The aim with 78018 is to use her on the former Stockton and Darlington , Stanhope and Tyne Wear Valley routes which are used for summer Sunday pacer trains and cement traffic to Blue Circle 's Eastgate Cement Works the current limit of the line . |