Example sentences of "being use [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The league said it would not send cats to Coundon as it had heard of a case of a kitten being used as live bait for dogs . |
| 2 | Homecover is now extended to provide Public Liability cover arising out of your occupancy of any building , caravan or camping structure being used as temporary holiday accommodation . |
| 3 | The New York-based human rights organization Asia Watch issued a report on Sept. 1 claiming that political prisoners were being used as forced labour in prison factories producing for export in Liaoning Province , and rejecting the Chinese government 's claim that prison-made products were not for export . |
| 4 | It seems she felt they were being used as unpaid labour . |
| 5 | Don Coleman , a state department official at the US embassy in Bangkok , said the department had ‘ tried to point out that there was a potential for [ the conference ] being used as political propaganda . ’ |
| 6 | What is more , we hate being used as political footballs by cynical politicians . |
| 7 | ‘ Being used as cheap labour to break Alejandro 's ponies , ’ said Luke , taking Perdita 's suitcases from her , ‘ in return for picking up a few tips from the master . ’ |
| 8 | Resentful at being used as manual labourers , blacks then discovered that they were not entitled to the same pay increases as white troops because , as the War Office ruled , they were ‘ natives ’ . |
| 9 | That will not stop non-payers being used as convenient scapegoats . |
| 10 | Conversely , if developing countries dislike being used as illicit rubbish dumps , they must devote much more cash and effort to improving the quality of their own waste-disposal facilities , and preventing illegal dumping . |
| 11 | A battalion of the 7th Light Infantry Division and a battalion of the 82nd Airborne , being used as ground troops , were deployed to seize the Atlantic Ocean end of the canal at Colon . |
| 12 | However , when some of the children start to communicate with the familiar but unknown people , Michael Colpan 's dad on the campus lets out a little of the secret , in order to save these poor children from being used as national weapons , since they had the power to make a harmless teddy bear savagely attack a human and kill it . |
| 13 | UN military officials acknowledged that their troops fired on civilians they said were being used as human shields by gunmen who ambushed the patrol . |
| 14 | The situation there is that the , there 're , if you have double rooms as doubles then there would be , we do have a relatively low occupancy but the committee had decided to move towards double rooms being used as single occupancy only and on the , I 've got the latest figures for the first of January in front of me just by ch really just by chance |
| 15 | None the less , Hoggart emphasizes the primary need to " submit " to works of art , even when they are being used as social documents . |
| 16 | But it was — and still is — an affront to those who respected the great classic guitars , having to see them being used as dispensable stage props ! |
| 17 | There are also some there which er can or can not at your discretion for more than one year er terminology now being used about recurrent not recurrent expenditure , it 's up to you except where we are , you are resolving to recruit staff or reduce staff erm , it would be useful to have an indication from you as to whether you wish the money to be erm carried through until next year or whether you can see it as a one off . |
| 18 | This is an example of the sociological method of evaluation being used for summative evaluation of the products of an educational programme . |
| 19 | It is recognised that assignments and case studies can also be significant aspects of learning and teaching approaches in the modules as well as being used for summative assessment purposes . |
| 20 | When case studies and assignments are being used for summative assessment they should be retained for inspection by the Subject Assessor . |
| 21 | In 1986 the Norwegian government had demanded the return of the water because it suspected that , contrary to the original agreement , it was not being used for peaceful purposes but for the manufacture of plutonium for nuclear weapons [ see p. 36942 ] . |
| 22 | This is a very handy aspect of the program , since it brings in the prospect of it being used for other purposes . |
| 23 | Are they being used for other work ? ’ he said . |
| 24 | The Association feared that if floodlighting caught on , clubs would be drawn into spending too much money , and it banned the new lights at Highbury from being used for official matches . |
| 25 | We must also check that software used on RBGE equipment is virus-free , is being used for official purposes , and that we are using the most recent versions . |
| 26 | The technology has advanced to the point where systems are being used for real ( albeit simple ) applications rather than demonstrations [ Grishman , 1986 ] . |
| 27 | Expert systems readily respond to business volatility being used for off-line , expert decision support ( EDS ) and/or on-line intelligent process control ( IPC ) , ( Fig. 2 ) . |
| 28 | Small generators might put in 0.2 amp/hour ( 2.4W ) and are easy to use as they can be left charging indefinitely , even when the yacht is not being used for long periods , without damaging the battery . |
| 29 | Blyth Valley objected to this , not on the grounds that industrial land was being used for non-manufacturing purposes , but because it wanted the site retained as a green belt . |
| 30 | The photo includes a Baitrunner and a Custom X , these two reels being used for specific situations , the Baitrunner for trollingand the Custom X , which is high speed , for drifting . |