Example sentences of "used [prep] some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What had influenced Hollywood , thought Moley , was the ample evidence that ‘ the generality of the public takes its movies seriously and is adversely responsive to any effort which offers the least suspicion that they are being used for some purpose other than entertainment ’ and that in particular ‘ nothing hurts a picture 's chance of success more than the whisper that it contains propaganda ’ . |
| 2 | Where the process is used for some purpose other than that for which it is intended , the distinction between an error of judgment and an abuse of process may be rather fine . |
| 3 | IMPACT Moling : These machines have been used for some years to lay services and pipes up to 125mm in diameter . |
| 4 | Even the new name of Israel is not used for some time ( it reappears in 35.10 and thereafter in Genesis is used interchangeably with Jacob ) . |
| 5 | Do n't be discouraged by this , as it is a good sign that you have stretched muscles that have not been used for some time . |
| 6 | This has n't been used for some time so it 's a bit so I 'm just going to wipe it out so there are no particles or foreign bodies in there . |
| 7 | No single measure of public expenditure has met with universal agreement , and even when one has been widely used for some time , it can be subject to change for a variety of reasons . |
| 8 | Bound , hard cover books , laboratory notebooks have been used for some time and have a strong pedigree . |
| 9 | One might say that the ‘ candid camera ’ technique used for some television programmes , where people have tricks played on them for the benefit of the viewers , is rather in this mode of observation , though it is to be hoped that social researchers would not encourage people to make fools of themselves in the way television producers do . |
| 10 | BLAISE-LINE is now just one of a number of bibliographical databases available , and it is likely that this medium will increasingly be used for some aspects of stock revision , as librarians become more familiar with its potential . |
| 11 | In the part in which she was standing was a small table and two chairs and an iron contraption that looked as if it might be used for some form of heating . |
| 12 | An anechoically lined chamber must be used for some immunity testing as well as being useful for general emissions and immunity testing . |
| 13 | It is sometimes argued that certain subjects are better vehicles for a liberal education than others , because they are concerned with the human rather than merely the natural , or are reflexive rather than merely instrumental ; hence the term ‘ liberal ’ has been most often associated with the arts , and in this century social sciences , though it has been used of some science courses as well ( e.g. ‘ Liberal Studies in Science ’ ) . |
| 14 | The Act also tries to encourage sentencers to pass fewer custodial sentences by on the one hand extending to adult offenders the kind of statutory criteria that have been used with some success in the past on younger age groups ( see Chapter 9 ) ; and on the other hand by strengthening community penalties in the hope of increasing their appeal to sentencers . |
| 15 | A clear , bright hue , phthalocyanine green , has to be used with some caution due to its high tinting strength , although it has many mixing applications . |
| 16 | Of course , such a routine must be used with some flexibility . |
| 17 | A veteran of the Vietnam war , Abadia was a self-professed " field soldier " , and the architect of the army 's current " seize-hold-consolidate-develop " strategy which , since 1988 , had been used with some effect against the guerrilla insurgents of the New People 's Army ( NPA ) . |
| 18 | Oh , certainly , yes , yes , and and it carried on for a long time afterwards , and and I think is is still used in some selection processes . |
| 19 | Round glass cover slips ( 15 mm diameter ) were also used in some wells . |
| 20 | Because of its protein content Simplesse can not be used for deep fat frying , although it can be used in some cooking applications — the cream can be used to make sauces or the cheese to make pizza or lasagne , but both these products are only available in the US at the moment . |
| 21 | This conceded something to the Americans , though if Nato were seriously pressed it was evident that — short of surrender — nuclear weapons would have to be used in some way or other . |
| 22 | It is a formidable feat of timing , comparable to a clever trick that was used in some fighter planes during the First World War . |
| 23 | But it is also used in some cases for rather trivial offences . |
| 24 | At least the powers are there in the statute and have been used in some cases . |
| 25 | Hotels are the usual choice of venue and were used in some cases . |
| 26 | In consequence only 17 paired measurements were used in some cases for the comparison between placebo and loperamide oxide phases of the study . |
| 27 | Single pieces of card , were used in some trials , in others several were used in a variety of positions relative to one another and to the central strip . |
| 28 | Vaccines against Haemophilus influenzae meningitis are used in some countries and are currently undergoing extensive trials in the UK . |
| 29 | In some areas , there will be a reaction between chemicals that occur naturally in the water and the metal used in some brass fittings . |
| 30 | Since 1925 , it is true , gas has been used in some conflicts , including most recently in the Iran-Iraq war . |