The phrase "a template was used" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the creation of a document, design, or project that was based on a pre-existing template.
Example: "For the report, a template was used to ensure consistency in formatting and style."
Alternatives: "a template was applied" or "a template was utilized".
A template was used to indicate the surface area to inoculate.
A template was used to determine size and distance between incisions.
A template was used to define two halves of the plate, and larvae on the odor half versus the control half were then counted, and these counts were used to calculate a response index.
After post-hybridization washing, single-base extension of the probes on the BeadChip, using the captured DNA as a template, was used to identifying the methylation level of the query CpG sites.
As described in Section 2, a template was used to ensure that the implanted colony was always placed in the phantom in the same location relative to the laser beam.
A template was used to enabled the electrodes to be re-positioned in the same position when the measurements were repeated at different times or if an electrode had to be removed because of a malfunction.
The output of a template is used inside our web application, and thus, it should not contain a regular HTML link.
In the proposed architecture, the A-template is used for a digital-to-analog converter (DAC), the C-template works as an integrator, and the nonlinear output function is used for the bilevel output.
A predetermined template was used as a guide to position and record the identity of each checker within the array.
Each colony was transferred to each plate by picking it with a toothpick and inoculating it onto an identifiable position of the plate (a gridded template was used).
Molecular imprinting using a phosphate template was used to generate catalytic microgels for the hydrolysis of p-nitrophenyl carbonates.
