Sentence examples for used as beacon from inspiring English sources

The 27 up-regulated and 76 down-regulated genes in PC3-AKR1C3 transfectants identified by both analyses were used as "beacon" genes for further analysis to reduce the possibility of including false positives.

The tower was razed at government orders in 1917 because of fears it would be used as a beacon for German submarines.

"They told me the Ófeigskirkja had been used as a beacon to guide people through the lava field for centuries, so they asked me to write to the mayor to halt the road".

"The door should be used as a beacon to draw citizens to Washington, D.C. My hope is that whoever buys it will give it back to the house when it becomes a museum.

Not now – even though, irony of ironies, his hair has now darkened, and – as someone whose hair is bright enough to be used as a beacon on dark nights – I'd be hard pushed to describe him as a true ginger.

Its fifth edition, held this year from April 12th to 14th, was the focus of the newly minted Dallas Arts Week.In America art fairs have been used as a beacon to transform cities that are a dearth of culture into thriving art destinations.

A needle hydrophone mounted on a 3D positioning system is used as a beacon for the TRA focusing and then for measuring the spatial distribution of the focused ultrasound field.

"This site is known for a number things, it was a flint knapping site, so there is archaeological interest in that sense, also there were rumours of a burial mound here, and it was a site that was used as a beacon, a signalling site," he said.

During the 16th century, the site was used as a beacon during the Pilgrimage of Grace.

In the 16th century, the site was used as a beacon for the Pilgrimage of Grace.

A turret at the top of Lanthorn Tower was used as a beacon by traffic approaching the Tower at night.