auxiliary - use in sentences

Preposition: on

  • ward: Prior to starting this course I worked as a nursing auxiliary on a labor ward and attended a phenomenal amount of instumental births.

Converse of object

  • call: These are called modal auxiliaries, e.g. may, might, would, could, should.
  • include: A range of other staff, including auxiliaries, also provide access services.
  • use: It was, in fact, regular policy to use auxiliaries where the topography required it.
  • have: Verbs have two parts - they have auxiliaries and a main part.

Used with adjective complement

  • nurse: The nursing auxiliary had suggested that he had injured a patient at the Nursing Home, which he denied.

Adjective modifier

  • dental: In 1967 the Society allowed dental auxiliaries ( re-named therapists ) to become associate members.
  • official: They may be assisted by official auxiliaries and, under specific circumstances and only for poultry and rabbit meat, by slaughterhouse staff.
  • medical: In the early years of the NHS, Medical Social Workers rejected their inclusion under a regulatory body for general medical auxiliaries.

Modifies a noun

  • verb: The auxiliary verb do is not used: DIRECT: " Do you like Oasis?
  • coastguard: She has worked as a cook, probation officer and auxiliary coastguard.
  • bishop: Bishops without a territorial or residential diocese of their own, eg, auxiliary bishops, are given titular sees.
  • fort: The location of kilns for the production of pottery in the vicinity of auxiliary forts should be accorded a high priority.
  • fireman: The station moved into premises owned by Lorne Garage and was manned throughout the war years by a full team of auxiliary firemen.
  • aid: Not provide auxiliary aids or services to assist the disabled to use their services.

Modifying Another Word

  • also: There are also auxiliary electric wall heaters in every room.

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