Example sentences of "[be] used for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah as long as you know what they 're used for |
| 2 | They are used for fluting , reeding and other features on the lathe . |
| 3 | It ranges from the traditional dances of ancient Greece used by David Bintley for his Choros to the latest pieces of minimal music by John Cage that are used for Robbins ' Glass Pieces . |
| 4 | Amersham is paying $61.3m ( £38.3m ) to acquire Medi-Physics , the loss-making radiopharmaceuticals subsidiary of Hoffman-La Roche , to make the UK company the largest player in the £300m world radiopharmaceutical market , whose products are used for imaging organs of the body for diagnostic purposes . |
| 5 | They are simply a recording of a band 's live or alternative versions of their songs , which are used for one or two broadcasts . |
| 6 | Different criteria are used for each table , but a common minimum market value of £100million is used to exclude the smallest companies where small changes can produce disporportionate results . |
| 7 | PURPOSE GROWN TIMBERS from North America , Scandinavia and Italy are used for the wooden kitchen ranges |
| 8 | The most versatile of the vinegars , these are used for general cookery and in many of the classic sauces . |
| 9 | Water chestnuts are very crisp and are used for texture as much as flavour . |
| 10 | These hot seeds are used for English mustard ( see p60 ) . |
| 11 | Pulsed sounds like clicks are used for echolocation and navigation ; yelps can be a feature of courtship ; and other pulsed calls are made during distress and aggressive confrontation . |
| 12 | They are used for shark bait and for human consumption , and the sexual organs are sought as love charms or amulets . |
| 13 | The small cylinder of sample removed is then sliced , like a loaf of bread , and the slices are used for the TL measurements . |
| 14 | It is always possible to ‘ compartmentalize ’ one 's life ; to separate religion and work and politics so that different criteria are used for decision-making in each compartment . |
| 15 | Dublin 's brand of rock music merges at times with traditional music , and the studios are used for both styles . |
| 16 | Around a quarter of CD-ROMs are used for games . |
| 17 | He said there were ‘ good grounds for suspicion that certain offshore banks are used for fraudulent purposes ’ . |
| 18 | Banks are used for a variety of frauds as well as money-laundering . |
| 19 | Apart from agriculture the unimproved native grasslands are used for forestry , sporting purposes , nature conservation , recreation , water collection and military training , the last three being prominent only in limited locations . |
| 20 | More than 25 glass lined and stainless steel reactors , which hold from 50–1200 litres , are used for development and testing . |
| 21 | Their long mobile noses are used for rooting around in search of small animals . |
| 22 | These markings are found on many of the cat family and are used for signalling their intentions and mood to others . |
| 23 | However , when budgets are used for control , planning and motivation , they become instruments which cause functional and dysfunctional consequences both manifest and latent which determine how successful the tool will be . |
| 24 | ONLY prime cuts of lean forequarter and flank are used for their 100% pure beef hamburgers . |
| 25 | The pack horse stables still stand and are used for recreational purposes by the Lancashire Youth Clubs Association , who now own the Hall . |
| 26 | Many chemical agents are used for disinfection . |
| 27 | Complex polyphosphates are used for this purpose such as sodium tripolyphosphate or tetrasodium pyrophosphate . |
| 28 | Norwegians are keen to train their dogs and Rottweilers are used for many purposes , from mountain rescue to drug detection . |
| 29 | Dogs which show obvious laziness , unusually slow reactions or extreme one-sidedness in their character should be watched and examined with particular care before they are used for breeding ( the possibility of deafness should be considered ) . |
| 30 | The same products are used for treating scabies as are used for pubic lice . |