Example sentences of "[noun] [is] used for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This stitch is used for super Brownie 's face . |
| 2 | Operational data is used for day-to-day control of the business ( for example , for the collection of customer payments ) and is usually recorded but rarely preserved . |
| 3 | And , unfortunately , you are also correct that , in feature films and , to a lesser extent , in tv programmes , the sound is used for exotic effect . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Rutland Water , where water is used for human consumption , is a classic case . |
| 6 | Nowadays a form of classical Sanskrit is used for learned communication between scholars , and as a medium for some original writing in India . |
| 7 | The term programming is used for long term changes in the body 's structure , physiology , or metabolism brought about by environmental influences acting at critical stages of early life . |
| 8 | A separate page is used for each day , the date being clearly marked at the top of the page . |
| 9 | This mode is used for intensive cooking and reduced the cooking time by 25–30 per cent , which is ideal for root vegetables , such as carrots and potatoes . |
| 10 | Major policy decisions are often transmitted through the party 's chain of command before the regular departmental hierarchy is used for administrative communication . |
| 11 | Masham can never supply the whole S&N estate so extra capacity in Newcastle is used for this purpose . |
| 12 | Although it is possible when a program is used for individual tuition for it to collect data on pupil performance , this is only one mode of diagnostics . |
| 13 | A laser machine like this one at Gloucestershire royal hospital is used for delicate throat operations — this one was on loan , but when fundraiser Len Webb heard the hospital wanted to buy one , his charity organisation , emergency station nine , set about raising cash . |
| 14 | About what proportion of the National Park is used for each purpose ? |
| 15 | We should note that the small letter p is used for pressure and not the capital P. We use P for external pressure-that is , the pressure acting on a system — whereas p is used for internal pressure . |
| 16 | In many commercial applications the geomagnetic field is used for directional reference : field values for a particular location are computed using a global or regional model of the field . |
| 17 | A Beckmann thermometer is used for this purpose . |
| 18 | Also , when words are syntactically ambiguous ( i.e. they can have more than one grammatical tag ) the corpus can provide information about how often each of the possible tags is used for that word . |
| 19 | Nevertheless it is a substitution that can be made in a number of contexts where at least one of c and d is used for internal communication . |
| 20 | the International Standards Organisation ( ISO ) system of paper sizes is based on a series of three sizes A , B and C. Series A is used for general printing and stationery , Series B for posters and Series C for envelopes . |
| 21 | The high-gloss blue around the cooker is used for dramatic impact |
| 22 | The term natural justice is used for that part of the spectrum which requires a relatively wide range of procedural checks , while fairness is used in those areas either where the nature of the decision-maker renders the term natural justice inappropriate or the set of safeguards tends towards the lower end of the spectrum . |
| 23 | But it is not an offence to dress up as a policeman unless the uniform is used for personal gain . |
| 24 | Special stationery is used for this index , and no subject indexing has been undertaken — retrieval is impossible under anything other than first author . |
| 25 | An equicaloric glucose solution is used for this purpose . |