Example sentences of "be used [adv] for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Minis are used primarily for on-line work , so they have to perform well in this respect . |
| 2 | Vibrational spectroscopy has been used successfully for quantitative analysis , but considerable care is needed to ensure accurate results . |
| 3 | Magnets have been used before for this purpose , but never in such a way that water has had to pass through several opposing magnetic fields . |
| 4 | Can themes be enlarged upon and can they be used again for further work ? 18 What are the illustrations like ? |
| 5 | It contains a wide variety of stimulating material to be used both for intensive viewing and for extension activities that develop the language areas covered by the video . |
| 6 | This was possible because the topmost floor of the two-and-a-half storey building is entirely in the roof space , obtains all its daylight from a new roof-light and therefore can not be used easily for habitable accommodation . |
| 7 | The university has made clear that any funds raised from a sale will be used only for that purpose and not to clear its accumulated deficit , as originally intended . |
| 8 | With translucent or transparent rocks , the depth of field of low power zoom binocular microscopes can be used advantageously for three-dimensional study of included bioclasts and replacement fabrics in cherts , and orientation of fluid and crystal inclusions in evaporites . |
| 9 | There were no plans to take organs from primates but it was likely that certain species would be genetically engineered to be used specifically for human transplant . |
| 10 | It provides a framework for modelling and understanding of the behaviour of complex social and business organisation and is being used widely for systematic problem-solving , organisational learning and business re-engineering in a variety of fields . |
| 11 | Support for this assumption was obtained from a similar study in pigs that showed that amino acids derived from the extracellular space were used directly for pancreatic enzyme synthesis . |
| 12 | Paracetamol , although not a common cause of death by suicide , is used increasingly for deliberate self poisoning . |
| 13 | Grade 4 and 5 land is used largely for this purpose although occasional fields of oats , barley or forage crops occur in grade 4 . |
| 14 | But it is interesting that among the ‘ great issues of today and tomorrow ’ that he himself wrote as an agenda for Labour , prominence is given to one on equality : ‘ whether , as we grow richer , this new wealth is used exclusively for individual selfishness or for the growth of necessary community services , and whether , in consequence , we follow or escape the American precedent of great private affluence surrounding rotting public services ’ . |
| 15 | 4.6% of the land area of the Pentlands is used specifically for Agricultural Research . |
| 16 | This can be done easily using a scalpel blade , an old fashioned razor blade or a small sharp knife which is used solely for this purpose . |
| 17 | Wartime service spanned almost the entire Pacific conflict , making it one of the most historically significant of the few remaining Australian Dakotas , the other preserved examples appearing to have had very pedestrian careers in comparison while ‘ SBO was used exclusively for military frontline transport operations , making it a veteran par excellence . |
| 18 | Vaccines were kept in a cold room in Abidjan , and limited supplies were kept at the clinic in a refrigerator that was used exclusively for this study . |
| 19 | The revenue from the ivory was used both for personal gain and as a means of channelling funds to the guerrillas . |