Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun] be use for " in BNC.

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1 The particles were distinctly shaped , and a different set was used for each day .
2 A separate page is used for each day , the date being clearly marked at the top of the page .
3 A similar scheme is used for phase Band the situation for the whole machine is summarised in the Table 1.2 .
4 A similar process is used for the OALDCE dictionary .
5 A random zero sphygmomanometer with a large cuff was used for patients with an arm circumference greater than 33 cm .
6 A duodenal cannula was used for the reinfusion of the collected pancreatic secretion ( diluted by saline 1:2 ) .
7 And since only about 3% of water is drunk , while a great deal is used for cruder purposes , much of the industry 's investment will be flushed down the drain .
8 A stationary engine was used for the final haul up the tunnel into St Leonards Goods Yard .
9 It goes without saying that a beautiful piano was used for the recording , and that Haefliger communicates and obvious sense of joy in performing .
10 In certain circumstances it may become necessary to seek waivers from the Law Society , as for instance : ( 1 ) where the new office is no more than a consulting room open for restricted periods , when a waiver would normally be granted provided ( a ) the opening hours are sufficiently advertised ; ( b ) during those hours there is always in attendance a person duly qualified to manage or supervise the office and that all correspondence is seen by a partner of the firm ; and ( c ) the business of the consultancy is accounted for centrally and not as a separate business ; or ( 2 ) where the new office is an annexe ( whether housing a separate department or otherwise ) near to the main office , when a waiver could be expected to be granted if ( a ) a common switchboard is used for both main office and annexe ; ( b ) accounts are centralised ; ( c ) correspondence is attended to in the main office ; and ( d ) clients are asked to address correspondence to the main office .
11 Used to test theories and interpretations relating to technology and subsistence , experiments can also test the very basic interpretations that are carried out during the course of an excavation : whether or not a hole in the ground functioned as a pit or a posthole , what a particular pit was used for , and so on .
12 During this stage quadratic harmonic potentials were included for the covalent geometry , a square-well quadratic term was used for the distances and dihedral restraints , and a quartic potential was used for the van der Waals term ( F- repel ) .
13 Sometimes a whole flower is used for effect — Mrs Joel had used pinks in 1986 — to make a three-dimensional effect .
14 In addition to its obvious implications for the prison numbers crisis , such a strategy again raises the spectre of an incapacitatory penalty being used for a certain group of offenders on the basis of their anticipated dangerousness in the future .
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