Example sentences of "it be [adv] use for [verb] " in BNC.

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1 The local people call the clays salão , and it is traditionally used for covering walls and houses .
2 From the survey , it would seem that many bureaux which own the microfilm system find many uses for it within the bureau when it has not been taken out for an outreach advice session ; it is used for training purposes in order to demonstrate access to and use of information in CAB advice work and it is also used for giving talks to outside groups .
3 As regards the claim in respect of additional lighting , he said that Wimpy International v Warland had decided that lighting that did no more than provide general illumination was not plant , as it was not used for carrying on the business .
4 The tops of ling heather ( Calluna vulgaris ) , produce yet another shade of yellow dye when boiled in water , and in fact that entire plant is wonderfully versatile : it was commonly used for thatching houses , and even today the few Highland thatchers that remain will swear it is the best thatch in Gaeldom ; it provided beds to sleep on , with the ‘ tops up and roots down ’ arrangement of the mattress assuring a pleasantly aromatic and sound sleep ; it was used in part of the process of tanning leather ; and the fresh , young tops of the heather were ( and at times still are ) brewed into a kind of ale .
5 It is a hangover from those long gone days when it was actually used for darning socks !
6 There was a dining-table in there but it was never used for eating from .
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