Example sentences of "is used for the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It now appears that question time is used for the following purposes : ( a ) To embarrass the Government by raising a sensitive issue . |
| 2 | The first half is used for the traditional binning of the wines selected for the house , and the second half for the storage of dry , tinned and bottled goods . |
| 3 | Some fish are , in any case , unusually sensitive and may not come round , even after the recommended amount is used for the correct period . |
| 4 | Moulded nylon is used for the free-floating trigger bar which can be used with one or two fingers , inside or out . |
| 5 | The technical word phenotype is used for the bodily manifestation of a gene , the effect that a gene , in comparison with its alleles , has on the body , via development . |
| 6 | Where lead pipe is used for the rising main , it may also contaminate the drinking water — particularly in a soft water area — but there is not much you can do about this since the supply pipe into the house is also likely to be lead and this is difficult and expensive to replace . |
| 7 | Finally there is a fifth meaning , which possibly has some evolutionary connection with the fourth meaning , and it is used for the instinctive affection of parents for the offspring . |
| 8 | A trumpet in high F is used for the exacting trumpet part in Brandenburg No. 2 , and one in high B flat ( an octave higher than the standard B flat instrument ) is now in circulation . |
| 9 | The curtilage of a building will include the ground that is used for the comfortable enjoyment of that building even though it has not been marked off or enclosed in any way ( Sinclair-Lockhart 's Trustees v Central Land Board ( 1950 ) 1 P & CR 195 ) . |
| 10 | A range of learning methods is used for the taught modules , including case studies , seminars , lectures , tutorials , simulations , presentations and projects . |
| 11 | In this the grain size is the independent variable , which is therefore plotted on the horizontal axis and the vertical axis is used for the dependent variable , i.e. the determined weight percentage . |
| 12 | However , there are occasions when speech is used for the detailed transmission of factual information . |