Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] used for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Catering entrepreneurs will have three choices : first , to take over an existing catering establishment as a going concern and adapt the premises as they see fit ; secondly , to convert already existing premises to be used as a catering establishment , such premises being derelict or presently used for some other purpose ; and thirdly , to have purpose-built premises designed by an architect and built to their specifications . |
| 2 | The water authority will reject applications for the use of septic tanks when absorption tests are unsatisfactory or where the siting of the tank could result in pollution to a spring , stream or well used for drinking purposes . |
| 3 | Although still used for storage , the mill is slowly deteriorating and largely silent , long since stripped of its fulling stocks , its Boulton and Watt steam engine and water wheels . |
| 4 | Fortunately it was possible to contain the flames so that only the Redoutensaale , relatively uninteresting eighteenth-century reception rooms remodelled in the nineteenth century and latterly used for conferences , were destroyed . |
| 5 | Based on beer and widely used for preserving and pickling , malt vinegar is also available as a strong , colourless , distilled vinegar which is particularly useful for preserving foods that have to last a long time . |
| 6 | The herbs must be in the best possible condition and generously used for a good refreshing taste . |
| 7 | The mill building still stands in the shadow of the dam wall , well maintained and now used for storage , its machinery and water wheel removed many years ago . |
| 8 | The whole area is criss-crossed with rights of way , used by local people before roads were made , and now used for rambling . |
| 9 | It was a small dark place with a dank smell , the coolest of the three rooms and often used for stacking the carcasses of rabbits , chickens and turkeys . |
| 10 | ( c ) Accreditation , i.e. proficiency certification often in some way a summary " or measure of achievement on the course of instruction and often used for selection purposes , or to acknowledge success . |
| 11 | In 1876 a handsome suite of royal waiting-rooms was erected and often used for luncheon parties when the royal party was on a shoot . |
| 12 | In spite of all the powers with which he was armed , and routinely used for routine ends , it is clear that the Northern Nigerian Resident too often failed to use them for good : being , rather than doing , good came to define the limits of his aspirations . |
| 13 | Computers are now widely used in hospitals for running machines performing diagnostic services , and increasingly used for patient and hospital management . |
| 14 | The context , temperature , is one of the most obvious and frequently used for negative numbers . |
| 15 | The SBD was shipped to Hawaii where it was refinished in a Navy camouflage paint scheme and reportedly used for at least one air-to-air session but the resulting footage never ended up in the film . |
| 16 | The Parafoils , created by Canadian Domina Jalbert and subsequently used for parachuting and paragliding , established that a properly-rigged , fully flexible shape would fill with ram air and fly as a kite . |
| 17 | The solution has been found by submitting the agreement to English law , widely thought to be the fairest and most flexible , and therefore used for many international transactions . |
| 18 | Today the Welsh breed is usually understood to be the Welsh Black ( Gwartheg Duon Cymreig ) , a dual-purpose type , though primarily used for beef production in suckler herds , especially on the uplands , either as a purebred or crossbred cow . |