Example sentences of "[adv] [be] used for [adj] " in BNC.

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1 A superb SWAN which has only been used for private cruising in the Med .
2 The Liverpool Street dungeon was known , incongruously , as the gymnasium , presumably in memory of its intended purpose , though it had long been used for general storage .
3 A similar undated sequence was recorded in Green Cutting to the east , where the courtyard had obviously been used for industrial activities prior to the demise of the associated building .
4 Microscopes can only be used for close work , telescopes for viewing objects from arm 's length distance to infinity .
5 We hope that these materials will not only be used for private study but be subjected to critical scrutiny by school-based inservice groups sharing common curricular interests and by staff of institutions of higher education concerned with both special needs teaching and specific curriculum areas .
6 Calling on North Korea to make a similar pledge , Roh said that nuclear energy would only be used for peaceful purposes .
7 The conditions of use to which all users are required to agree insist among other things that users should not attempt to identify particular individuals or households , that the data should only be used for academic purposes , and that any publications which make extensive use of the data should acknowledge this .
8 The growth in the use of microcomputers in organizations means that people have become much less dependent on a central computer , which need only be used for large scale operations .
9 Therefore , some of the larger single roses become giant-sized once they are pressed , and can really only be used for big arrangements on walls , such as murals , so try to concentrate on the smaller varieties of rose , as you will still be astonished at their relative size once they are pressed .
10 This method can only be used for non-porous and crystalline rocks ( particularly limestones ) , as the lead tends to be forced into any pores and , unlike powdered abrasives , it can not be washed away .
11 However they should no longer be used for summative assessment and need not be retained for inspection by the Subject Assessor .
12 Moving averages would normally be used for short term forecasting , perhaps up to a maximum of a few ( say 3 to 6 ) months ahead .
13 Exponential smoothing would again normally be used for short term forecasting , for periods up to six months ahead .
14 This latter provision was seen as means to assure NATO that certain Warsaw Pact aircraft could not be used for offensive purposes .
15 These needs must include the needs to live a natural life and not be used for invasive procedures or be kept in restrictive confinement .
16 This neutralised the efforts of the consortium since all funds committed so far had been for the purchase of the collection intact ; they could not be used for individual sale bids or any subsequent related negotiations .
17 Because of its protein content Simplesse can not be used for deep fat frying , although it can be used in some cooking applications — the cream can be used to make sauces or the cheese to make pizza or lasagne , but both these products are only available in the US at the moment .
18 Normally a biosensor can not be used for practical biofluid measurements without some degree of protection from background interference and biofouling .
19 One would ‘ ring-fence ’ or protect the grants to be given to local authorities so they could not be used for other purposes ; the other would give elderly and disabled people in local authority residential homes the same social security rights as those in private or voluntary sector homes .
20 Rozen reported hypoxia and recommended that narcotics should not be used for gastrintestinal endoscopy in the elderly .
21 The only disadvantage of the method is that it can not be used for certain solvents , such as alcohol , which do n't appear to be absorbed by Tenax .
22 The statute occasionally provides in so many terms that the information may be used in evidence ; sometimes that it may not be used for certain purposes , inferentially permitting its use for others ; or it may be expressly prescribed that the evidence is not to be admitted ; or again , the statute may be silent .
23 For these reasons monetarists argue that monetary policy can not be used for short-run demand management .
24 The EP , concerned about moral implications of patenting human and animal life , has supported the Council of Europe efforts , most recently through a joint declaration urging that the Convention should be produced ‘ as speedily as possible ’ and supporting the principle that ‘ the human body should not be used for commercial purposes ’ .
25 This utility may not be used for foreign modules
26 In 1986 the Norwegian government had demanded the return of the water because it suspected that , contrary to the original agreement , it was not being used for peaceful purposes but for the manufacture of plutonium for nuclear weapons [ see p. 36942 ] .
27 Small generators might put in 0.2 amp/hour ( 2.4W ) and are easy to use as they can be left charging indefinitely , even when the yacht is not being used for long periods , without damaging the battery .
28 Such standard thin sections ( STs ) can be produced by hand or with machine aid : they will usually be used for rapid bulk sample examination or in teaching collections where robustness outweighs their limited resolution .
29 The RAF said that while the Wessex will remain grounded until the outcome of the inquiry into the North Wales crash , the helicopters will still be used for essential rescue missions and in Northern Ireland .
30 Once sheep is acquired , for instance , the word dog is no longer over-extended to sheep , even though it may still be used for other kinds of mammals ( Clark , 1973a , 1978 ; Barrett , 1978 ) .
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