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

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1 ABOVE The preparation of land for forestry can destroy even well-preserved archaeological sites , particularly on land which has only been used for pasture .
2 Since the Second World War , this has only been used for storage .
3 In the big front room the flags were as good as new — no wear at all — and Hannah told me it had only been used for funerals and pig-killings .
4 Electronic systems have long been used for data , but as increasing volumes of information and records are also created and stored electronically issues are raised about the management of this information .
5 Electronic systems have long been used for data , but as increasing volumes of information and records are also created and stored electronically issues are raised about the management of this information .
6 The university abbreviations below are used for Figure 1a and 1b , which follow .
7 But Tony Murrell , managing director of financial advisers Fraser Marr said : ‘ In most circumstances we would not recommend the use of educational trusts because these can only be used for school fees — nothing else .
8 But for N. lapillus , which does not grow as an adult ( p. 307 ) , this could only be used for immatures .
9 The 1s level binding energies of elements increase roughly as Z , the nuclear charge , and can of course only be used for elements lighter than that used in the X-ray source .
10 The method is both simple and quick , but should only be used for estimations and not where accurate results are required .
11 The law should prohibit : the export of military , security and police equipment and training where these can reasonably be assumed to contribute to human rights abuses ; the manufacture of equipment which can only be used for torture or other cruel , inhuman and degrading treatment of prisoners .
12 Tape files can only be accessed in this way ( figure 5.2 ) and therefore tapes can only be used for serial or sequential files .
13 It is not suitable for domestic purposes and can only be used for power generation .
14 To Escoffier the disadvantage of the bottled purée was that it could only be used for sauces , so he set about evolving a method which would ensure a supply of crushed tomatoes — by which he meant tomates concassées — for any dish which required them whenever the fresh fruit was unobtainable .
15 The post would only be used for people who lived out of the dale .
16 The Company holds personal information on its employees on computer files and , in accordance with the principles set out in the Data Protection Act 1984 , undertakes that such information will only be used for purposes relevant to your employment with the Company and will not be disclosed to other bodies without your permission .
17 Cefotiame 2 g intravenously two times daily was used for antibiotic treatment of the cholecystitis .
18 Mogadishu airport had not been used for relief supplies since June 1 , when food aid had been stolen at gunpoint .
19 It was covered with climbing plants , and clearly had not been used for years .
20 We were told , because of the shortage of paper , we were told only to use secondhand papers er paper that had already been used for letters or memos when writing to the Clerks ' Department and erm we erm used to get the grubbiest paper that we could and then you had to condense it and type it erm without too much space and erm that went over to the Clerks ' Department , then erm when it got over th oh sorry you had to trim off the edges erm so that there was no spare paper left around the memo so that er you know there was just this little bit of paper with the
21 There are several techniques that might be used in international marketing research that would not normally be used for research into ‘ domestic ’ markets .
22 However , we suggest that the use of physiological data that can be influenced by medical and nursing intervention should not be used for audit .
23 While useful for assessing the severity of illness of individual patients or groups of patients , physiological data that can be influenced by medical and nursing intervention , such as that obtained by the APACHE II score , can not , paradoxically , be used to compare unit performances and must not be used for audit .
24 Since a typical Enumeration District contains about 200 households , a 10% sample of a single ED is unreliable , and the 10% data should not be used for areas smaller than a few Enumeration Districts ( Cole 1993 ) .
25 In cases considered since Roe , the Supreme Court has generally shown more deference to congressional restrictions than to the states ' attempts to overturn Roe , for example it ruled that public funds may not be used for abortions whether therapeutic or non-therapeutic ( Harris v. McRae 1980 ) .
26 The tablet is orange flavoured , sugar free and chewable so it is suitable for children , although it should not be used for infants under 2 years of age .
27 If the term ‘ beetle ’ gets its meaning from what is in the box , it can not be used for communication with others , who being ignorant of that beetle 's nature will not be able to understand the term .
28 Dr Nakajima , accompanied on his tour by Dr Jo Asvall , head of WHO 's European regional office in Copenhagen , said that he had been asked several times if Yugoslav funds frozen in the US and other countries could not be used for purchase of medical supplies .
29 Presently-available RDS radios can not be used for TMC , and can not be adapted .
30 As Dr Bennett , an expert on ovarian and uterine diseases , put it , because of the influence it would have on the character of English women ‘ it must not be used for virgins ’ .
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