Example sentences of "[noun pl] are used for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is available for the certificate home study , where no tutor is involved but readings and notes are used for solo study . |
| 2 | Booking forms are used for access face to face . |
| 3 | Apart from agriculture the unimproved native grasslands are used for forestry , sporting purposes , nature conservation , recreation , water collection and military training , the last three being prominent only in limited locations . |
| 4 | In other cases , separate project organizations are used for idea generation and idea realization . |
| 5 | Wild animals are used for food but at a level at which they can still reproduce a similar surplus a year later . |
| 6 | It is also important that we should all realise that surveys show that a quarter of all stolen cars are used for death riding , just as a quarter of all car thefts happen to unlocked vehicles — which is our fault . |
| 7 | Rollers are used for consolidation of the surface to conserve moisture and press seeds into contact with the soil . |
| 8 | Apart from their use for research , such reconstruction drawings and paintings are used for display purposes for site j visitors , and are often published as illustrations in books and magazines . |
| 9 | Studies by BGS have shown that increased concentrations of sulphate in pore waters beneath trees , though mostly of little consequence , can in some circumstances result in metals such as aluminium being leached into shallow groundwater , which could have potentially serious consequences where these waters are used for drinking . |
| 10 | This could have potentially serious consequences where these waters are used for drinking . |
| 11 | A barn owl 's body feathers are mostly for warmth , while the wing and tail feathers are used for flight . |
| 12 | Hands and arms are used for illustration , for replacing speech , for indicating emotional states , and for grooming oneself . |
| 13 | All foods are organically grown , except when foods with pesticide residues are used for testing . |
| 14 | Specially coloured booklets are used for VIP guests or regular users of the hotel and carry added privileges such as preregistration , express check-in , special rates , welcome cocktails , daily newspapers and other complimentary features . |
| 15 | Pulsed sounds like clicks are used for echolocation and navigation ; yelps can be a feature of courtship ; and other pulsed calls are made during distress and aggressive confrontation . |
| 16 | It is always possible to ‘ compartmentalize ’ one 's life ; to separate religion and work and politics so that different criteria are used for decision-making in each compartment . |
| 17 | However , when budgets are used for control , planning and motivation , they become instruments which cause functional and dysfunctional consequences both manifest and latent which determine how successful the tool will be . |
| 18 | Many chemical agents are used for disinfection . |
| 19 | One problem is that , apart from supplying timber , the commission 's forests are used for recreation and conservation . |
| 20 | Erm , nothing derogatory meant er by that because the reason photographs are used for chocolate boxes and biscuits and things and jigsaw puzzles is cos they 're good photographs and they , they 're subjects which people like . |