Example sentences of "[adv] use for [v-ing] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dendrochronology , also called tree-ring dating , is not only used for calibrating radiocarbon dates , but also for providing accurate dates for old timbers . |
| 2 | To a computer programmer , the pattern of distribution of these ‘ genetic fossil ’ fragments is uncannily reminiscent of the pattern of text on the surface of an old disc that has been much used for editing text . |
| 3 | It has reverse action which is basically used for removing debris and jammed drill bits . |
| 4 | The tension used for weaving should usually be about one number looser than that which is normally used for stocking stitch . |
| 5 | STARTLED voters from the parish of Binsted found their polling station had been switched to an open sided shed , which is normally used for storing Christmas trees in the middle of Alice Holt Forest . |
| 6 | Widely used for revising reference stock in all types of library . |
| 7 | roots provide a dye , grey , yellow or orangey depending on mordant ; fresh leaves as a liquid fertilizer , compost accelerator , and insecticide ; fibre of roots once widely used for making cloth , twine ; fresh leaves as fly deterrent |
| 8 | Giardia cysts are resistant to chlorine , at least in the amounts usually used for disinfecting water supplies . |
| 9 | Elder , Sambucus Nigra , will produce dull blue , lavender and purples ; marigold petals were once used for colouring butter and cheese , and the common dandelion supplies pink . |
| 10 | Against a wall was a corroded iron trolley that was once used for carrying oil in the factory . |
| 11 | The artist has taken fifty round metal boxes , once used for keeping radio sound tapes , and on each has set up two photographs , supported by old film racks ; blurred images from pornographic television films are shown side by side with black and white images from Holocaust archives . |
| 12 | Near Snodland was an Elizabethan house with an old cage wheel , formerly used for drawing water from a well some one hundred and twenty feet deep . |
| 13 | Lotus is also used for creating quality printed output ; its WYSIWYG capabilities enable it to produce better prints than the current version of Ark , so Carello exports the data to Lotus prior to printing . |
| 14 | Sheet bronze was also used for making armour . |
| 15 | The pub 's east wall was also used for playing handball , he says ‘ like squash but without the racket ; I 've seen men 's hands running in blood after playing to a final . ’ |
| 16 | This engine was originally used for pumping water out of the mine workings at Griff Colliery , Nuneaton , from 1723 , and was later moved to other sites , ending up at Hawkesbury Junction on the Coventry Canal , where it remained in use until 19 13 . |
| 17 | Right : Once a chaotic artists ' studio , this upstairs room is now used for making jewellery , reading and listening to music |
| 18 | These are mainly used for weeding stock , and are described in Chapter 11 . |
| 19 | His best remembered boat , the trow Irene , was mainly used for carrying grain from Avonmouth and Sharpness , unloaded onto a small tramway running from a jetty , that formerly stood adjacent to the concrete pier from which the ferry operated . |
| 20 | These were mainly used for pumping water out of mines , thus enabling deeper seams to be exploited . |
| 21 | These are uni-directional microphones mounted on booms which can be swung overhead and aimed at individual speakers ; they are mainly used for recording drama , and require skilled operation by an assistant . |
| 22 | They are sometimes used for previewing activity , or they can be used as recall devices for language study and practice as they are in the " Focus " section of Family Affair ( see Video Plan 7 ) and in the example in Video Plan 9 . |
| 23 | While Bruno de Bayser continues to work in the Galerie de Bayser , his first floor premises , Bayser fils has converted two ground floor courtyard rooms previously used for storing picture frames into a gallery devoted mainly to nineteenth-century drawings . |
| 24 | Methods you are currently using for identifying training needs . |