Example sentences of "[adv] use for [v-ing] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's only used for processing transients , is n't it ? |
| 2 | Past tense , on the other hand , is generally used for describing situations or narrating events outside the work(s) you are discussing , such as those of national or cultural history or the development of literary traditions . |
| 3 | In fact , their van , which is normally used for delivering letters in the Darlington district , was such a success that Ford technicians refused to believe it was a standard production line van . |
| 4 | These are the main runway , and emergency runway normally used for taxiing purposes and a small taxiway . |
| 5 | ‘ About 45 per cent of land developed for residential use was developed , including land already used for housing purposes , or was vacant land in built-up areas . |
| 6 | But CND says that its computers are just used for recording members — names and addresses and their subscription payments . |
| 7 | Groups are also widely used for solving problems , creating new ideas , making decisions and coordinating tasks . |
| 8 | Latin names are still used for naming metals in some complex anions ( see below also ) . |
| 9 | It has been remarked that Spondylus shells resemble ivory and it is perhaps significant that ivory pegs with expanded terminals , possibly used for securing garments , were found together with shell ornaments in the Rhenish Flomborn cemetery . |
| 10 | And a gold-plated pen , the one he had once used for signing autographs , a memento of the good days . |
| 11 | From the survey , it would seem that many bureaux which own the microfilm system find many uses for it within the bureau when it has not been taken out for an outreach advice session ; it is used for training purposes in order to demonstrate access to and use of information in CAB advice work and it is also used for giving talks to outside groups . |
| 12 | Cyprus is also traditionally used for holding interests in the Middle East , partly as a security measure , and partly in conjunction with a Dutch holding company , to ensure that dividends from nil tax countries have a small amount of tax levied in Cyprus ( thereby ensuring qualification for exemption from Dutch tax ) . |
| 13 | The local people call the clays salão , and it is traditionally used for covering walls and houses . |
| 14 | The surrounding area was later used for graving docks , building slips , sheds and warehouses with the total reclamation measuring fifteen acres . |
| 15 | A copper based alloy including tin which was originally used for casting cannons . |
| 16 | It 's a relic from the building 's yacht pavilion days , and was originally used for hauling drunks out of the water . |
| 17 | Waterproofing tapes are mainly used for repairing things like cracks and leaking glazing bars in glass roofs , and for lining leaky gutters . |
| 18 | It is most often used for sending characters that control the action of the Screen Driver . |
| 19 | ( ii ) A book supposedly used for contacting Devils and Demons . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | However , ordinary nouns never strictly correspond to a structure like ( 10 ) ; the word bottles for example really demands an intensional representation which is already ( minimally ) complex ; schematically , it is : Taking into account the particular word-meaning used we might write either : ( The superscript e would tag the meaning as one which is conventionally used for identifying entities . ) |
| 22 | They are primarily used for screening purposes , intelligence gathering , surveillance and harassment . |
| 23 | Moreover , section 40 ( as amended by the 1989 Act ) enables a company , which has a common seal , instead to use for sealing documents evidencing securities , an ‘ official ’ seal which is the replica of its common seal with the addition of the word ‘ Securities . ’ |
| 24 | The tops of ling heather ( Calluna vulgaris ) , produce yet another shade of yellow dye when boiled in water , and in fact that entire plant is wonderfully versatile : it was commonly used for thatching houses , and even today the few Highland thatchers that remain will swear it is the best thatch in Gaeldom ; it provided beds to sleep on , with the ‘ tops up and roots down ’ arrangement of the mattress assuring a pleasantly aromatic and sound sleep ; it was used in part of the process of tanning leather ; and the fresh , young tops of the heather were ( and at times still are ) brewed into a kind of ale . |
| 25 | Mr Wood said he had gone to investigate after people had been seen in the area with bull terriers , the dogs most commonly used for fighting badgers . |
| 26 | It is a hangover from those long gone days when it was actually used for darning socks ! |
| 27 | The only way to reach the bottom rung is to jump from the roof of a wooden hut the builders occasionally use for storing things . |