Example sentences of "[adv] use for [v-ing] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A codicil is really a supplementary will , and is generally used for making some alteration in a will without revoking it as a whole . |
| 2 | Family planning is not just used for limiting unwanted pregnancies ; it can also be used to time the arrival of a wanted child and thereby increase its chances of survival . |
| 3 | The High Court is also used for pursuing unpaid accounts provided they are over £600 . |
| 4 | It was extensively restored in the nineteenth century ; the courtyards are now used for staging dramatic spectacles . |
| 5 | Oats are mainly used for feeding all types of livestock except pigs whose digestive systems can not cope with the fibrous husks . |
| 6 | Attached to the Palace at Hailing in medieval times was the Bishop 's or Church Prison , mainly used for detaining those accused of lesser crimes such as debt and was probably no more than a cell or a building without windows but lit from a small skylight . |
| 7 | Such medical assessments are often used for making adverse employment decisions against people for trivial reasons and in respect of the mildest of conditions which bear no relationship to the requirements of the job . |
| 8 | Uranium series dating is particularly used for dating stalagmitic calcite . |
| 9 | The cardiovascular tests conventionally used for detecting sympathetic autonomic neuropathy may not be adequate to detect a mild , otherwise asymptomatic neuropathy . |
| 10 | " Restaurant licence " which authorises the supply of alcoholic liquor to persons taking table meals for consumption as an ancillary to the meal in premises which are adapted for habitually providing meals to persons who frequent them , are principally used for providing main meals at mid-day and in the evening , and do not contain a bar counter . |
| 11 | Being situated on land previously used for settling pulverised fly ash has meant special ground improvement and piling operations were necessary . |
| 12 | A team of senior UN officials , including the Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency ( IAEA ) , Hans Blix , left Iraq on July 3 after failing to gain access to a secret store of material allegedly used for making nuclear bombs [ see p. 38307 ] . |