Example sentences of "[coord] [noun] use for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This type of relief extends to land and buildings used for business purposes . |
| 2 | Skeins of wool and silk used for tapestry work or embroidery , lace-making pillows and bobbins , can look highly decorative . |
| 3 | This , yoked with the survival of unpaid feudal service on the lord 's land , the lord 's continued control of woodlands , common land , open fields and meadows used for grazing , and the continued obligation of the tenant to consume only alcohol which had been distilled through the lord 's own stills , meant that while in theory Prussian serfdom was abolished by 1850 , in practice it was not really seriously undermined in Pomerania until the agricultural review of 1865 . |
| 4 | Its general provisions emphasised the need to ( i ) reduce the illegal consumption of drugs in industrialized countries ; ( ii ) control the manufacture and sale of arms to reduce their availability to drug terrorists , as well controlling aircraft and ships used for drug trafficking ; ( iii ) control the demand , production and marketing of chemicals used to process cocaine . |
| 5 | Just as the European Commission was preparing to issue its legal summonses , embarrassing evidence of a major new problem of eutrophication in the nation 's water system was coming to light , as rivers and reservoirs used for drinking water fill up with nitrate and phosphate . |
| 6 | Cupboards and drawers used for storage should also be labelled and can be colour coded according to contents . |
| 7 | Even cards and tickets used for advertising purposes were under tight control and under the Paper Control Order it was not permissable to display cards directly related to furthering the sale of goods . |
| 8 | Workmen wore special boots made without nails , and horses used for haulage were shod with copper rather than iron , in order to reduce the risk from flying sparks . |
| 9 | The meat was distributed as rations , the head , bones and entrails used for soup , and the hide cut into strips for the children to suck . |
| 10 | This is a rather imprecise definition , but land used for railway sidings or a gas works is operational land whereas land used for showrooms or offices is not . ) |