Example sentences of "[be] used for [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Nov. 17 Rafsanjani condemned the United States for attempting to dissuade China and India from transferring to Iran nuclear technology to be used for non-military purposes . |
| 2 | The lecture periods could be used for outside visitors , or for specific and relevant accounts by teachers who did not normally participate in the work ; examples were the playing of records of part of Haydn 's Creation with explanation and commentary , by a teacher made specially available , and a talk on Red Indian tribes by a visitor from a local museum , together with overhead transparencies , slides and objects from the museum collection . |
| 3 | However , it does allow numeric variables to be used for logical operations . |
| 4 | In addition , the ‘ Design Now ’ room can be used for temporary exhibitions selected ( we are informed ) , not only by V&A staff but also by industrialists , critics , visitors , and makers — by individuals ‘ with distinctive views about design ’ . |
| 5 | One solution to the problem is to think of the prescribed forms of standard written English as a sort of register : a variety to be used for specific purposes ( including writing coursework essays and exam answers ) which nevertheless may not be a variety that you identify much with , by comparison with the usage of your family and friends . |
| 6 | These needs must include the needs to live a natural life and not be used for invasive procedures or be kept in restrictive confinement . |
| 7 | To demonstrate that not all biomaterials are used in direct tissue replacement , but may be used for other functions , Pankaj Vadgama discusses some of the special problems encountered when using invasive biosensors to detect changes in physiological parameters such as blood-gas levels and pH levels , at specific sites . |
| 8 | Because production speed is important but flexibility more so ( the system has to be used for other things as well ) we adopted Aldus PageMaker as our standard layout package , we run it on both Macintosh and PC systems , and Word Perfect as our word processor . |
| 9 | Once trained , they could be used for other things too . |
| 10 | Ebony and Ivory follows the same format as Look — No Hands , it is full of punchcard designs which can be used for other projects . |
| 11 | The next job is to reconfigure the mexeflote rafts so that they can be used for other tasks . |
| 12 | Once sheep is acquired , for instance , the word dog is no longer over-extended to sheep , even though it may still be used for other kinds of mammals ( Clark , 1973a , 1978 ; Barrett , 1978 ) . |
| 13 | One would ‘ ring-fence ’ or protect the grants to be given to local authorities so they could not be used for other purposes ; the other would give elderly and disabled people in local authority residential homes the same social security rights as those in private or voluntary sector homes . |
| 14 | A well built unit can always be used for other purposes should your venture not come up to expectation . |
| 15 | One advantage is that if for any reason the storage system becomes unused the building may be used for other purposes . |
| 16 | The buildings could be used for other purposes and we 'd welcome that . |
| 17 | If it was an ‘ either or ’ situation , I would go for a winch as it could be used for other jobs such as moving fallen trees or recovering other vehicles etc . |
| 18 | This triple checking system can be used for other items to be charged by the hotel . |
| 19 | I suspect what the conclusion wants to imply is that there is something in the philosophy of science which says that science should be used for good things and that war is not one of these . |
| 20 | It has yet to be decided exactly how this money will be spent but , as with all legacies , it will either be used for new acquisitions or for vital capital expenditure on properties . |
| 21 | As yet , no definitive decision has been made as to the microkernel that will be used for new versions of OS/2 , though developers are known to be working with the Carnegie-Mellon University 's Mach 3 microkernel ; in addition , there is the possibility that IBM might use the NT kernel — ‘ we could use the NT microkernel if we wanted to ’ , it said . |
| 22 | There is scope for a thesis of sorts on the distinction between the Commission on Instructional Technology 's definition : " Instructional technology means the media born of the communications revolution which can be used for instructional purposes alongside the teacher , the textbook and the blackboard " ( AVI , April 1970 : 89 ) ; and the National Council for Educational Technology 's definition , for the UK , of educational technology : " the development , application and evaluation of systems , techniques and aids to improve the process of human learning . " |
| 23 | Geometric correction and registration are necessary if Landsat imagery is to be used for cartographic purposes , or is being used in conjunction with map data ( for example in a Geographical Information System , Chapter 7 ) . |
| 24 | The only disadvantage of the method is that it can not be used for certain solvents , such as alcohol , which do n't appear to be absorbed by Tenax . |
| 25 | The statute occasionally provides in so many terms that the information may be used in evidence ; sometimes that it may not be used for certain purposes , inferentially permitting its use for others ; or it may be expressly prescribed that the evidence is not to be admitted ; or again , the statute may be silent . |
| 26 | This latter provision was seen as means to assure NATO that certain Warsaw Pact aircraft could not be used for offensive purposes . |
| 27 | In this sense , it was interested both in the narrowing of the range of views presented in newspapers and the likelihood that newspapers could be used for political ends . |
| 28 | Senior Soviet officials stressed that the patrols were an emergency measure decided in the face of the soaring crime rate , and denied that they would be used for political ends or would violate human rights . |
| 29 | The round pencil can be used for all subjects ; whilst the flat pencil can be used for broad strokes and the finest lines , when worn to a chisel edge . |
| 30 | We understand that the lottery proceeds are mainly to be used for much-needed sports development projects . |