Example sentences of "used [prep] treat " in BNC.
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| 1 | Barber was also concerned with innovative process development in support of a second line of successful research at Dagenham , into new aromatic diamidines , eg propamidine , of value against bacterial infections , and pentamidine , used for treating human sleeping sickness , and in recent years for controlling a symptom of Aids . |
| 2 | The same products are used for treating scabies as are used for pubic lice . |
| 3 | The oils used for treating cellulite are those which are detoxifying ( juniper , lemon ) or stimulating for the circulation ( cypress , rosemary ) . |
| 4 | The leak took place in a " hot cell " , used for treating highly radioactive waste , during a switch to an emergency power system while the main power was shut down during construction work . |
| 5 | A spokesman for North Yorkshire police said the pills , used for treating epilepsy , would cause disorientation and drowsiness if taken . |
| 6 | Carbohydrate-based drugs will become a new class of pharmaceutical product during the next decade and will be used in treating autoimmune diseases and as anti-inflammatories . |
| 7 | But its lethal potential could be eradicated if a new formulation incorporating methionine , a harmless compound used in treating overdose victims , is granted approval by the Committee on safety of Medicines ( methionine is an amino acid ) . |
| 8 | This is because many compounds used in treating diseases have an adverse effect on the gills from which they never recover . |
| 9 | The summation over in equation ( 7 ) refers to all available fractional-order Bragg beams at a given incidence energy , while the summation over k refers to the available energy or k range for which these intensities have been measured ; the summations are used in place of the integrals used in treating intensity maps as holograms . |
| 10 | This class of drugs has become widely used in treating high blood pressure and congestive heart failure . |