Example sentences of "[is] used for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The A2 's stereo outputs feature a level attenuator to match the unit to whatever application ( mixer , combo , power amp etc. ) it 's used for . |
| 2 | And whether it 's used for holding a special Christmas arrangement , potpourri , a bowl of fruit or just as handy side table for your guests to put their drinks on , this occasional table will prove indispensable all year round . |
| 3 | It 's no good my saying I know it 's used for the right purpose . |
| 4 | It 's a long time before cloth wholly decays — look how long a bag of cement lasts under water when it 's used for emergency repairs to a sea-wall . |
| 5 | The living room has to house some or all of these things and if it 's used for eating has to come up with storage for china , glass and cutlery too . |
| 6 | The Ministry of Defence says : ’ Bomb disposal experts clear former military land for building but not if it 's used for agriculture . |
| 7 | the exhaust air is not used to cool the motor ; a separate stream of air is used for this . |
| 8 | The brewhouse has an eight-barrel mash tun , a second and larger tun bought from Peter Austin , founder of the Ringwood Brewery in Hampshire , which is used for Bob 's main seller , the 1035° bitter , and two fermenters . |
| 9 | Masham can never supply the whole S&N estate so extra capacity in Newcastle is used for this purpose . |
| 10 | Moulded nylon is used for the free-floating trigger bar which can be used with one or two fingers , inside or out . |
| 11 | Acupuncture is used for the healing and relief of pain such as arthritis , muscle and ligament strains , and some forms of paralysis . |
| 12 | Much of the capital 's road space is used for only part of the day . |
| 13 | In Jewish , Christian and Islamic tradition the word ‘ God ’ is used for God not because its meaning is thought to correspond to the nature of God , but simply as a convenient label for the ultimate , altogether incomprehensible mystery because of which things exist instead of there not being anything at all . |
| 14 | Labour changes from being at a stage where it has not yet become a thing in itself and is merely an aspect of social life , to a stage when although still an aspect of social life it involves exploitation , i.e. slavery and serfdom , to a third stage when labour has become mysteriously represented as a thing and is used for a different kind of exploitation . |
| 15 | Fibre/resin composite is used for the skins , which confer most of the sandwich 's rigidity ; the core is merely a light but compressively stiff intermediary that keeps the two skins apart . |
| 16 | Tower mills are similar to smock mills in shape and working machinery , but brick or stone is used for the structure instead of wood . |
| 17 | Rutland Water , where water is used for human consumption , is a classic case . |
| 18 | The wok is used for the majority of Eastern cookery . |
| 19 | And since only about 3% of water is drunk , while a great deal is used for cruder purposes , much of the industry 's investment will be flushed down the drain . |
| 20 | Coal is used for only three purposes : heating houses , generating electricity and making steel . |
| 21 | Unlike 12 C and 13 C , 14 C is unstable and therefore radioactive : hence the name ‘ radiocarbon ’ is used for this isotope which , because of its scientific designation , is also called ‘ carbon fourteen ’ . |
| 22 | If we had to choose between radiocarbon and TL dating , then we would have to take into account that radiocarbon is used for organic materials and has an upper age limit of about forty thousand years , whereas TL is applied to inorganic samples and can be used beyond the range of radiocarbon . |
| 23 | It is n't used for power , it is used for purity and clarity , and that 's how you create that sense of space . |
| 24 | The Swedish-made Werax is used for opening and emptying standard drums without the need for removing the standard cap . |
| 25 | The garden is tackled single-handedly and she uses no new-fangled gadgets , except for an old trusty rotary mower which is used for the grass bank alongside the road . |
| 26 | Food for Microwaving is also useful but it has some curious entries : under flour , for instance , it simply describes what flour is and what it is used for , but has nothing to offer on how microwaving affects it in pastry , cakes , etc . |
| 27 | Beekeepers have been banned from moving bees within a four-mile radius of the apiary , which is used for training . |
| 28 | Scopolamine is used for travel sickness . |
| 29 | The zeolite is used for solvent recovery and waste gas purification . |
| 30 | X-ray bean diameters can range from 0.4 to 1.2 mm and a pointer positioning system is used for sample positioning . |