Example sentences of "used [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nearby a smaller annex , probably used for ritual cleansing , has also been identified . |
| 2 | An author who studied the American Indian sign system used for ritual story-telling reported that the sign language of Indians , of deaf people , and of everyone else ‘ constitute one language — the gesture speech of mankind , of which each system is a dialect ’ ( Mallery , 1881 ) . |
| 3 | They can be used for mixed media work as well with Faber-Castell 's Polychromos Colour pencils and Albrecht Dürer Watercolour Pencils , since the colours are carefully co-ordinated across each of these product ranges . |
| 4 | Fragments from these cDNAs and unique oligonucleotides were radiolabelled and used for probing cDNA libraries constructed in the λ Zap II vector ( Stratagene ) by standard techniques , or were purchased from Clonetech and Stratagene . |
| 5 | Where men like Bradford of Pippingford Warren attempted to enclose the remaining wastes of Ashdown Forest and succeeded , it was a comparatively rare event ; unlike the Midlands enclosure , which frequently redistributed arable land , the sand and clay of Wealden waste required wholesale draining and massive injections of capital before they could be used for profitable corn-growing . |
| 6 | Moore said that the plutonium was used for civil purposes in the US . |
| 7 | The benefits of this are dubious , specially as it is often used for electoral purposes with destabilising inflationary effects for the domestic economy . |
| 8 | All these to be subject to strict confidentiality rules so that the information is to be used for electoral returning purposes only . |
| 9 | The context , temperature , is one of the most obvious and frequently used for negative numbers . |
| 10 | Transfer RNA ( tRNA ) , C1300 and HeLa RNA were used for negative controls . |
| 11 | If priming effects are to be attributed to residual activation of logogens , the absence of cross-modal priming effects means that one must abandon the view that a single logogen system is used for visual and auditory word recognition , picture naming , and responding to definitions . |
| 12 | The money will be used for international teacher schemes , cooperation on educational projects , and inter-school visits . |
| 13 | That it is for the common benefit of all States is demonstrated by its application to straits used for international navigation . |
| 14 | Old wood was used for certain areas such as the floors , the problems encountered in obtaining supplies being enormous . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | This bottle was the feeder of the pocket-flask , and the cup we used was sometimes used for real turpentine in cleaning brushes or like work . |
| 18 | The technology has advanced to the point where systems are being used for real ( albeit simple ) applications rather than demonstrations [ Grishman , 1986 ] . |
| 19 | Since a share is a financial claim on the firm 's real wealth in the form of its physical assets , the economic earnings of a share are defined as the maximum amount of real resources that can be withdrawn from the share and used for real consumption without impairing the ability of the share to deliver real consumption in the future . |
| 20 | The CID team will have a large open-plan office on the first floor and another room on the first floor can be used for major incidents . |
| 21 | Although commissions of array continued to be used for major expeditions led by the king or the Prince of Wales , such as those of 1346 and 1359 , the armies which fought in France came increasingly to consist of volunteers rather than conscripts ; and this in itself goes some way towards explaining popular support for the war . |
| 22 | This dual role attributed to serpents or their image as symbols of the life-force and therefore ‘ consciousness , is universal , and indicates how life-force energy can be used for regenerative ends or sublimated towards purely mental or ascetic pursuits . |
| 23 | I am reminded that when I suggested that the £7 billion of expenditure on the European fighter aircraft might be better spent — it seems dodgy anyhow — or used for civilian aircraft , his contribution to planned change was to suggest that nobody wants single-seater civilian aircraft flying at 750 mph . |
| 24 | The purpose of evaluation is to collect and analyse information that can be used for rational decision making . |
| 25 | The role of evaluation is to provide information which can be used for rational decision making . |
| 26 | Expert systems readily respond to business volatility being used for off-line , expert decision support ( EDS ) and/or on-line intelligent process control ( IPC ) , ( Fig. 2 ) . |
| 27 | A combined glass electrode ( Ingold LOT 440-M4 , Ingold Messtechnik AG , CH-8902 Urdorf , Switzerland ) was used for intraoesophageal pH monitoring . |
| 28 | A third portion is used for issuing goods to the shops and out-stations , and in the fourth part gas fittings , pipes , lamps , lavatory basins and fittings , etc. , are kept , while the fifth room is used for india-rubber goods , copper and brass articles , and lincrusta and millboard panels . |
| 29 | From the Mermaid you get a view of the tall black huts used for hanging nets . |
| 30 | The tiled side was used for hanging joints of meat . |