Example sentences of "used for [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Selective reinforcement , the rewarding of required and approved behaviour , can be a useful technique for teachers , where praise and approval are used for shaping and maintaining desired student performance , especially in the early stages of learning when students need this kind of reassurance and when the work itself has not yet become intrinsically satisfying . |
| 2 | Better known and more commonly employed in the daily lives of the Hebridean people were the plants used for dyeing wool . |
| 3 | These are mainly used for weeding stock , and are described in Chapter 11 . |
| 4 | Taylor and Urquhart concede that such works may comprise as much as 10 % of the total and suggest that when the date of imprint method is used for weeding the 10% must be identified in some other way . |
| 5 | Used for furnishing mounts , and sometimes described by its full name of ‘ Prince Rupert 's Metal ’ . |
| 6 | Their silks are used for furnishing and dress fabrics , ties , shawls , scarves and handkerchiefs . |
| 7 | JS specifies that machinery such as that used for harvesting should be energy efficient , and that waste must be neutralised prior to disposal . |
| 8 | The woodwind can only be used for doubling notes which are already present in the brass . |
| 9 | Another stone tool found on settlements and in cemeteries , the whetstone used for sharpening metal tools and weapons , seems on occasion to have been transported further . |
| 10 | Where the fore wings are markedly larger than the hind pair there is a corresponding greater development of the mesothorax ( Hymenoptera , and also Diptera where the hind wings are reduced in size and not used for flying ) . |
| 11 | On enquiring their purpose , the boatman explained they were used for drilling by the Orangemen on the estate , but they were passed on each week to the Sinn Feiners for their drill night ! |
| 12 | The documents appear to have been working papers that were used for setting price caps for the authorities . |
| 13 | They are used for setting boundaries , for attracting one 's kind and alienating other kinds , for demarcating ’ . |
| 14 | It can be used for setting out plants , sowing large seeds individually and planting bulbs . |
| 15 | The initiative will seek to identify the best examples of environmental management to be used for setting a benchmark for the future . |
| 16 | It is commonly fitted to vehicles used for towing a large trailer fitted with vacuum brakes If the reservoir is holed then the remote brake servo will not be working and needs removing Renew the brake pipe between the master cylinder and the multi way union mounted on the chassis at the back of the engine bay on the o/s just below the steering box and bleed the system with new brake fluid . |
| 17 | Carry a whistle and a spare length of rope which can be used for towing others or making repairs . |
| 18 | a taxi which is being used for seeking hire , or answering a call for hire ; or |
| 19 | There was a shortage of trained teachers and the planning of schools reflected this circumstance ; most of the instruction was done in a large school-room , off which there might be one or two classrooms which were used for teaching smaller groups . |
| 20 | They are used for teaching large groups of students and they make use of both auditory and visual sensory inputs ( via the blackboard or overhead projector ) . |
| 21 | In the case of the Open University it is obviously worthwhile to produce well-designed audio-visual material that can be used for teaching thousands of students . |
| 22 | It is by no means a purely technical or scientific tool ; the technique can be used for teaching the differences between the Petrarchan and Shakespearean sonnet forms . |
| 23 | Nominal price of the share ; this is the nominal value which is used for accounting purposes in the annual accounts . |
| 24 | Of the radioisotopes which have been used for labelling leucocytes , Indium-111 is the most widely studied . |
| 25 | In the in vitro experiments , a Student 's t test for paired data was used for comparing changes before and after incubation with L-NAME . |
| 26 | Amersham is paying $61.3m ( £38.3m ) to acquire Medi-Physics , the loss-making radiopharmaceuticals subsidiary of Hoffman-La Roche , to make the UK company the largest player in the £300m world radiopharmaceutical market , whose products are used for imaging organs of the body for diagnostic purposes . |
| 27 | Between the valves a springy ligament keeps the valves in a gaping attitudes — the position used for feeding . |
| 28 | Oats are mainly used for feeding all types of livestock except pigs whose digestive systems can not cope with the fibrous husks . |
| 29 | Here he invented methods for recovering chromates used for bleaching oils and fats in soap manufacture and bleaching common brown soap . |
| 30 | A big offender is chlorine gas used for bleaching wood pulp . |