Example sentences of "[adv] be used for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Microscopes can only be used for close work , telescopes for viewing objects from arm 's length distance to infinity . |
| 2 | We hope that these materials will not only be used for private study but be subjected to critical scrutiny by school-based inservice groups sharing common curricular interests and by staff of institutions of higher education concerned with both special needs teaching and specific curriculum areas . |
| 3 | Calling on North Korea to make a similar pledge , Roh said that nuclear energy would only be used for peaceful purposes . |
| 4 | The conditions of use to which all users are required to agree insist among other things that users should not attempt to identify particular individuals or households , that the data should only be used for academic purposes , and that any publications which make extensive use of the data should acknowledge this . |
| 5 | The growth in the use of microcomputers in organizations means that people have become much less dependent on a central computer , which need only be used for large scale operations . |
| 6 | Therefore , some of the larger single roses become giant-sized once they are pressed , and can really only be used for big arrangements on walls , such as murals , so try to concentrate on the smaller varieties of rose , as you will still be astonished at their relative size once they are pressed . |
| 7 | However they should no longer be used for summative assessment and need not be retained for inspection by the Subject Assessor . |
| 8 | Force , which had long been used to conquer territory and to gain markets and raw materials , could no longer be used for these purposes . |
| 9 | Moving averages would normally be used for short term forecasting , perhaps up to a maximum of a few ( say 3 to 6 ) months ahead . |
| 10 | Exponential smoothing would again normally be used for short term forecasting , for periods up to six months ahead . |
| 11 | The proceedings of the House should not be used for that purpose . |
| 12 | This latter provision was seen as means to assure NATO that certain Warsaw Pact aircraft could not be used for offensive purposes . |
| 13 | These needs must include the needs to live a natural life and not be used for invasive procedures or be kept in restrictive confinement . |
| 14 | This neutralised the efforts of the consortium since all funds committed so far had been for the purchase of the collection intact ; they could not be used for individual sale bids or any subsequent related negotiations . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | for so long as may be necessary to enable the vehicle , if it can not be used for such purpose without stopping in that length of road , to be used for fire brigade , ambulance or police purposes or in connection with any building operation , demolition or excavation , the removal of any obstruction to traffic , the maintenance , improvement or reconstruction of that length of road , or the laying , erection , alteration , repair or cleaning in or near to that length of road of any traffic sign or sewer or of any main , pipe or apparatus for the supply of gas , water or electricity , or of any telegraph or telephone wires , cables , posts or supports . |
| 17 | However , if the buildings can not be used for such purposes ‘ other uses are preferable to allowing the buildings to remain empty or grossly under-occupied ’ . |
| 18 | Rozen reported hypoxia and recommended that narcotics should not be used for gastrintestinal endoscopy in the elderly . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | For these reasons monetarists argue that monetary policy can not be used for short-run demand management . |
| 22 | The second is that limited resources should not be used for this patient . |
| 23 | Coarse sand can not be used for this purpose , because it soon enlarges the hole through which it flows . |
| 24 | Apart from the disinfection role a sterilising sink has a useful secondary role in providing heated soaking facilities for heavily soiled small equipment although it can not be used for both roles at the same time . |
| 25 | The EP , concerned about moral implications of patenting human and animal life , has supported the Council of Europe efforts , most recently through a joint declaration urging that the Convention should be produced ‘ as speedily as possible ’ and supporting the principle that ‘ the human body should not be used for commercial purposes ’ . |
| 26 | However , paper labels should not be used for those sections destined for use in cathodoluminescence and scanning electron microscopes or microprobe , as they tend to char in the beam and may interfere with conductive coatings . |
| 27 | This utility may not be used for foreign modules |
| 28 | Such standard thin sections ( STs ) can be produced by hand or with machine aid : they will usually be used for rapid bulk sample examination or in teaching collections where robustness outweighs their limited resolution . |
| 29 | The RAF said that while the Wessex will remain grounded until the outcome of the inquiry into the North Wales crash , the helicopters will still be used for essential rescue missions and in Northern Ireland . |
| 30 | 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 ) . |