Example sentences of "[noun sg] be used for [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A mixture of clay and graphite are used for these pencils which produces an extremely soft dense black mark which can be blended further with water . |
| 2 | A sign in a Zurich hotel says : ‘ Because of the impropriety of entertaining guests of the opposite sex in the bedroom , it is suggested that the lobby be used for this purpose . ’ |
| 3 | The large engine in the boat gallery was used for this purpose at the Liverpool Lighterage Company Yard in Northwich , Cheshire . |
| 4 | In the early nineteenth century ice was used for this purpose only in a most limited way , on a few country estates and in the area around Barking , where it was collected from the marshes most winters . |
| 5 | Where the process is used for some purpose other than that for which it is intended , the distinction between an error of judgment and an abuse of process may be rather fine . |
| 6 | The place was used for all sorts of important occasions and I can remember walking down there to celebrate King George V and Queen Mary 's Silver Jubilee . |
| 7 | This post was used for several weeks before the men were recalled , despite their plans for a raid ‘ fixing charges to the noses of planes ’ . |
| 8 | The same Electoral Register is used for both types of election and much the same criteria for inclusion and exclusion are applied . |
| 9 | A separate page is used for each day , the date being clearly marked at the top of the page . |
| 10 | Care should be taken that the same classification method is used for all samples plotted , particularly if data are obtained from other , workers , as different classifications can result in variation of the position of plotted points ( and hence composition ) ( Zuffa , 1985 ) . |
| 11 | The same membrane was used for all hybridizations and the ratio ( studied transcript H /studied transcript W ) versus ( srRNA H /srRNA W ) were calculated . |
| 12 | About what proportion of the National Park is used for each purpose ? |
| 13 | A Beckmann thermometer is used for this purpose . |
| 14 | The land is used for many purposes : for housing , factories , rail and roadways , airports , water reservoirs , recreation , amenity , forestry and farming . |
| 15 | The program CASP was used for this purpose . |
| 16 | Signed Danish is a gestural/auditive language in which Danish is spoken at the same time as signs from the Sign Language are used for all words which have a concept , and as far as possible grammatical rules [ are used ] from sign language . |
| 17 | Styling wax and extra strong mousse were used for this look . |
| 18 | The term natural justice is used for that part of the spectrum which requires a relatively wide range of procedural checks , while fairness is used in those areas either where the nature of the decision-maker renders the term natural justice inappropriate or the set of safeguards tends towards the lower end of the spectrum . |
| 19 | Special stationery is used for this index , and no subject indexing has been undertaken — retrieval is impossible under anything other than first author . |
| 20 | An equicaloric glucose solution is used for this purpose . |
| 21 | A system of rotation was used for this crop , with coppices being taken from a different part of the wood each year . |
| 22 | The house was used for this purpose from 1933 until the outbreak of war in 1939 , when it was used by the Leicester committee for refugees from Czechoslovakia , until it was destroyed by enemy action . |
| 23 | The particles were distinctly shaped , and a different set was used for each day . |