Example sentences of "[noun pl] be used for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Where goat milk or milk products are used for human consumption , milk-withholding periods for different drugs should be observed .
2 Check lists are used for several purposes : an initial transcription of a language is usually not consistent .
3 Coyote and fox scat concentrations are used for this purpose , and it is quite common to find mustelid scats from weasels or martens deposited along walls or roads which mark the edge of individual ranges ( Lockie , 1966 ; MacDonald , 1979 ) .
4 The key point is that if the knives are used for one purpose and do not fall into the category of domestic cutlery there is a case for a ban .
5 For the coarser particles sieve screens are formed of plates or strong wire of stainless steel or brass , and finer wire meshes are used for smaller particles .
6 The following solutions were used for endoscopic injection : for the epinephrine group , we injected 0.5–1.0 ml of 1:10000 epinephrine at 2–3 mm around the bleeder with a maximum volume of 15 ml ; for the epinephrine plus pure alcohol group , we injected the same volume of 1:10000 epinephrine followed by 0.3–0.5 ml of alcohol ( 99.8% ) around the bleeder with maximal volume of 3 ml .
7 The same sequences were used for each task and video-tapes were made of each sequence .
8 As we have seen , the operational balances are used for clearing purposes between the banks and to provide them with a source of liquidity .
9 Progressively older embryos require a higher oxygen tension in the medium and , therefore , different gas mixtures are used for different stages of embryo .
10 Annual reports and other donor information literature clearly state that blood donations are used for all patients in NHS and other hospitals .
11 Pre-packed , sterile Falcon ( Becton Dickinson & Co ) plastic Petri dishes , tubes and pipettes are used for conventional culture .
12 In order to explore this more fully , we focus on a tax on capital at rate t assuming initially that the proceeds are used for current government expenditure .
13 The outcomes of these analyses are used for lexical access .
14 The neighbourhood associations were used for administrative functions , but members were also encouraged to spy and report on fellow members to minimize disloyalty and unpatriotic behaviour , encouraging an atmosphere of mutual suspicion .
15 Woodcuts were used for cheap publications , like the chapbooks sold by chapmen or pedlars ; but these had crude illustrations .
16 These hot seeds are used for English mustard ( see p60 ) .
17 He said there were ‘ good grounds for suspicion that certain offshore banks are used for fraudulent purposes ’ .
18 Six classes were used for ulcerative colitis ( table II ) .
19 Yet it was the poem that brought Wordsworth to the notice of clerics in need of sermon material ( his poems were used for this purpose throughout the last century , and I have heard them used in this ) .
20 Federal expenditure on administration was 48 billion dinars , and , apart from the grants to the republics and provinces of 60 billion dinars , only 19 billion dinars was used for other purposes .
21 Some of the retirement relief concepts are used for this relief .
22 Because different lenses are used for different purposes ( for example , a wide-angle lens gets more visual information on-screen than a close-up lens ) , even in straightforward recording , it could be argued that any photographic image is already a distortion of what one sees in the real world .
23 Norwegians are keen to train their dogs and Rottweilers are used for many purposes , from mountain rescue to drug detection .
24 And what about those dogs and monkeys being used for experimental purposes ?
25 White Greek marbles were used for interior work also coloured ones from Thessaly and areas near Istanbul .
26 Reacting to Ms Ashworth 's claim , BT said it would be appalled if those machines were used for that purpose .
27 As I understand it , Mr Maxwell 's company has approached the Housing Committee and said we are prepared to let these houses be used for homeless families , so it 's a small but significant step in the right direction .
28 It is helpful if all orders are coded and , if possible , separate orders are used for different elements , work sections , etc .
29 Improved Panel Fit — Advanced constructional techniques are used for critical joints such as the roof/bodyside and wheelarch/side panel .
30 Two arguments are used for this purpose .
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