Example sentences of "[det] are used for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some are used for public transport . |
| 2 | The importance of these stored finds is that they form a research collection available for study by archaeologists and others , and some are used for travelling and temporary exhibitions , and in teaching collections on loan to schools . |
| 3 | The most versatile of the vinegars , these are used for general cookery and in many of the classic sauces . |
| 4 | Potatoes are the only cash crop though even some of these are used for fodder . |
| 5 | Many amphibians , including the horned toad , have very serviceable rows of teeth on their jaws , as their ancestors had , but these are used for defence or as a way of gripping the prey . |
| 6 | These are used for accent lighting , to pin-point objects and give a strong punch of light whenever and wherever needed . |
| 7 | These are used for banquets and conferences on request . |
| 8 | Both are used for winter fodder . |
| 9 | Although the two forms are almost certainly not interchangeable in JC , having different functions , both are used for past actions and map broadly on to the British English simple past . |