Example sentences of "[was/were] used for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the war these derelict pits were used for various purposes ; Lee 's or Houlder pit became a bomb and ammunition store for the R.A.F. The top pit of Batchelors was used by the Home Guard as a rifle range , and for other weapon training . |
| 2 | Gradually , however , different shapes developed to suit the respective functions , and the visual appearance of the separate tool and weapon types suggests that different alloys were used for each . |
| 3 | The same sequences were used for each task and video-tapes were made of each sequence . |
| 4 | Sections of 25 µm were cut from each block with a sterile no touch technique , and new blades were used for each to reduce contamination . |
| 5 | Band-shift experiments were performed in the presence of 600–900 ng of sonicated E.coli DNA as previously reported ; 2–3 µg of nuclear protein and 0.03–0.06 ng labelled probe ( specific activity = 0.5–1.0 10 5 cpm/ng DNA ) were used for each assay . |
| 6 | In treated patients and in controls six samples were used for each index . |
| 7 | White Greek marbles were used for interior work also coloured ones from Thessaly and areas near Istanbul . |
| 8 | In contrast , when tape-slide presentations were used for individual instruction , students found them more acceptable . |
| 9 | Woodcuts were used for cheap publications , like the chapbooks sold by chapmen or pedlars ; but these had crude illustrations . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Mixed institutions , the greater part of which were used for other than hospital purposes , were to remain with the local authority and would not be taken into the National Health Service . |
| 12 | Firstly , in the 1970s and '80s ad hoc epidemiological studies were used for all of the common ( >=1/10000); and most of the moderately common congenital abnormalities . |
| 13 | Identical test meals were used for all the experiments . |
| 14 | The same instruments and techniques were used for all the measurements . |
| 15 | Partially purified extracts of bacterially expressed VT2 and VT2X were obtained by ammonium sulphate precipitation ( Figure 2 ) and were used for all subsequent DNA binding analyses . |
| 16 | Reacting to Ms Ashworth 's claim , BT said it would be appalled if those machines were used for that purpose . |
| 17 | In the hamlets and villages the galleries were used for many purposes . |
| 18 | The very rich religious vestments on display date from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and were used for many different ceremonies . |
| 19 | Transfer RNA ( tRNA ) , C1300 and HeLa RNA were used for negative controls . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Ketamine hydrochloride ( Ketalar , Parke-Davis , United Kingdom ) and xylazin chloride ( Rompun , Bayer , Germany ) given intraperitoneally were used for general anaesthesia . |
| 22 | The same physiological selection criteria for operation were used for young and old patients alike . |
| 23 | Six classes were used for ulcerative colitis ( table II ) . |
| 24 | t Tests were used for two level factors ; ANOVA was employed for factors with several levels , and simple linear regression for continuous variables . |
| 25 | It is now believed that such names were used for monastic communities modelled on genuine desert prototypes in Egypt . |
| 26 | The median and minimum of the readings for each patient were used for intergroup comparisons and for assessment of the relationship between blood flow and endoscopic grade . |
| 27 | One biopsy specimen from the antrum and another from the corpus were used for rapid urease testing ( CLO test , Delta West ) . |
| 28 | The Mann-Whitney U rank sum test and Spearman rank correlation test were used for statistical evaluation . |
| 29 | Student 's t test and Pearson 's correlation were used for statistical analysis . |
| 30 | This was partly because of difficulties of communications : ancient Greek diplomacy was conducted on foot for the most part , and runners rather than mounted dispatch-riders were used for urgent messages . |