Example sentences of "[be] used for [adj] purpose " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Complex polyphosphates are used for this purpose such as sodium tripolyphosphate or tetrasodium pyrophosphate . |
| 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 | Two arguments are used for this purpose . |
| 5 | When known to be present , iron and manganese can be easily removed from water , and there are several processes that are used for this purpose . |
| 6 | A value of £3 million has been used for that purpose . |
| 7 | It has never been used for that purpose , although Sir Anthony Eden contemplated invoking it for government propaganda during the Suez crisis , and during the Falklands recapture it provided the legal basis for the Government 's use of BBC transmitters on Ascension Island to beam propaganda broadcasts at Argentina . |
| 8 | The money has not been used for that purpose . |
| 9 | Some Home Corners have even extended onto split levels or two floors , where raised areas have been used for this purpose . |
| 10 | In fact , some small part of the new funds might indeed have been used for this purpose as the societies ' balance sheet shows , but it will be only a very small proportion of the total funds received . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | It is proposed that the oracle database management system will be used for such purpose . |
| 13 | erm in the first place there are no bylaws restricting the display of posters in Harlow erm there are however town planning er restraints on and indeed there are a recognised number of sites which can be used for that purpose . |
| 14 | The proceedings of the House should not be used for that purpose . |
| 15 | In a simple sale of the whole of a seller 's property , the title to which is registered , the form of transfer of whole will apply ; it 's so simple that commonly one dictates it " off the cuff " , and the top copy is made on front of Form 19 or Form 19(JP) so that it can be used for that purpose . |
| 16 | This argument appealed to what I called the ideal of protected expectation , that collective force should be used only in accordance with standards chosen and read through procedures the community as a whole knows will be used for that purpose , procedures so widely acknowledged that they are matters of general social or professional convention . |
| 17 | The buildings continued to be used for this purpose until the mid-1980s when an enterprising manager of a local farm realised that something could be done to salvage the structures for a more profitable use . |
| 18 | Money transferred from the Social Security budget to local social services departments will be used for this purpose . |
| 19 | Coarse sand can not be used for this purpose , because it soon enlarges the hole through which it flows . |
| 20 | The old offices of Lord President and Lord Privy Seal may conveniently be used for this purpose … . |
| 21 | The owner of premises to be used for this purpose is required to obtain a ‘ disposal licence ’ under section 5(1) of that Act to either commence , or if disposal was already being carried out before the Act came into force , to continue operations . |
| 22 | As finance for books may be limited , money given by patients could be used for this purpose . |
| 23 | Cardboard or plywood can be used for this purpose . |
| 24 | Insulated wires should be used for this purpose , and colour coding will avoid confusion . |
| 25 | The Design Controller does n't have a program written especially for changing the pattern but I 've spend some time wondering if any of the programs could be used for this purpose , even if they were n't originally intended to be ; however , I 've had no success . |
| 26 | A firm ‘ no ’ and the command ‘ sit ’ should be used for this purpose . |
| 27 | An approved rod or other instrument had to be used for this purpose , and the punishment was not to be applied more than two hours after the offence . |
| 28 | The kind most widely favoured for jewellery , at least in the west , was a delicate pale pink , but in and around Hawaii a black variety might be used for this purpose , and the Chinese were particularly keen on deep red coral for their carvings . |
| 29 | Extra filtration would be added and to save time it was decided that a 4′ water tank would be used for this purpose . |
| 30 | Such compromise boundaries may be difficult to distinguish from compacted fabrics : cathodoluminescence can , in some cases , be used for this purpose ( Sippel , 1968 ) . |