Example sentences of "[be] used for this purpose " in BNC.

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1 Complex polyphosphates are used for this purpose such as sodium tripolyphosphate or tetrasodium pyrophosphate .
2 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 ) .
3 Two arguments are used for this purpose .
4 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 .
5 Some Home Corners have even extended onto split levels or two floors , where raised areas have been used for this purpose .
6 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 .
7 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 .
8 Money transferred from the Social Security budget to local social services departments will be used for this purpose .
9 Coarse sand can not be used for this purpose , because it soon enlarges the hole through which it flows .
10 The old offices of Lord President and Lord Privy Seal may conveniently be used for this purpose … .
11 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 .
12 As finance for books may be limited , money given by patients could be used for this purpose .
13 Cardboard or plywood can be used for this purpose .
14 Insulated wires should be used for this purpose , and colour coding will avoid confusion .
15 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 .
16 A firm ‘ no ’ and the command ‘ sit ’ should be used for this purpose .
17 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 .
18 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 .
19 Extra filtration would be added and to save time it was decided that a 4′ water tank would be used for this purpose .
20 Such compromise boundaries may be difficult to distinguish from compacted fabrics : cathodoluminescence can , in some cases , be used for this purpose ( Sippel , 1968 ) .
21 It is n't so good at irregular layouts of the sort often used in advertising — but it can be used for this purpose .
22 The module summary form could be used for this purpose .
23 We may have to bring in assistance from outside to deal with specific problems , and Mr Whittaker 's network of contacts could be used for this purpose .
24 They suggest instead that protein trees should be used for this purpose .
25 The technique of counter-current extraction can be used for this purpose .
26 ‘ It started to be used for this purpose two years ago .
27 KW1RS is being used for this purpose .
28 As in most houses in those days , old garments were used for this purpose .
29 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 ) .
30 Within the South West of England a wide distribution of second homes was found ; 10 per cent of the total building stock in the extreme north-west of Cornwall were used for this purpose but the figure was between 1 and 5 per cent in most districts ( South West Economic Planning Council 1975 ) .
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