Example sentences of "[be] used for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The lowest concentrations ( ½ to 2 per cent ) are used for facial oils , children , and for those with sensitive skin . |
| 2 | The most versatile of the vinegars , these are used for general cookery and in many of the classic sauces . |
| 3 | As for the evolutionary precursors of the system , both hydrogen peroxide and various kinds of quinones are used for other purposes in body chemistry . |
| 4 | English is one of the languages that do not use tone in this way though tones or pitch differences are used for other purposes ; such languages are sometimes called intonation languages . |
| 5 | He said there were ‘ good grounds for suspicion that certain offshore banks are used for fraudulent purposes ’ . |
| 6 | Auditory verbs are used for mechanical activities : clanking , thumped , rapped , whistled . |
| 7 | The same products are used for treating scabies as are used for pubic lice . |
| 8 | At Magee College , the playing fields , which are convenient to the campus , are used for gaelic football , rugby and soccer . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Means and 95% confidence intervals ( CI ) for the mean are used for descriptive statistics and graphs . |
| 11 | The outcomes of these analyses are used for lexical access . |
| 12 | Improved Panel Fit — Advanced constructional techniques are used for critical joints such as the roof/bodyside and wheelarch/side panel . |
| 13 | It is recognised that these are important aspects of the learning and teaching approaches for the modules and it is recommended that they are used for formative assessment . |
| 14 | Three common sizes are used for domestic plumbing — l5mm , 22mm and 28mm , all known as ‘ smallbore ’ . |
| 15 | They are used for rapid saving and restoring of the " process context " on entry to and exit from a subroutine , or in processor mode changes ( see 3.5 ) . |
| 16 | Some are used for public transport . |
| 17 | The birds , in particular albatrosses , are attracted to the baited hooks which are used for long-line fishing , and become caught in the nets and killed ; , Further restrictions are to be imposed on the establishment up of new fisheries in the area . |
| 18 | Where goat milk or milk products are used for human consumption , milk-withholding periods for different drugs should be observed . |
| 19 | I think animals that are used for human entertainment definitely deserve a better deal , for example , large wi wild animals that are used in circuses , we have n't got the right , as people , to say that they 're here for our entertainment . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | X/Open specifications are used for low-level interfaces and communications standards include EDI , SNA-LU6.2 , CPI-C and future OSF/DCE/DME elements . |
| 22 | X/Open specifications are used for low-level interfaces and communications standards include EDI , SNA-LU6.2 , CPI-C and future OSF/DCE/DME elements . |
| 23 | A router is fixed to the cross-slide of the lathe for some operations , other jigs are used for spherical work . |
| 24 | These hot seeds are used for English mustard ( see p60 ) . |
| 25 | However , under the terms of Protection From Eviction Act 1977 the landlord must enter peacefully upon the land and may not use the right of re-entry at all if the premises are used for residential purposes . |
| 26 | ‘ Zils are used for visiting VIPs and government officials only . |
| 27 | It is helpful if all orders are coded and , if possible , separate orders are used for different elements , work sections , etc . |
| 28 | Progressively older embryos require a higher oxygen tension in the medium and , therefore , different gas mixtures are used for different stages of embryo . |
| 29 | Standards and performance data are used for different purposes in various information and control systems . |
| 30 | 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 . |