Example sentences of "[be] used for other [noun] " in BNC.

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1 As for the evolutionary precursors of the system , both hydrogen peroxide and various kinds of quinones are used for other purposes in body chemistry .
2 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 .
3 There had been a shop in Street I which is still there but it 's been used for other things now .
4 PLATO has been used for other library user education applications such at teaching the use of online catalogues ( see Chapter Three ) .
5 If you have mastered cut and sew , this can be used for other shaping , for example by knitting a straight sleeve and cutting it to the shape required .
6 To demonstrate that not all biomaterials are used in direct tissue replacement , but may be used for other functions , Pankaj Vadgama discusses some of the special problems encountered when using invasive biosensors to detect changes in physiological parameters such as blood-gas levels and pH levels , at specific sites .
7 Because production speed is important but flexibility more so ( the system has to be used for other things as well ) we adopted Aldus PageMaker as our standard layout package , we run it on both Macintosh and PC systems , and Word Perfect as our word processor .
8 Once trained , they could be used for other things too .
9 Ebony and Ivory follows the same format as Look — No Hands , it is full of punchcard designs which can be used for other projects .
10 The next job is to reconfigure the mexeflote rafts so that they can be used for other tasks .
11 Once sheep is acquired , for instance , the word dog is no longer over-extended to sheep , even though it may still be used for other kinds of mammals ( Clark , 1973a , 1978 ; Barrett , 1978 ) .
12 One would ‘ ring-fence ’ or protect the grants to be given to local authorities so they could not be used for other purposes ; the other would give elderly and disabled people in local authority residential homes the same social security rights as those in private or voluntary sector homes .
13 A well built unit can always be used for other purposes should your venture not come up to expectation .
14 One advantage is that if for any reason the storage system becomes unused the building may be used for other purposes .
15 The buildings could be used for other purposes and we 'd welcome that .
16 Feedback resistors of 3kΩ are included in the chip but , again , external resistors can be used for other gain settings ; care must be exercised here , though , to avoid instability , increased noise and reduced bandwidth .
17 If it was an ‘ either or ’ situation , I would go for a winch as it could be used for other jobs such as moving fallen trees or recovering other vehicles etc .
18 This triple checking system can be used for other items to be charged by the hotel .
19 Are they being used for other work ? ’ he said .
20 This is a very handy aspect of the program , since it brings in the prospect of it being used for other purposes .
21 Experience suggests that the use of project numbers or names for module names should be avoided , as this may lead to confusion if the module is used for other projects in the future .
22 Light : Needs very good light over a longer period than is used for other water plants Water temperature : 68°–78°F .
23 Ingredient Y's price has been very stable and is used for other products currently manufactured and sold by the company .
24 The communal working system was used for other activities on the crofts such as planting and harvesting the crops and getting home the peat .
25 Federal expenditure on administration was 48 billion dinars , and , apart from the grants to the republics and provinces of 60 billion dinars , only 19 billion dinars was used for other purposes .
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