Example sentences of "[noun pl] were used for [adj] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 The same sequences were used for each task and video-tapes were made of each sequence .
3 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 .
4 Woodcuts were used for cheap publications , like the chapbooks sold by chapmen or pedlars ; but these had crude illustrations .
5 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 .
6 Six classes were used for ulcerative colitis ( table II ) .
7 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 ) .
8 White Greek marbles were used for interior work also coloured ones from Thessaly and areas near Istanbul .
9 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 .
10 Reacting to Ms Ashworth 's claim , BT said it would be appalled if those machines were used for that purpose .
11 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 .
12 It is now believed that such names were used for monastic communities modelled on genuine desert prototypes in Egypt .
13 The same instruments and techniques were used for all the measurements .
14 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 .
15 Identical test meals were used for all the experiments .
16 In the hamlets and villages the galleries were used for many purposes .
17 t Tests were used for two level factors ; ANOVA was employed for factors with several levels , and simple linear regression for continuous variables .
18 In contrast , when tape-slide presentations were used for individual instruction , students found them more acceptable .
19 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 .
20 As in most houses in those days , old garments were used for this purpose .
21 Dual sleeve manometric assemblies were used for concurrent monitoring of lower oesophageal sphincter ( LOS ) and UOS pressures .
22 In treated patients and in controls six samples were used for each index .
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