Example sentences of "[was/were] used for [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Woodcuts were used for cheap publications , like the chapbooks sold by chapmen or pedlars ; but these had crude illustrations . |
| 3 | In the hamlets and villages the galleries were used for many purposes . |
| 4 | Transfer RNA ( tRNA ) , C1300 and HeLa RNA were used for negative controls . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | It is now believed that such names were used for monastic communities modelled on genuine desert prototypes in Egypt . |
| 7 | The median and minimum of the readings for each patient were used for intergroup comparisons and for assessment of the relationship between blood flow and endoscopic grade . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Two sets of track were used for fitting parts above the solebar , wheeling wagons alternately . |
| 10 | Only three of Armenia 's fleet of seven helicopters remained , the rest having been shot down by Azerbaijani forces claiming that they were used for military purposes . |
| 11 | They were used for unaimed shots , fired from the hip by men advancing in mass , while a British infantryman was trained to shoot from a prone position at a target . |
| 12 | However , compensation would only go to " those who suffered unusually under Nazi terror , for example , those who were used for medical experiments " . |
| 13 | The same membrane was used for all hybridizations and the ratio ( studied transcript H /studied transcript W ) versus ( srRNA H /srRNA W ) were calculated . |
| 14 | The place was used for all sorts of important occasions and I can remember walking down there to celebrate King George V and Queen Mary 's Silver Jubilee . |
| 15 | A continuous 6/0 silk suture was used for intestinal anastomoses . |
| 16 | Designed to seat 5,000 spectators , the Amphitheatre was used for colourful festivals as well as bloody spectacles — gladiatorial combat and animal baiting . |
| 17 | It was used for political obligations such as taxes and fines , for reward and increasingly for ordinary market exchange . |
| 18 | Old wood was used for certain areas such as the floors , the problems encountered in obtaining supplies being enormous . |
| 19 | The tiled side was used for hanging joints of meat . |
| 20 | Moore said that the plutonium was used for civil purposes in the US . |
| 21 | Lime was used for agricultural purposes and for making cement . |
| 22 | The southern Mediterranean region is its home , and it was used for many centuries by the Arabs . |
| 23 | The main living room was used for Quaker meetings for many years . |
| 24 | Whether authentic or not , this material from Manetho and Hecataeus was used for mean purposes of reciprocal abuse . |
| 25 | The communal working system was used for other activities on the crofts such as planting and harvesting the crops and getting home the peat . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | It was used for new stations at Edmonton ( 1928 ) and Saskatoon ( 1930s ) . |
| 28 | Fisher 's exact test or χ 2 test with Yates 's correction were used , where appropriate , to compare proportions and Student 's t test was used for continuous variables . |
| 29 | At one time the word ‘ dye ’ was used for exotic colours , such as reds , blues etc , and the word ‘ stain ’ was used when colouring woods to natural wood shades . |
| 30 | In the early 1820s the comparative material gathered from the United States by Liverpool abolitionists was used for parliamentary purposes . |