Example sentences of "[am/are] used for [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Norwegians are keen to train their dogs and Rottweilers are used for many purposes , from mountain rescue to drug detection . |
| 2 | However , they sample the pupils in a more selective way , because not all pupils take the same kinds of public examinations , and different criteria are used for each kind . |
| 3 | Different criteria are used for each table , but a common minimum market value of £100million is used to exclude the smallest companies where small changes can produce disporportionate results . |
| 4 | Annual reports and other donor information literature clearly state that blood donations are used for all patients in NHS and other hospitals . |
| 5 | Signed Danish is a gestural/auditive language in which Danish is spoken at the same time as signs from the Sign Language are used for all words which have a concept , and as far as possible grammatical rules [ are used ] from sign language . |
| 6 | Dublin 's brand of rock music merges at times with traditional music , and the studios are used for both styles . |
| 7 | A mixture of clay and graphite are used for these pencils which produces an extremely soft dense black mark which can be blended further with water . |
| 8 | Complex polyphosphates are used for this purpose such as sodium tripolyphosphate or tetrasodium pyrophosphate . |
| 9 | 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 ) . |
| 10 | Two arguments are used for this purpose . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Some of the retirement relief concepts are used for this relief . |
| 13 | It is easy to see why it is the more unusual types of artefact that are used for this type of research . |
| 14 | Check lists are used for several purposes : an initial transcription of a language is usually not consistent . |
| 15 | A sign in a Zurich hotel says : ‘ Because of the impropriety of entertaining guests of the opposite sex in the bedroom , it is suggested that the lobby be used for this purpose . ’ |