Example sentences of "[vb mod] [be] used for [adj] purposes " in BNC.
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| 1 | The buildings could be used for other purposes and we 'd welcome that . |
| 2 | Wang , the chief engineer at China 's space science and technology centre in Peking , said the delay is because the US believes the hardware could be used for military purposes . |
| 3 | The tests were of a type which could be used for diagnostic purposes . |
| 4 | Then he went on to the Global the New Consumer , looking at ways and how consumer power could be used for ethical purposes . |
| 5 | One advantage is that if for any reason the storage system becomes unused the building may be used for other purposes . |
| 6 | Last week King Fahd said his country would help pay for rebuilding Osirak , on the understanding that it would be used for peaceful purposes only . |
| 7 | The United States Secretary of State James Baker had previously announced that the Japanese contribution had been offered without precondition and would be used for military purposes , but within hours of Kaifu 's pledge the US State Department indicated that it had no objection to such a restriction . |
| 8 | Underlying this approach is a fear that judicial review will be used for tactical purposes to cause delay and ultimately defeat the takeover bid . |
| 9 | There is scope for a thesis of sorts on the distinction between the Commission on Instructional Technology 's definition : " Instructional technology means the media born of the communications revolution which can be used for instructional purposes alongside the teacher , the textbook and the blackboard " ( AVI , April 1970 : 89 ) ; and the National Council for Educational Technology 's definition , for the UK , of educational technology : " the development , application and evaluation of systems , techniques and aids to improve the process of human learning . " |
| 10 | The plant is built around a modular system which means the reaction vessels can be used for various purposes and new parts can be added when required . |
| 11 | He said : ‘ There are so many products that can be used for intoxicating purposes it would be impossible to lock them all away . |
| 12 | Television and radio can be used for educational purposes , to spread modern values and inform people . |
| 13 | The formative advantages of the record are considerable ; it provides an on-going record which can be used for evaluative purposes by student , teacher and parent , and thereby a basis for the consideration of future planning of learning and teaching . |
| 14 | As such the concept of social representation will necessarily be some son of general , background concept , and it will be difficult to find elements of socially shared consciousness , which are not social representations and which can be used for contrastive purposes . |