Example sentences of "was used for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The same membrane was used for all hybridizations and the ratio ( studied transcript H /studied transcript W ) versus ( srRNA H /srRNA W ) were calculated . |
| 2 | He thought that Tite and other MPs considered Gothic to be dull , expensive , incongruous and associated with ‘ a peculiar religious sentiment ’ , and reminded Palmerston that originally Gothic was used for all building , not just churches . |
| 3 | Univariate and multiple regression analysis was by SAS and Proc REG was used for all regression analysis . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | A continuous 6/0 silk suture was used for intestinal anastomoses . |
| 6 | The mill was used for grinding corn until the seventeenth century . |
| 7 | Designed to seat 5,000 spectators , the Amphitheatre was used for colourful festivals as well as bloody spectacles — gladiatorial combat and animal baiting . |
| 8 | Was going to have a facility for young people , if you remember , it was suggested that the restaurant was used for young people . |
| 9 | It was used for political obligations such as taxes and fines , for reward and increasingly for ordinary market exchange . |
| 10 | A 1.4 kb human cDNA clone , described previously and designated λPt2 ( 10 ) , was used for Southern hybridization and library screening . |
| 11 | A combined glass electrode ( Ingold LOT 440-M4 , Ingold Messtechnik AG , CH-8902 Urdorf , Switzerland ) was used for intraoesophageal pH monitoring . |
| 12 | In lanes 4–6 , 10- , 50- and 100-fold molar excess of unlabelled oligonucleotide B was used for homologous competition of GST-pou[c]-binding to the labelled ICP4 sequence . |
| 13 | On several of the islands the entire plant , boiled in water , was used for dying wool a greenish-yellow colour . |
| 14 | Old wood was used for certain areas such as the floors , the problems encountered in obtaining supplies being enormous . |
| 15 | The tiled side was used for hanging joints of meat . |
| 16 | In ways such as these coinage was used for contemporary propaganda . |
| 17 | Moore said that the plutonium was used for civil purposes in the US . |
| 18 | Primer B3 was used for reverse transcription , and then used in combination with either B5 or A5i in the primary PCR region . |
| 19 | Lime was used for agricultural purposes and for making cement . |
| 20 | The southern Mediterranean region is its home , and it was used for many centuries by the Arabs . |
| 21 | The particles were distinctly shaped , and a different set was used for each day . |
| 22 | Twenty micrograms of total RNA was used for first strand cDNA synthesis in a mixture containing 1 Taq polymerase buffer ( Promega ) , 1mM dNTPs , 40 Units RNasin ( Promega ) , 100 pmoles downstream primer and 200 Units Superscript ( Gibco-BRL ) . |
| 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 variation between English-language speakers about what syllables , in effect what vowels , they treat as long or short , is so great that there can be no question of imposing on English verse a quantitative metre such as was used for ancient Latin ( doubtless with some strain for those who spoke classical Latin with dialectal variations as to quantity ) . |
| 26 | The communal working system was used for other activities on the crofts such as planting and harvesting the crops and getting home the peat . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | It was used for new stations at Edmonton ( 1928 ) and Saskatoon ( 1930s ) . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Chapman , his players and fellow officials joined the civilian army and donated five per cent of their wages to the national relief fund , while Elland Road was used for military drill and firing practice . |