Example sentences of "be used [verb] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moreover , in the Opticks he identified seven colours in the spectrum and described a circle divided into seven segments that could be used to account for colour mixing . |
| 2 | The issue system will issue and discharge books and items in the normal way but can also be used to search for information and to produce overdues . |
| 3 | Provided the number of information arrivals is sufficiently large , the central limit theorem can be used to argue for normality in the distributions of price changes ( over a given number of information arrivals ) , and volume ( over a given number of information arrivals ) . |
| 4 | On the other hand , meritocracy could be used to argue for comprehensives , as in Coventry or Middlesex , as well as grammar schools as in Birmingham or Leeds . |
| 5 | If there is still any doubt , the LIFESPAN validation program can be used to check for self consistency of the database . |
| 6 | His talks in Madrid with Prime Minister Felipe González ended with a joint political declaration and agreement on a package of economic and cultural agreements included the granting to the Soviet Union of 150,000 million pesetas ( US$1,500 million ) of Spanish credit to be used to pay for imports of Spanish consumer goods . |
| 7 | Midland eurocheques can be used to pay for goods and services at more than 5 million shops , garages , hotels and restaurants in 28 European countries . |
| 8 | I question both the justice of all governments and the principle by which my taxes can be used to pay for machines of mass destruction . |
| 9 | It can not be denied that air pollution needs to be addressed but we should n't be fooled into paying more of our hard-earned cash which will be used to pay for Mr Lamont 's bungles . |
| 10 | Many are funded and developed in conjunction with the Science and Engineering Research Council and may be used to qualify for postgraduate diplomas or an MSc . |
| 11 | Its wording on financial compensation , moreover , fell well short of UK suggestions that frozen Iraqi assets could be used to compensate for loss or damage suffered by Kuwaitis ( the Kuwaiti central bank governor having estimated on Oct. 17 that a restored Kuwaiti government would seek $12,000 million in compensation for looting , theft or damage ) . |