Example sentences of "use for dating " in BNC.

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1 It is going , perhaps , less strongly than it might if the techniques that the laboratory uses for dating pottery , wood and other materials — though no-one has yet found a method of dating metals — were not available .
2 Uranium series dating is particularly used for dating stalagmitic calcite .
3 First , historical criticism has determined the techniques used for dating a document .
4 Each layer must be carefully recorded so that the finds from each layer can be used for dating as well .
5 Patterns can be affected by climate , which varies from region to region , so that a particular tree-ring pattern established in one area can not be used for dating timbers from another part of the world .
6 In fact timbers rarely survive to be discovered on archaeological sites , and when they do they are not always in good enough condition to be used for dating ; furthermore , if they were part of timber structures and had been shaped , not enough of the ring pattern may survive .
7 Greater interest in , and involvement with , chronology and environmental reconstruction became possible because of the greater pace of development of new techniques to complement established ones which could be used for dating and/or the provision of environmental information .
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