Example sentences of "be used [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It does n't help when , as a child , your brother leads you to believe that they 're used as rubber pants for hamsters . |
| 2 | You qualify out of that as an acting corporal , then you 're used by other classes ; for example , as a helper or decoy in staged attacks . |
| 3 | The lowest concentrations ( ½ to 2 per cent ) are used for facial oils , children , and for those with sensitive skin . |
| 4 | The most versatile of the vinegars , these are used for general cookery and in many of the classic sauces . |
| 5 | As for the evolutionary precursors of the system , both hydrogen peroxide and various kinds of quinones are used for other purposes in body chemistry . |
| 6 | English is one of the languages that do not use tone in this way though tones or pitch differences are used for other purposes ; such languages are sometimes called intonation languages . |
| 7 | He said there were ‘ good grounds for suspicion that certain offshore banks are used for fraudulent purposes ’ . |
| 8 | But documents can be dangerous things if used without care and if , as sometimes happens , they are used for partial and selective purposes . |
| 9 | Auditory verbs are used for mechanical activities : clanking , thumped , rapped , whistled . |
| 10 | The same products are used for treating scabies as are used for pubic lice . |
| 11 | At Magee College , the playing fields , which are convenient to the campus , are used for gaelic football , rugby and soccer . |
| 12 | In order to explore this more fully , we focus on a tax on capital at rate t assuming initially that the proceeds are used for current government expenditure . |
| 13 | Means and 95% confidence intervals ( CI ) for the mean are used for descriptive statistics and graphs . |
| 14 | The outcomes of these analyses are used for lexical access . |
| 15 | Improved Panel Fit — Advanced constructional techniques are used for critical joints such as the roof/bodyside and wheelarch/side panel . |
| 16 | It is recognised that these are important aspects of the learning and teaching approaches for the modules and it is recommended that they are used for formative assessment . |
| 17 | Three common sizes are used for domestic plumbing — l5mm , 22mm and 28mm , all known as ‘ smallbore ’ . |
| 18 | They are used for rapid saving and restoring of the " process context " on entry to and exit from a subroutine , or in processor mode changes ( see 3.5 ) . |
| 19 | Some are used for public transport . |
| 20 | The birds , in particular albatrosses , are attracted to the baited hooks which are used for long-line fishing , and become caught in the nets and killed ; , Further restrictions are to be imposed on the establishment up of new fisheries in the area . |
| 21 | I think animals that are used for human entertainment definitely deserve a better deal , for example , large wi wild animals that are used in circuses , we have n't got the right , as people , to say that they 're here for our entertainment . |
| 22 | Where goat milk or milk products are used for human consumption , milk-withholding periods for different drugs should be observed . |
| 23 | Although the two forms are almost certainly not interchangeable in JC , having different functions , both are used for past actions and map broadly on to the British English simple past . |
| 24 | It has always been a fishing village and trawlers from here and from Machico are used for deep-sea and more distant fishing trips such as to the North African coast . |
| 25 | X/Open specifications are used for low-level interfaces and communications standards include EDI , SNA-LU6.2 , CPI-C and future OSF/DCE/DME elements . |
| 26 | X/Open specifications are used for low-level interfaces and communications standards include EDI , SNA-LU6.2 , CPI-C and future OSF/DCE/DME elements . |
| 27 | Ecological and forestry studies are conducted on sites throughout Scotland while local forest areas are used for detailed experimental work . |
| 28 | A router is fixed to the cross-slide of the lathe for some operations , other jigs are used for spherical work . |
| 29 | These hot seeds are used for English mustard ( see p60 ) . |
| 30 | However , under the terms of Protection From Eviction Act 1977 the landlord must enter peacefully upon the land and may not use the right of re-entry at all if the premises are used for residential purposes . |