Example sentences of "is used for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Webster Room , which can seat around 60 , is used for art exhibitions , talks , seminars and group meetings . |
| 2 | In private households most purchased energy is used for space heating . |
| 3 | Most commonly sieving is used for size determination in the pebble and sand ranges , i.e. particles coarser than 0·063 mm . |
| 4 | The first session is used for introductions and for setting up a framework for the course . |
| 5 | The zeolite is used for solvent recovery and waste gas purification . |
| 6 | More recently , Bloch 's work ( 1975 ) on political language and oratory has provided evidence of ways in which speech is formalised and is used for functions which Goody attributes solely to writing . |
| 7 | Rainwater is used for water changes . |
| 8 | The crucial issue here is whether or not the effluent is entering a watercourse which is used for water supply or amenity . |
| 9 | The same method is used for freezers . |
| 10 | These include social forestry , in which most land is used for tree growing and the harvest is balanced against a planting programme ; and agroforestry in which the production of food crops is the primary objective but includes a large number of tree crops . |
| 11 | r is used for bucket capacity : |
| 12 | If the blackboard is used for notes , these should be written in large , clear print . |
| 13 | On the other hand , there are various time deposits that earn interest in banks , building societies and the National Savings Bank which are used by the public as an alternative means of holding money that is used for expenditure purposes . |
| 14 | One lady even came armed with a floral chamber pot — she had obviously heard of the 14/20 Hussars Mess Dinners where a similar receptacle , but of silver is used for drinking . |
| 15 | Whether it is used for drinking , bathing , preparing food , cleaning , fighting fires or turning the wheels of industry — we all take a readily available supply of water for granted today . |
| 16 | Moreover , the Umgeni River near the plant , which is used for drinking water and bathing by local people , is alleged to be dangerously polluted with mercury . |
| 17 | At the left hand side of the fascia is a combined twist control for the main oven light , and push button for the mains spark which is used for ignition throughout the cooker . |
| 18 | Bravo and MacDonald-Bravo report that the soluble form is not detected by immunofluorescence if methanol is used for fixation . |
| 19 | It is usually said that repetition is used for emphasis . |
| 20 | Even when repetition is used for emphasis , the effects seem to vary in different examples . |
| 21 | Generally the singular form of words is used for processes and properties ( e.g. Liquidation , Classification ) , and the plural for classes of people who perform such processes ( e.g. Liquidators , Classifiers ) . |
| 22 | The charity is still in force today , but is used for grants for students and apprentices for books and any equipment they may need to help them in their careers . |
| 23 | It is n't used for power , it is used for purity and clarity , and that 's how you create that sense of space . |
| 24 | Although more than three-quarters of the land surface is used for agriculture , very few people are employed in the agricultural industry . |
| 25 | As we have seen , generally some kind of n-gram or lexical check is used for error detection . |
| 26 | ‘ on a road ( or public place ) called … ‘ 'Public place ’ means any place to which the public have access , e.g. a farmer 's field near a race course which is used for parking purposes on race days . |
| 27 | A particular worry is the case of milling wheat which is used for bread . |
| 28 | Filtration is by Eheim 2213 , and rainwater is used for changes . |
| 29 | Scopolamine is used for travel sickness . |
| 30 | Natural gas is used for cooking . |