Example sentences of "were used for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gradually , however , different shapes developed to suit the respective functions , and the visual appearance of the separate tool and weapon types suggests that different alloys were used for each . |
| 2 | The same sequences were used for each task and video-tapes were made of each sequence . |
| 3 | Sections of 25 µm were cut from each block with a sterile no touch technique , and new blades were used for each to reduce contamination . |
| 4 | Band-shift experiments were performed in the presence of 600–900 ng of sonicated E.coli DNA as previously reported ; 2–3 µg of nuclear protein and 0.03–0.06 ng labelled probe ( specific activity = 0.5–1.0 10 5 cpm/ng DNA ) were used for each assay . |
| 5 | In treated patients and in controls six samples were used for each index . |
| 6 | Firstly , in the 1970s and '80s ad hoc epidemiological studies were used for all of the common ( >=1/10000); and most of the moderately common congenital abnormalities . |
| 7 | Identical test meals were used for all the experiments . |
| 8 | The same instruments and techniques were used for all the measurements . |
| 9 | Partially purified extracts of bacterially expressed VT2 and VT2X were obtained by ammonium sulphate precipitation ( Figure 2 ) and were used for all subsequent DNA binding analyses . |
| 10 | Reacting to Ms Ashworth 's claim , BT said it would be appalled if those machines were used for that purpose . |
| 11 | In the hamlets and villages the galleries were used for many purposes . |
| 12 | The very rich religious vestments on display date from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and were used for many different ceremonies . |
| 13 | As in most houses in those days , old garments were used for this purpose . |
| 14 | Yet it was the poem that brought Wordsworth to the notice of clerics in need of sermon material ( his poems were used for this purpose throughout the last century , and I have heard them used in this ) . |
| 15 | The US military were already spending vast sums on making tritium for warheads and the reactors that were used for this process had been closed , pending repairs , in 1988 as a result of nervousness about reactor safety following the Chernobyl accident . |
| 16 | Styling wax and extra strong mousse were used for this look . |
| 17 | Within the South West of England a wide distribution of second homes was found ; 10 per cent of the total building stock in the extreme north-west of Cornwall were used for this purpose but the figure was between 1 and 5 per cent in most districts ( South West Economic Planning Council 1975 ) . |
| 18 | They were used for both pulling carts and carrying loads . |
| 19 | Answer guide : An opportunity cost is defined as the maximum benefit which could be obtained from a resource if it were used for some alternative purpose than the opportunity under consideration . |