Example sentences of "[adv] used for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I produced sketches and a clay model for ideas , but these were eventually only used for reference when working on the sculpture . |
| 2 | This was at a time when cylinders were only used for dictation purposes , not for recording music , and a speed of about 100 revolutions per minute was found adequate . |
| 3 | Each new barrel costs £1.50 ; they are normally only used for one race and there are 50 barrels on a raft . |
| 4 | Today the rebêche is only used for distillation ( into either prestation vinique — alcohol for oath-taking , or eaux-de-vie — grape brandies ) and table wine ( if the natural alcoholic content is 6% or more , unlikely for vin de rebêche ) or ‘ wine not fit for human consumption ’ ( but presumably fit for distillation into industrial spirits ) if less than 6% natural alcoholic content . |
| 5 | An 18-cm ( 6-in ) ruler is not only used for its measuring abilities when framing designs , but also if you are working directly on to a piece of material rather than card , it is easy to slip the ruler under the fabric when you sign your picture . |
| 6 | Only used for daysailing and never chartered . |
| 7 | Therefore , the Fair Isle option is not only used for creating the design , it also controls the way in which the machine knits the fabric from the design . |
| 8 | The living-room has a lived-in feel about it and the parlour , so immaculately tidy was so obviously only used for special occasions . |
| 9 | In practice , information gained by interception is only used for the purpose of assisting police or Security Service investigations , and is not tendered as evidence in court . |
| 10 | He converted the first two into toilets and the others were only used for customers , invariably foreign journalists who were too drunk to drive home . |
| 11 | Normally only used for foundations . |
| 12 | Dendrochronology , also called tree-ring dating , is not only used for calibrating radiocarbon dates , but also for providing accurate dates for old timbers . |
| 13 | Blood is not only used for straightforward transfusions , products extracted from blood have a whole number of uses — from the treatment of burns to the prevention of infection . |
| 14 | Note that capillary joints use ordinary electrician 's solder ; plumber 's solder is only used for ‘ wiping ’ lead joints — a job probably best left to a plumber . |
| 15 | A Customs spokesman in Dublin said : ‘ We have an ongoing campaign to ensure that marked diesel oil is only used for its intended purpose and that hydro-carbon oil is not imported from the North . ’ |
| 16 | Certainly risky situations did appear to be unusual events , the top 50% of the rating scale was only used for 6.5% of the situations encountered . |
| 17 | That 's only used for processing transients , is n't it ? |
| 18 | Alright , not only do we have competing products on the farm , but we have joint products on the farm , in that if you rear sheep , sheep are not only used for the meat that they produce , but also the wheat the er , the wool that 's on , that 's on their backs . |
| 19 | Of course , it is vital to ensure the car service is only used for patients who are suitable . |
| 20 | These days they are only used for ceremonial occasions . |
| 21 | It 's not used very often , actually , it 's only used for security purposes really . |
| 22 | In addition , it is worth noting that Markowitz has argued that the inconclusive nature of the empirical research does not mean that the CAPM can not be sensibly used for portfolio analysis and assessment . |
| 23 | She saw a haunted house , a superstition she had perhaps used for her own account , and he saw something more human , a complex web of relationships , interlocking and interacting in a way he could not yet fathom , and in which people got caught up and destroyed . |
| 24 | The system is much used for radio-frequency investigations but in principle is applicable at audio frequencies too . |
| 25 | There is also a less interesting , creamy , unripened version called a tomme de Cantal , much used for cooking , especially in farmhouse potato and egg dishes . |
| 26 | Another plant much used for hair colouring is chamomile , the flower-heads of which provide a solution which lightens light-brown and fair hair appreciably ; saffron will have the same effect . |
| 27 | India is the home of this strongly aromatic plant where it is perennial , and where its history of use stretches back many thousands of years , It is regarded as sacred by the Hindus and was much used for disinfecting where malaria was present In the house . |
| 28 | In the past it was much used for teapots , milk jugs and other forms of tableware . |
| 29 | The metal is much used for decorative ironwork . |
| 30 | To a computer programmer , the pattern of distribution of these ‘ genetic fossil ’ fragments is uncannily reminiscent of the pattern of text on the surface of an old disc that has been much used for editing text . |