Example sentences of "for [verb] water " in BNC.
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| 1 | Near Snodland was an Elizabethan house with an old cage wheel , formerly used for drawing water from a well some one hundred and twenty feet deep . |
| 2 | Giardia cysts are resistant to chlorine , at least in the amounts usually used for disinfecting water supplies . |
| 3 | THE biggest domestic culprit for wasting water is the toilet cistern , which accounts for nearly one third of household consumption . |
| 4 | With a fine eye for a ‘ newsworthy ’ item , the News of the World ( 28 August 1898 ) blamed youths for wasting water by larking about with street taps , but the socialist press saw a more permanent difficulty in the negligence of the private water companies . |
| 5 | A land use plan is to be produced providing guidelines for protecting water resources , developing tourism and promoting ecological agriculture . |
| 6 | So a friend was embarrassed when I wanted to examine every object his family had made : the weathered pitchforks crafted from branching joints of trees ; strong rope twisted from straw ; bundles of sesame-seed stalks used as firewood after the seeds had been eaten ; hand-woven winnowing baskets , and heavy clay pots for keeping water cool in hot summers . |
| 7 | , The NRA has announced a " disturbing " rise in prosecutions of companies and individuals for polluting water over the last two years . |
| 8 | It was not , therefore , surprising to find Mr Clarke somewhat exposed when facing some pressing questions on BBC Scotland about Labour 's plans for returning water to public hands at some point in the future . |
| 9 | FoE suggests that the initial enthusiasm for saving water may be short-lived . |
| 10 | In fact , they exhibited all the satisfaction of someone who has hit upon a method for causing water to flow uphill . |
| 11 | He invented the Cornish engine , a beam engine of Brobdingnagian proportions used mainly for pumping water out of tin mines . |
| 12 | This engine was originally used for pumping water out of the mine workings at Griff Colliery , Nuneaton , from 1723 , and was later moved to other sites , ending up at Hawkesbury Junction on the Coventry Canal , where it remained in use until 19 13 . |
| 13 | This was the first commercially successful steam engine and was used for pumping water out of a mine . |
| 14 | These were mainly used for pumping water out of mines , thus enabling deeper seams to be exploited . |
| 15 | At York an engine was installed in Lendal Tower for pumping water from the river . |
| 16 | Although Newcomen had produced the first practical steam-engine in the early years of the eighteenth century , it was capable only of a simple back-and-forth or up-and-down motion and therefore disappeared under-ground to be used for pumping water out of mines . |
| 17 | He called on the government to withdraw all licences for pumping water from rivers and underground aquifers . |
| 18 | Just ahead of each tank , there was a wheel operated valve for releasing water . |
| 19 | " Thanks to Mr. Durnall I see two automatic red ticks for a North sign ( crossed ) and a scale whenever I draw a sketch map , I can not photograph an Himalayan paddy-field without looking for moving water , and whenever I see a settlement from the air I think " site factors " . " |
| 20 | Like moss , they had no roots , but when their stems are carefully prepared and examined under the microscope , they are seen to contain structures that no moss possesses — long , thick-walled cells for conducting water up the stem . |
| 21 | Trickle filtration is best for minimising water changes . |
| 22 | With only limited capacity for retaining water , bedrock , regosols and lithosols are poor material for plant colonization . |
| 23 | Based on reports from 200 environmental health departments in England , Wales and Northern Ireland , it blamed management for giving water quality at pools low priority . |
| 24 | This newspaper also criticized Dzerzhinsky for neglecting water transport and port facilities , though no doubt his great energies were stretched in Siberia where he stayed until March . |
| 25 | La Compania Aquas de Sabadell SA , Sabadell , Barcelona , and Telecom Valles SA , Terassa , Barcelona , claim to have developed the first system in Europe for reading water meters over the telephone . |
| 26 | Compania de Aguas de Sabadell SA , Cassa , and Telecom Valles SA have spent about $50,000 on developing a system for reading water meters over the telephone . |
| 27 | I also borrowed a small silver bowl for collecting water from the drainpipe . |
| 28 | As the heavens continued to pour down water , Hermon and Martin Bond , owners of the championship St Mellion course near Saltash , Cornwall , were fined £150 each for taking water without a licence . |
| 29 | The ‘ windmill ’ is a wind-driven machine for lifting water into high-level drains . |
| 30 | These magical textiles were crafted from the imagination and yet served a very practical purpose in daily life , so we find grain bags , bread bags , dowry bags , rumals or covers , pouches in a variety of vibrant colours and shapes , and headpieces for carrying water . |