Example sentences of "[verb] be used for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | More recently , this dock has been used for the importation of Fiat cars ( it used to be used for the export of British cars ) . |
| 2 | This provided ‘ a check from the buyers mortgagees point of view , that the money has been used for the purchase ’ . |
| 3 | In recent years , the SeHCAT test has been used for the determination of bile acid malabsorption . |
| 4 | Here , the same powder-blue print has been used for the wallpaper , valance and chaircovering , while cream drapes combine to give an almost French flavour . |
| 5 | Rosewood has been used for the bridges , the headstock facings and the fingerboards and , unusually , to cover the rear of the headstock as well . |
| 6 | So real slate has been used for the roofs , York stone for the internal shopping court , and crafted plasterwork for the ceilings . |
| 7 | Pearloid sheet has been used for the scratchplate , again reminiscent of bygone days . |
| 8 | Rosewood has been used for the fingerboard and bridge , and the machineheads are once again Grovers . |
| 9 | A human touch was added to Nash 's report : ‘ I could heartily wish more respect were paid to the remains of this amiable though unfortunate Queen , and would willingly , with proper leave , have them wrapt in another sheet of lead and coffin , and decently interred in some proper place , that at least after her death her body might remain in peace ; whereas the Chapel where she now lies is used for the keeping of rabbits , which make holes and scratch very indecently about her Royal corpse . ’ |
| 10 | Although there is little documentary evidence , it has been suggested that the mill , in conjunction with those at Cambridge and Moreton Valance , could have been used for the production of brass pins . |
| 11 | These objects are actually made of brass , but are believed to have been used for the weighing of gold dust ( fig. 9.4 ) . |
| 12 | New Zealand was amply supplied with basalt , greywacke and argillite , each of which is known to have been used for the adze blades used to shape the timbers required for canoes , houses and defensive works . |
| 13 | After two or three fairly neutral coloured inks had been used for the printing — say , brown for the foreground and blue for the sky and more distant scenery — the finishing was by hand , and washes of great subtlety and precision were laid on to give the desired effects . |
| 14 | Goulding J found as a fact that all parts of the sales information had been used for the purposes of the defendant 's business and he divided information into three categories where it was not the subject of any express provision : ( 1 ) Information which because of its triviality or public accessibility was not confidential at all . |
| 15 | Wickham turned his attention to the typewriter which had been used for the death threat . |
| 16 | Ian went off and came back with a box the same size as the ones that had been used for the train . |
| 17 | Extended pachytene chromosomes prepared by the techniques described in Section 2.6 have been used for the localization of genes by in situ hybridization techniques ( 16,17 ) . |
| 18 | MR JUSTICE HUTCHISON said that the applicant was in effect asking the court to declare unlawful the FPC 's use of paragraph 19 provisions in order to put in place a policy for limiting the use of deputising services , save where the power to limit was used for the purpose of keeping the deputising services going properly . |