Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] use for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The HDI data excluded several non-UN countries , and gave a single value for the ex-Soviet Union ( for GNP , separate data were used for the latter ) . |
| 2 | It became the permanent home of the German race with the exception of 1959 when the race was staged at Avus , and 1970 when Hockenheim was used for the first time . |
| 3 | They were soon copied by the French , who developed formations of this kind on a large scale from the 1760s onwards , while light infantry were used for the first time in Europe by the Russians at the siege of Kolberg in 1761 . |
| 4 | A Wilcoxson signed rank test was used for the paired testof samples . |
| 5 | ‘ The town hall was used for the toxic waste inquiry and the Butler Sloss inquiry and people affected by them had ready access , ’ he said . |
| 6 | ‘ The town hall was used for the toxic waste inquiry and the Butler Sloss inquiry and people affected by the issues had ready access , he said . ’ |
| 7 | Stone or marble was used for the lower parts of the walls , the upper being of sun-dried brick and timber . |
| 8 | This type of machine was used for the digital sound recordings made by the Nippon Columbia company in 1972 , instead of for video . |
| 9 | A stationary engine was used for the final haul up the tunnel into St Leonards Goods Yard . |
| 10 | Carpets with borders were custom made for the large public areas and standard ranges were used for the 72 bedrooms . |
| 11 | Ground improvements and publicity were used for the same purpose , and so that football should reach as wide a public as possible , Chapman persuaded the Examiner to publish a Saturday sports edition , the first issue of which appeared on 10 January , 1925 . |
| 12 | The emergency service was used for the first time on 17th . |
| 13 | When the total common hepatic duct was resected , the left hepatic duct approach was used for the hepaticojejunal anastomosis . |
| 14 | Double-deckers were used for the maximum impact , including the historic Dreadnought , in 1964 . |
| 15 | EXCLUDED PARTS AND COMPONENTS — Previously plant definitions were used for the three main classes i.e. boiler , crane and electrical . |
| 16 | On this canal poundlocks were used for the first time in England , i.e. , an upper and a lower gate fitted with sluices and enclosing a chamber into which boats passed to be raised or lowered to the next level . |
| 17 | Two crystals were used for the complete dataset , collected as 1.8° oscillations with crystallographic c -axis roughly aligned along the rotation axis . |
| 18 | The serum samples from patients with high cytotoxic activity were used for the subsequent ADCC assay . |
| 19 | The single case was used for the straightforward earth burial and was by far the most common coffin type — and remains so today . |