Example sentences of "[noun] be used for [adj] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 In some traditions worship songs are used for some five or ten minutes before a service to prepare people for worship , often followed by silence .
2 The ‘ social housing ’ ( this term is used for all public and quasi-public rented housing , including the stock of local authorities , housing associations and development corporations ) areas of Cramlington display clear signs of ‘ outer-estate ’ status .
3 Ecological and forestry studies are conducted on sites throughout Scotland while local forest areas are used for detailed experimental work .
4 This means that you are entitled to due attribution where the work is used for some commercial product , display or other purpose and that basically you have the right to object to modification , distortion or any form of derogatory promotion of your work , unless of course you have sanctioned it !
5 Of course , price subsidies are used for many other purposes ; for example , in chapter 3 it was noted that they might be used to tackle the problem of an externality .
6 The JM101 host bacterium was used for all subsequent growth and maintenance of M13 bacteriophage .
7 We can therefore conclude that in these societies a different system of exchange or barter was used for basic daily transactions .
8 At Ashton and Holditch , the buildings lay in simple yards containing ovens and wells , while at Middlewich , the land behind the frontages was used for related industrial activities .
9 The local registers are used for local scalar storage as described , and the low registers are used for local storage and parameters to the procedure ‘ below ’ the current procedure .
10 t Tests were used for two level factors ; ANOVA was employed for factors with several levels , and simple linear regression for continuous variables .
11 Analysis of variance and an unpaired t test were used to assess variables with a normal distribution , while χ 2 analysis was used for non-parametric dichotomous variables .
12 The technique is used for three main reasons .
13 This is an important point , since in many libraries selection is part of an integrated approach which also includes acquisition and cataloguing , and the national bibliography 's machine-readable records are used for all these functions ( although the actual selection process is usually based upon the print version ) .
14 Precisely the same coding system was used for both general descriptions and descriptions of potential risks .
15 The soft broom is used for light sweeping on smooth surfaces and the hard type for rough or wet work .
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