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

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1 The costumes for the Sadler 's Wells production were designed , at de Valois 's insistence , by Hedley Briggs , an old associate of hers , but they seem not to have differed materially from the ones by Hanns Ebensten which were used for the original Cape Town production .
2 Thereafter , possibly because the magazine began to appear more irregularly , Minton produced one further design , showing pages of manuscript fluttering down between buildings , and which was used for the next seven issues .
3 The main difference between the ‘ new ’ and the ‘ old ’ series is that the weights of the new are derived from trade flows in manufactured goods rather than trade in all goods based on 1977 trade flows , which was used for the old index .
4 They are used for the final stages when working down a tilth and levelling the surface once the large clods and turf have been broken .
5 It 's no good my saying I know it 's used for the right purpose .
6 Finally there is a fifth meaning , which possibly has some evolutionary connection with the fourth meaning , and it is used for the instinctive affection of parents for the offspring .
7 It was used for the German Grand Prix in 1985 but its return as a championship circuit was shortlived and it now plays second string to the Hockenheim .
8 One typical outcome is that the reference strip ( which is what is used for the diagnostic ) is seen as too big due to spreading and then overflows its allotted area .
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