Example sentences of "[pron] be used for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Changed circumstances began to alter the criteria which were used for the selection and appointment of heads . |
| 2 | Haselkorn has argued that the USSR has also established aerial staging networks which were used for the airlift of arms to Angola and Ethiopia in the 1970s and which are of paramount importance for Soviet access strategy in the Third World . |
| 3 | It 's pegged to the ground using 11 pegs , one of which is used for the back guyline . |
| 4 | In the centre of the platform gapes an immense lime pit covered by a grating which is used for the disposal of the hanged after they have been gibbeted . |
| 5 | The garden is tackled single-handedly and she uses no new-fangled gadgets , except for an old trusty rotary mower which is used for the grass bank alongside the road . |
| 6 | Things like coloured navigation lights on wing tips or on the pitot head , which is used for the measurement of airspeed and altitude and is usually mounted near the nose of the aircraft , can be good tell-tales . |
| 7 | Finally , there are two 8 ohm speaker outputs , with one being used for the unit 's internal driver . |
| 8 | Bulk minerals are needed in substantial amounts as they are used for the formation of the skeleton . |
| 9 | Now it is used for the hearing of court cases only . |
| 10 | Any part of the cost of a development which is attributable to plant and machinery will generally qualify for a 25% annual allowance if it is used for the purchaser 's trade or leased by the purchaser to another for the purpose of the other 's trade . |
| 11 | For a short period it was used for the manufacture of bedding materials and mattresses . |
| 12 | It was built er It has to be It had to be very well built and firm , because then , when it was used for the cow for the er sheep , usually , that best hay was left for the sheep . |
| 13 | This road , known as the Coal Road because it was used for the transport of coal from long-abandoned pits , discloses an aerial view of the hidden valley of Grisedale across the gulf of Garsdale . |
| 14 | Tutors may wish to explore how it would be treated if it was used for the business and for family use to illustrate that these decisions are not always so clear cut . |