Example sentences of "[be] used [to-vb] [noun pl] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Police officers investigating the case have n't ruled out the possibility that the missing funds have been used to buy supplies for the refugees . |
| 2 | This method might be used to gather ideas for the next course of sermons , for example . |
| 3 | Instead of going to Silver it 'll be used to build homes for the people of Leeds or other most desirable things . |
| 4 | Britain is at the stage when we must no longer expect sections of our land to be retained for the benefit of the few , when they could be used to provide jobs for the many . |
| 5 | It should be noted that none of these modules contributes to current SVQs , though they may be used to prepare candidates for the SVQ modules ( see Annexes 2 and 3 ) . |
| 6 | have a small stock remaining of their Centenary Souvenir Dinner Brochures , and would be happy to send them out to keen rugby folk in return for a cheque for just £1.50 , which will be used to raise funds for the paraplegic centre at Stoke Mandeville . |
| 7 | He said it was a playground for the idle rich and ought to be used to grow crops for the proletariat . |
| 8 | A. kollari first appeared in Britain in the 1830s , after galls were brought from the Middle East to Devon , where they were used to make dyes for the woollen cloth industry . |