Example sentences of "[prep] be used for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Acquisition accounting to be used for all business combinations where a party can be identified as having the role of an acquirer , since this method of accounting reflects the application of resources by the acquirer and shows the value of the net assets acquired . |
| 2 | If it is a boiler that is also to be used for central heating , the best position will probably be in the kitchen on an outside wall . |
| 3 | BellSouth Corp 's BellSouth Telecommunications Inc filed a shelf registration with the Securities & Exchange Commission for up to $800m of debt securities , part of a $975m offering to be used for working capital , of which $175m was already registered . |
| 4 | Mark Ellis , 23 , of Burrell Road , Ipswich , denies four charges — causing the girl to become a prostitute , living off her earnings , permitting a flat to be used for unlawful sex and himself having sex with a girl under 16 . |
| 5 | Ellis , 23 , of Burrell Road , Ipswich , denies causing the girl to become a prostitute , living off her earnings , permitting a flat to be used for unlawful sex and having sex with a girl under 16 . |
| 6 | All these to be subject to strict confidentiality rules so that the information is to be used for electoral returning purposes only . |
| 7 | He also handed over a cheque for £500 to be used for technological development in the programme . |
| 8 | Is it really acceptable for knowledge to be used for any goal ? |
| 9 | It was an ordeal for Beth to be used for this night after night , but she comforted herself with the knowledge that he truly loved her and was always both gentle and considerate . |
| 10 | The buildings continued to be used for this purpose until the mid-1980s when an enterprising manager of a local farm realised that something could be done to salvage the structures for a more profitable use . |
| 11 | The owner of premises to be used for this purpose is required to obtain a ‘ disposal licence ’ under section 5(1) of that Act to either commence , or if disposal was already being carried out before the Act came into force , to continue operations . |
| 12 | An approved rod or other instrument had to be used for this purpose , and the punishment was not to be applied more than two hours after the offence . |
| 13 | ‘ It started to be used for this purpose two years ago . |
| 14 | Its most important role at the time , however , in common with other dual-purpose breeds , was in the production of first-class veal and yarded ‘ baby beef ’ ( slaughtered at less than 15 months old ) and it was the first breed to be used for this trade because of its early maturity . |
| 15 | The material that is to be used for this paper comes from a number of studies conducted from the Tavistock Institute , but also includes material from other sources . |
| 16 | The two existing verandahs were to be used for patient accommodation ‘ for which they were intended ’ and the number of patients in the present wards should be reduced by 17 ‘ to conform to standards of spacing ’ . |
| 17 | He says our feeling is very much that that 's the right idea , beacuse it enables the place to be used for quiet enjoyment at a time of the week when most people are free . |
| 18 | The usual loss in packing density is again of the order of 0.5 per cent to 1 per cent , but as with the high-level indexes , there will be a proportionately heavy overhead for small files if the software requires a complete cylinder to be used for independent overflow . |
| 19 | If sunlight were augmented by powerful lasers , the fuel cost would be much greater but the range of the craft , and their eventual velocity , would be sufficient to allow the technique to be used for interstellar travel . |
| 20 | An area to be used for open air range is still being sought in or around Edinburgh . |
| 21 | An area to be used for open air range is still being sought in or around Edinburgh . |
| 22 | The approach enables larger cannulae to be used for easier stone extraction , however , and avoids unnecessary trauma to the liver . |
| 23 | There are no general regulations in the UK governing the type of medium to be used for archival recording , although some regulations stipulate additional conditions for electronic records ; and certain authorities have the right to require that their approval is obtained before a company relies exclusively on electronic records , for example : |
| 24 | The defeatists felt that the power of the torturers was too great to try to combat ; the purists were too busy discussing semantics to take up the real problems ; the perfectionists thought that the data on human rights was too imprecise to be used for high quality research ; the paradigm thinkers believed that massive political and social changes would be necessary before torture could be stopped ; many other concerned persons were involved in other cases , such as environment , ecology , animal rights , etc . |
| 25 | Standing sex has had a bit of a bad press — mainly because it tends to be used for illicit love-making by young couples who have no bedroom to go to . |
| 26 | The banking reforms would end " pass through " coverage , which had allowed banks to raise large sums from institutional investors on a fully insured basis , and would eliminate brokered insured deposits , which had allowed brokers to deposit funds of up to $100,000 on behalf of wealthy clients in a variety of banks to be used for secured investment at no personal risk . |
| 27 | The variation between English-language speakers about what syllables , in effect what vowels , they treat as long or short , is so great that there can be no question of imposing on English verse a quantitative metre such as was used for ancient Latin ( doubtless with some strain for those who spoke classical Latin with dialectal variations as to quantity ) . |