Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] be used for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Therefore the logogen for cat is used for all the following tasks : |
| 2 | A small bag of zeolite was used for three days , every two weeks to keep ammonia in check . |
| 3 | Within the South West of England a wide distribution of second homes was found ; 10 per cent of the total building stock in the extreme north-west of Cornwall were used for this purpose but the figure was between 1 and 5 per cent in most districts ( South West Economic Planning Council 1975 ) . |
| 4 | the exhaust air is not used to cool the motor ; a separate stream of air is used for this . |
| 5 | This is an example of the sociological method of evaluation being used for summative evaluation of the products of an educational programme . |
| 6 | As for the evolutionary precursors of the system , both hydrogen peroxide and various kinds of quinones are used for other purposes in body chemistry . |
| 7 | Two sets of track were used for fitting parts above the solebar , wheeling wagons alternately . |
| 8 | A system of rotation was used for this crop , with coppices being taken from a different part of the wood each year . |
| 9 | A system of cross-references was used for this purpose , for example anthropophagy : see eucharist , altar , communion . |
| 10 | No , no compensation as such , there are opportunities occasionally for landowners to ask that er one of the houses might for example be used for one of their own workers er when that worker retires , that type of thing . |
| 11 | It has always been a fishing village and trawlers from here and from Machico are used for deep-sea and more distant fishing trips such as to the North African coast . |
| 12 | Masham can never supply the whole S&N estate so extra capacity in Newcastle is used for this purpose . |
| 13 | The same physiological selection criteria for operation were used for young and old patients alike . |
| 14 | It is the chief active ingredient in vinegar but the world 's consumption of about two and a half million tonnes per year is used for more than sprinkling on fish and chips . |