Example sentences of "used [adv] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their bows and spears , used only for hunting and duels of honour , were useless against the armour of the Chaos warriors and the brazen hides of daemons . |
| 2 | Collection of samples must be in perfectly clean glass or plastics bottles , used only for water analysis , and precautions taken to prevent contamination in handling . |
| 3 | After much negotiation , the Welsh Wool Marketing Board agreed to a special arrangement whereby the Cambrian Mill could make up the Ashley 's own wool into cloth as long as this was not sold , but used only for demonstration models and pattern samples . |
| 4 | Exotic animals would probably have been rarities in the British arenae and even then used only for exhibition , as they would presumably have been too expensive to have suffered damage . |
| 5 | If you do not have the luxury of a dining room used just for dining — and most of us do not , the trick is to make your dining table look as if it is not a dining table most of the time . |
| 6 | There is also a Segregation Unit , used both for punishment and to isolate men for their own protection or for other reasons ; a hospital unit , and a hostel from which eleven men can work in the town during the day , returning to the prison each night . |
| 7 | Above the south side of the Honister Pass between Borrowdale and Buttermere are the disused Honister slate quarries , formerly one of the chief sources of Westmorland slate , used extensively for building and roofing . |
| 8 | Under his control , each mill became a specialist centre for separate parts of the cloth manufacturing process , Millend used mainly for fulling , bleaching and drying . |
| 9 | Thus if a defective toaster catches fire damaging the house and contents , one adds up the value of the damage done ( but not including either the toaster itself or any property used mainly for business purposes , e.g. a word processor ) . |
| 10 | Two types began to emerge : a large ponderous type , used in a draft capacity , for instance , for pulling the butchers ' carts full of meat ; secondly , a smaller , more agile type , used mainly for herding . |
| 11 | It may not sound a very high-tech process , but it is still the one used today for sheet of the very highest quality . |
| 12 | These are independent machines used exclusively for text-processing . |