Example sentences of "be used for [v-ing] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The clearing banks keep operational balances at the Bank which are used for settling the final position at the end of the day between the Bank and the banking system , and their drawing down of money from the discount houses will be designed to keep these balances at a " target " level considered appropriate given the uncertainty of the daily cash flows to the Bank . |
| 2 | Years ago we stored water in a big cream pot but that came to grief during a hard frost and we had to resort on one occasion to a possing tub — that is a fluted tub made from galvanized metal which was common to most households before washing machines — which , of course , had to be used for soaking the dirty clothes on washing day . |
| 3 | Most simply replace the existing rocker switch , but can not be used for controlling the fluorescent lighting . |
| 4 | The surface of the tablet can be programmed to act as a menu that selects standard options from the program so that the keyboard need only be used for selecting the main functions . |
| 5 | Instead the contributions can only be used for boosting the actual pension itself . |
| 6 | There should be evidence of the selected strategies being used properly eg if an analytical approach is being used for finding the minimum surface area of a container , while investigating containers , it would be expected that the steps of the process were correct . |
| 7 | A note for teetotallers : I have several times eaten another modern version of this dish in which black coffee rather than wine is used for flavouring the dried fruit . |
| 8 | The hammock , which was slung from a long pole carried on the shoulders of two men , was used for transporting the sick and infirm across rough country terrain and , in and around Funchal , for the rich and for the tourists who were carried through the dirty , and sometimes muddy , streets . |
| 9 | The most distant neighbour version ( barr ) was used for ordering the YAC library . |
| 10 | Wheeler was used for filming the massed destruction of the American P–40s . |
| 11 | It is often found near old mills where the extract was used for washing the woollen cloth produced there . |