Example sentences of "be used for the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The alcoves on either side are used for the hanging space , and the reduced space in front of the chimneybreast for shelving , either exposed or concealed behind the wardrobe doors . |
| 2 | PURPOSE GROWN TIMBERS from North America , Scandinavia and Italy are used for the wooden kitchen ranges |
| 3 | If the three colours are used for the whole fabric , the length of floats and buildup of these on the wrong side of the work can be a problem . |
| 4 | At Dingleton Hospital in the borders a community model based on teams for home visiting and treatment has been used for the scattered population of 100 000 since the 1960s when Dr Maxwell Jones extended from the hospital his ideas about therapeutic communities . |
| 5 | Each of these derived vectors ( pAcAB3 , pAcAB4 ) have been used for the simultaneous expression of three or four bluetongue virus ( BTV ) genes respectively . |
| 6 | Nevertheless , perhaps because of the procedural problems outlined above , Article 100A(4) appears to have been used for the first time only in 1992 , in relation to German legislation banning the use of PCP ( pentachlorophenol ) despite the fears expressed at the time the Single European Act was signed that it would destroy the Court 's achievements in this sphere . |
| 7 | Evidence collected by a new computer-controlled water monitoring and sampling device developed by the National Rivers Authority ( NRA ) has been used for the first time to prosecute a company for polluting a waterway . |
| 8 | Where employees are concerned , a minimum of 2,000 has been used for the same reason . |
| 9 | This site has been used for the past couple of years without any problems . |
| 10 | NORPLANT gives cover against getting pregnant for up to five years and has been used for the past decade abroad . |
| 11 | So in December 1177 in exchange for 15,000 livres angevines ( roughly £4000 ) and forty pack animals — clearly intended to be used for the long pilgrimage to Jerusalem — Henry acquired the whole county of La Marche . |
| 12 | The number of flowers that can be used for the golden theme is quite large : you could choose something very simple , such as a small spray of yellow roses with a few of their own leaves and buds , or something more complicated , such as a mixture of yellow roses , mimosa , potentillas and narcissi , with a few primroses and primulas to give extra detail . |
| 13 | Network Systems Corp , Minneapolis has announced it is supplying its 6000 Series multiprotocol bridge-routers to New Jersey Bell Telephone Co : they will be used for the Metropolitan Area Network being installed for the US Army at Fort Monmouth , New Jersey ; the order comprises an initial 21 Model 6614 and 6617 routers ( with another 12 planned for future installation ) , to be installed as part of a FDDI-based fibre optic backbone ; value of the order was not released . |
| 14 | The same structure will be used for the 1992 conference but the conference group will incorporate the suggestions made in Alison Rose 's evaluation paper into the planning process . |
| 15 | Elsewhere in Britain a new type of museum developed in America to view the wrecks of sunken ships in situ may be used for the 30,000 ton ‘ Lusitania ’ torpedoed off the Irish coast by a German U-boat in 1915 with the loss of 1,198 lives . |
| 16 | Genuine honours for political services ought to go to Robert Atkins , the Tory MP with whom Major hatched his leadership strategy during a barge holiday in 1986 ; Alan Duncan , who let his Westminster house be used for the Major leadership campaign ; Sarah Hogg , head of the Downing Street policy unit , who thought up the Citizen 's Charter ; Bernard Perkins , leader of the Conservative group on Lambeth Council in 1968 , who gave Major the vice chairmanship of the housing committee , Jean Lucas , formerly Tory agent in south London , and one of Major 's early political mentors — and last , but not least , Barbara Laguerre , who deprived Major of a job as a bus conductor , by getting it herself . |
| 17 | The Institute of Investment Management and Research ( IIMR , formerly the Society of Investment Analysts ) has set up a sub-committee under my chairmanship to decide on the calculation of an earnings figure which can be used for the per-share calculation and for price/earnings ratios . |
| 18 | Hydrogel contact lenses , for example , can be used for the controlled release of antibiotics to patients waiting for cataract surgery . |
| 19 | Bonaventure of the St John of God Hospitallers , welcomed everyone on arrival at the centre which was to be used for the first time . |
| 20 | ‘ Ideally , the first two rinses should be with the circulation water , then 0.5–1 litres of clean water can be used for the final rinse . ’ |
| 21 | Standard bobbins can not be used for E cores , since all three legs have to be used for the isolated topology . |
| 22 | He was worried about the enormous expense involved , and he asked whether St James 's Palace , now empty , could not be used for the Foreign Office . |
| 23 | Even the garden , which can be used for the conspicuous display of flowers and shrubs rather than the more utilitarian purpose of growing food , may become part of this . |
| 24 | The Canal Bus Pass included in all Amsterdam Travel Service holidays can be used for the full duration of this special cruise or combined with a full day of visits to other places of interest . |
| 25 | For Althusser 's claims are by no means easy to understand , and one reason for this is the fact that they are all exceedingly general , so that it is often unclear how they are to be used for the vital task of explaining particular states of affairs . |
| 26 | On Aug. 2 agreement was reached by representatives of the governments of East and West Germany on the electoral system to be used for the all-German election . |
| 27 | There were even suggestions that the atoll — an unincorporated territory of the USA , controlled since 1934 by the US military — might eventually be used for the reciprocal destruction of Soviet chemical weapons . |
| 28 | Many more cards than usual had to be used for the intricate border work with those not in use stacked ready beside the loom . |
| 29 | At the other , encoders wishing to ensure that their texts can be used for the widest range of applications , will want provide a level of detailed documentation approximating to the kind most often supplied in the form of a manual . |
| 30 | The correct materials must be used for the underlying transducer element ( Fig. 2 ) , depending on the specific use of the biosensor . |