Example sentences of "[adv] used [to-vb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Marshall 's fair used to come for the feast weekend and , in 1914 , he again contributed to the effort by offering to play sacred music on his fairground organ after the Sunday church services , with a collection for the hospital funds . |
| 2 | The cost method is generally used to account for interests of less than 20% . |
| 3 | Could he use his influence with the Secretary of State for Defence to persuade him to hand over the Ministry of Defence buildings so that the money that the Scottish Office has allocated is not used to pay for them ? |
| 4 | Similarly , residential care has been preferred at some times more than others , so until the eighteenth century in the Netherlands and Flanders the foster family was seen as the best place for orphans , foundlings , and abandoned children and has long been extensively used to care for needy children in Scotland ( Packman , 1975 ; Pinchbeck and Hewitt , 1973 ; Pyck et al . , |
| 5 | It is also often used to pay for the preliminary work involved in making applications for civil and criminal legal aid . |
| 6 | Patents do , however , have some value in securing royalty income , and they are often used to trade for access to other technologies developed by other firms . |
| 7 | The group obtains film and photographic evidence of problem areas that is then used to press for changes in legislation . |