Example sentences of "[prep] being used for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Referring to their work observing a house which was suspected of being used for prostitution , the policemen remarked that it was ‘ a wee tuppence ha'penny job ’ . |
| 2 | Eighth , do n't expect to get any sort of sensible answers from a company who sells computers which happen to be capable of being used for desktop publishing . |
| 3 | At the core of the treaty was a detailed procedure for " challenge inspections " , under which at 108 hours ' notice international inspectors could investigate sites suspected of being used for making or storing chemical weapons . |
| 4 | Dishwashing etc. machines : Despite being used for a variety of functions , including cleaning crockery , bottles , trays , crates and numerous other items , these machines all operate on the same general principle . |
| 5 | The Association feared that if floodlighting caught on , clubs would be drawn into spending too much money , and it banned the new lights at Highbury from being used for official matches . |
| 6 | The international safeguards which apparently prevent civil nuclear material from being used for arms fuelling can be side stepped by nuclear powers like the UK ‘ for national security reasons ’ Priddle admitted . |
| 7 | In his veto message to Congress Bush reiterated his opposition to abortion and stated that the veto was " important in order to prevent taxpayer funds from being used for research that many Americans find morally repugnant " , but also because of the bill 's " potential for promoting and legitimatizing abortion " . |
| 8 | OMIT which prevents the volume from being used for formatting . |
| 9 | We often refer to the output as ‘ disposable typesetting ’ , it 's ideal for things with a short shelf life like magazines but not really up to being used for presentation material such as a company report . |