Example sentences of "[be] used for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A significant proportion of this sum will be used for clean-up operations required under the terms of the Antarctic Treaty signed in Madrid in 1991 . |
| 2 | Agreed out of court after lengthy judicial hearings , the settlement included ( i ) a US$100,000,000 criminal fine ( the highest levied against a polluter ) , set after Exxon pleaded guilty to charges of criminal misdemeanour ; and ( ii ) $900,000,000 in civil damages , to be administered by a board of Alaska state and US federal officials , to be used for cleanup operations along the Alaska shoreline over the next decade . |
| 3 | The medium in its various colours could be used for cloisonné work or painted thinly on metal surfaces . |
| 4 | But the Italian form has a better flavour , and is to be preferred to the British native , though that can still be used for cooking . |
| 5 | Instead of trying to produce a completed picture , the pastels would be used for colour notes , in a very loose , sketchy fashion . |
| 6 | Jacquard : The option that is used for designing patterns that are to be used for double-bed , two-colour work and very similar to the Fair Isle option . |
| 7 | The samples are likely to be used for DNA analysis , the so-called genetic fingerprint test |
| 8 | Techniques will vary according to whether the aid is to be used for distance work , but the following elements should be included in training a child to use a low vision aid . |
| 9 | Many schools have furniture which can be used for play outside and children will often supplement this with improvised ‘ furniture ’ from cardboard boxes , for instance . |
| 10 | There are various methods which can be used for computer files ( see box ‘ Getting quarts into pint pots ’ ) . |
| 11 | Prof Anderson said : ‘ We believe that initially about 90 per cent of sewage will be used for landfill and the rest for fertiliser , but these figures will be reversed as more farmers and forestry organisations make use of sludge . ’ |
| 12 | The purpose of making notes is primarily to set out , in a shortened but logical form , information that you have gathered from a variety of sources on a particular topic so that it can be used for revision purposes and as an aid to memory . |
| 13 | They spouted the need for hard line , no compromise , battle tactics and urged for the medium of roack/pop music to be used for propaganda purposes . |
| 14 | The juice from this residue , called the taille , is the poorest in terms of quality which may be used for Champagne . |
| 15 | The procedure assigns the weighting between the top and bottom halves , saves a set of measures to be used for reference and initialises the fields norm , max , min , subjMeas of the sub-records top , btm . |
| 16 | Clearly , if the demised property ceases to be used for trading , the landlord 's income will drop or possibly cease . |
| 17 | This was a country where only 3% of the land could be used for agriculture but where farmers received considerable financial assistance from the government to ensure that rural communities continued to be viable . |
| 18 | In Cornwall , some of the most intractable of wastes can be used for agriculture , for ornamental gardens and playing fields , or be converted to semi-natural habitat , as woodland or heath . |
| 19 | It is intended that the reclaimed land should be used for agriculture , as opposed to its present use as seasonal cattle ranching . |
| 20 | With the right accessories it can also be used for metal filing , wood and plastic rasping , and for brushing ! |
| 21 | The same technique can be used for foot in foot the bill and red in red hair , although perhaps marginally less convincingly . |
| 22 | Suggestions are presented for the symbols to be used for interlayer spacings , and thicknesses of intercalated layers etc . |
| 23 | Downlights can also be used for wall-washing . |
| 24 | The stock market also provides a price guide to the value of a company that can be used for transferral of ownership in the form of a takeover . |
| 25 | Dr Nakajima , accompanied on his tour by Dr Jo Asvall , head of WHO 's European regional office in Copenhagen , said that he had been asked several times if Yugoslav funds frozen in the US and other countries could not be used for purchase of medical supplies . |
| 26 | Such insulating GaAs can be used for gate isolation in metal-insulator-semiconductor fets and , because of its short minority-carrier lifetime , in high speed optoelectronic devices . |
| 27 | The 45 Warrior armoured fighting vehicles to be used for convoy protection by the Cheshires are due to arrive in Bosnia any day now . |
| 28 | We 're doing the oval shaped box , as well as little round ones which can be used for flower decorations , and boxes with handles . |
| 29 | Although it was developed as a waterproofer for floors and walls , Ruberoid Synthaprufe can also be used for damp-proofing , basement tanking , damp-protecting reinforced concrete beams , and roof maintenance . |
| 30 | Enter tape drive to be used for backup ( 580 or 581 ) : |