Example sentences of "[is] use for the " in BNC.

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1 It 's no good my saying I know it 's used for the right purpose .
2 Moulded nylon is used for the free-floating trigger bar which can be used with one or two fingers , inside or out .
3 Acupuncture is used for the healing and relief of pain such as arthritis , muscle and ligament strains , and some forms of paralysis .
4 Fibre/resin composite is used for the skins , which confer most of the sandwich 's rigidity ; the core is merely a light but compressively stiff intermediary that keeps the two skins apart .
5 Tower mills are similar to smock mills in shape and working machinery , but brick or stone is used for the structure instead of wood .
6 The wok is used for the majority of Eastern cookery .
7 The garden is tackled single-handedly and she uses no new-fangled gadgets , except for an old trusty rotary mower which is used for the grass bank alongside the road .
8 He achieved notable if modest successes by contributing to the discovery of Patulin , which achieved a transient reputation for curing the common cold , and Griseofulvin , which was developed commercially and is used for the treatment of fungal infections of the skin .
9 The technical word phenotype is used for the bodily manifestation of a gene , the effect that a gene , in comparison with its alleles , has on the body , via development .
10 Moreover , 2.7 per cent of the deforested land is used for the cultivation , in small isolated tracts , of Cannabis sativa ( marijuana ) which is considerably lucrative although illegal .
11 The Town and Country Planning ( Use Classes ) Order 1972 is one such Order , specifying 18 use classes , and stating that where a building or other land is used for the purpose of any class specified in the schedule to the Order , the use thereof for any other purpose of the same class is deemed not to involve development .
12 For the compartments , black American walnut , highly polished , is used for the framing , while photo prints and mirrors in walnut frames are under the net racks .
13 The foreground is usually a relatively coarse aquatint and is printed in umber , a more delicate aquatint is used for the distance and sky and printed in prussian blue .
14 Finally there is a fifth meaning , which possibly has some evolutionary connection with the fourth meaning , and it is used for the instinctive affection of parents for the offspring .
15 Six amp three-core mains flex is used for the mains input which connects straight to the p.c.b .
16 Now it is used for the hearing of court cases only .
17 There are two common notes in this phrase : A , the 6th in C and the 3rd in F , is used for the first change ( bars 1 and 2 ) ; whilst E , the 3rd in C and maj7th in F , is used for the second ( bars 2 and 3 ) …
18 There are two common notes in this phrase : A , the 6th in C and the 3rd in F , is used for the first change ( bars 1 and 2 ) ; whilst E , the 3rd in C and maj7th in F , is used for the second ( bars 2 and 3 ) …
19 Fine grape alcohol from Portugal , France and some Eastern Block countries is used for the fortification .
20 While some types require a separate battery , most can be powered by the same battery that is used for the receiver and servos .
21 The oil is used for the factory 's own heating system with any surplus sent for refining .
22 In Class 4 , an ‘ extra-heavy ’ description is used for the heaviest and/or toughest carpets , which get a very high rating for pile weight , density , and appearance retention — this class is suitable for all areas of very heavy traffic and wear in the home .
23 A human touch was added to Nash 's report : ‘ I could heartily wish more respect were paid to the remains of this amiable though unfortunate Queen , and would willingly , with proper leave , have them wrapt in another sheet of lead and coffin , and decently interred in some proper place , that at least after her death her body might remain in peace ; whereas the Chapel where she now lies is used for the keeping of rabbits , which make holes and scratch very indecently about her Royal corpse . ’
24 The first half is used for the traditional binning of the wines selected for the house , and the second half for the storage of dry , tinned and bottled goods .
25 These cells respond most vigorously when a combination of wavelengths is used for the illumination , and the area of the stimulus is seen as strongly coloured by human observers .
26 Things like coloured navigation lights on wing tips or on the pitot head , which is used for the measurement of airspeed and altitude and is usually mounted near the nose of the aircraft , can be good tell-tales .
27 Bloch 's work ( 1975 ) on political language and oratory , as we saw above ( p. 41 ) , provides evidence of ways in which speech is formalised in non-literate and in literate societies alike and is used for the functions which Goody attributes to writing alone .
28 A similar scoring system is used for the anxiety component .
29 " alluph is used for the " chieftains " of Edom ( Genesis 36:15–43 ) ; probably for a commander of a military " thousand " ; and almost certainly for the professional , fully-armed soldier .
30 This type of computer is typified by the IBM 360 and 370 ranges , and a very similar architecture is used for the RCA Spectra 70 range and English-Electric ( later ICL ) System 4 range of computers .
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