Example sentences of "[noun] be used for [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Where goat milk or milk products are used for human consumption , milk-withholding periods for different drugs should be observed .
2 Check lists are used for several purposes : an initial transcription of a language is usually not consistent .
3 In some traditions worship songs are used for some five or ten minutes before a service to prepare people for worship , often followed by silence .
4 Coyote and fox scat concentrations are used for this purpose , and it is quite common to find mustelid scats from weasels or martens deposited along walls or roads which mark the edge of individual ranges ( Lockie , 1966 ; MacDonald , 1979 ) .
5 The key point is that if the knives are used for one purpose and do not fall into the category of domestic cutlery there is a case for a ban .
6 For the coarser particles sieve screens are formed of plates or strong wire of stainless steel or brass , and finer wire meshes are used for smaller particles .
7 Standards and performance data are used for different purposes in various information and control systems .
8 The following solutions were used for endoscopic injection : for the epinephrine group , we injected 0.5–1.0 ml of 1:10000 epinephrine at 2–3 mm around the bleeder with a maximum volume of 15 ml ; for the epinephrine plus pure alcohol group , we injected the same volume of 1:10000 epinephrine followed by 0.3–0.5 ml of alcohol ( 99.8% ) around the bleeder with maximal volume of 3 ml .
9 The same sequences were used for each task and video-tapes were made of each sequence .
10 And since only about 3% of water is drunk , while a great deal is used for cruder purposes , much of the industry 's investment will be flushed down the drain .
11 This stitch is used for super Brownie 's face .
12 The ‘ social housing ’ ( this term is used for all public and quasi-public rented housing , including the stock of local authorities , housing associations and development corporations ) areas of Cramlington display clear signs of ‘ outer-estate ’ status .
13 Because much management data is used for descriptive purposes , showing present or past situations , rather than trying to make predictions , it is worth becoming adept at presenting statistical material in simple visual ways that others can readily understand .
14 Operational data is used for day-to-day control of the business ( for example , for the collection of customer payments ) and is usually recorded but rarely preserved .
15 Masonry was used for important , ecclesiastical work , especially in the south and some of this work is extant .
16 A continuous 6/0 silk suture was used for intestinal anastomoses .
17 The tiled side was used for hanging joints of meat .
18 Student 's t test for paired data was used for statistical analyses .
19 As we have seen , the operational balances are used for clearing purposes between the banks and to provide them with a source of liquidity .
20 Progressively older embryos require a higher oxygen tension in the medium and , therefore , different gas mixtures are used for different stages of embryo .
21 Ecological and forestry studies are conducted on sites throughout Scotland while local forest areas are used for detailed experimental work .
22 Annual reports and other donor information literature clearly state that blood donations are used for all patients in NHS and other hospitals .
23 Pre-packed , sterile Falcon ( Becton Dickinson & Co ) plastic Petri dishes , tubes and pipettes are used for conventional culture .
24 In order to explore this more fully , we focus on a tax on capital at rate t assuming initially that the proceeds are used for current government expenditure .
25 A mixture of clay and graphite are used for these pencils which produces an extremely soft dense black mark which can be blended further with water .
26 The outcomes of these analyses are used for lexical access .
27 The Mann-Whitney U rank sum test and Spearman rank correlation test were used for statistical evaluation .
28 The neighbourhood associations were used for administrative functions , but members were also encouraged to spy and report on fellow members to minimize disloyalty and unpatriotic behaviour , encouraging an atmosphere of mutual suspicion .
29 Woodcuts were used for cheap publications , like the chapbooks sold by chapmen or pedlars ; but these had crude illustrations .
30 This means that you are entitled to due attribution where the work is used for some commercial product , display or other purpose and that basically you have the right to object to modification , distortion or any form of derogatory promotion of your work , unless of course you have sanctioned it !
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