Example sentences of "[be] used for some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do n't be discouraged by this , as it is a good sign that you have stretched muscles that have not been used for some time . |
| 2 | This has n't been used for some time so it 's a bit so I 'm just going to wipe it out so there are no particles or foreign bodies in there . |
| 3 | Bound , hard cover books , laboratory notebooks have been used for some time and have a strong pedigree . |
| 4 | IMPACT Moling : These machines have been used for some years to lay services and pipes up to 125mm in diameter . |
| 5 | In the part in which she was standing was a small table and two chairs and an iron contraption that looked as if it might be used for some form of heating . |
| 6 | BLAISE-LINE is now just one of a number of bibliographical databases available , and it is likely that this medium will increasingly be used for some aspects of stock revision , as librarians become more familiar with its potential . |
| 7 | An anechoically lined chamber must be used for some immunity testing as well as being useful for general emissions and immunity testing . |
| 8 | What had influenced Hollywood , thought Moley , was the ample evidence that ‘ the generality of the public takes its movies seriously and is adversely responsive to any effort which offers the least suspicion that they are being used for some purpose other than entertainment ’ and that in particular ‘ nothing hurts a picture 's chance of success more than the whisper that it contains propaganda ’ . |
| 9 | Where the process is used for some purpose other than that for which it is intended , the distinction between an error of judgment and an abuse of process may be rather fine . |