Example sentences of "[noun pl] are used for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Check lists are used for several purposes : an initial transcription of a language is usually not consistent . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 ) . |
| 4 | Annual reports and other donor information literature clearly state that blood donations are used for all patients in NHS and other hospitals . |
| 5 | Of course , price subsidies are used for many other purposes ; for example , in chapter 3 it was noted that they might be used to tackle the problem of an externality . |
| 6 | Some of the retirement relief concepts are used for this relief . |
| 7 | Norwegians are keen to train their dogs and Rottweilers are used for many purposes , from mountain rescue to drug detection . |
| 8 | Two arguments are used for this purpose . |
| 9 | Complex polyphosphates are used for this purpose such as sodium tripolyphosphate or tetrasodium pyrophosphate . |
| 10 | Different criteria are used for each table , but a common minimum market value of £100million is used to exclude the smallest companies where small changes can produce disporportionate results . |
| 11 | However , they sample the pupils in a more selective way , because not all pupils take the same kinds of public examinations , and different criteria are used for each kind . |
| 12 | This is an important point , since in many libraries selection is part of an integrated approach which also includes acquisition and cataloguing , and the national bibliography 's machine-readable records are used for all these functions ( although the actual selection process is usually based upon the print version ) . |
| 13 | Dublin 's brand of rock music merges at times with traditional music , and the studios are used for both styles . |