Example sentences of "[noun sg] used for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The term used for such restraint is Verkehrsberuhigung , literally meaning traffic-calming ( Figure 5.1 ) . |
| 2 | The technical term used for this cash limit is the external finance limit ( EFL ) , reflecting its rather different status . |
| 3 | ‘ Materials unaccounted for ’ is the specific term used for any kind of discrepancy between the book inventory and the actual inventory . ’ |
| 4 | This is a contagious infection caused by mites burrowing under the skin ( mange is a term used for any condition caused by mites which causes itching and results in a mammal losing its fur ) . |
| 5 | the accounting policy and , if different , the funding policy whether the pension cost and provision ( or asset ) are assessed in accordance with the advice of a professionally qualified actuary and , if so , the date of the most recent actuarial valuation or later formal review used for this purpose . |
| 6 | Here the idle-up facility will be used to set the model up for aerobatics and the normal throttle action used for general flying . |
| 7 | Large hall used for public meetings , with seating for around 150 people , and a small hall used for exhibition . |
| 8 | The aim of the project was to identify the types of marble used for specific functions and to associate unidentified fragments with known parts of the building . |
| 9 | Small , 3kW to 6kW , instantaneous electric water heaters , similar to the type used for electric showers , can be used over a sink or basin . |
| 10 | A technique used for revealing flaws in metal casings is often helpful in such cases . |
| 11 | One might say that the ‘ candid camera ’ technique used for some television programmes , where people have tricks played on them for the benefit of the viewers , is rather in this mode of observation , though it is to be hoped that social researchers would not encourage people to make fools of themselves in the way television producers do . |
| 12 | Harding ( 1986 ) argues that since scientific knowledge ( the epistemological paradigm ) is in any case used for social ends , social aims should determine the formulation of scientific or epistemological problems . |
| 13 | The new policy , introduced on 1 October 1992 , zero-rates fresh fish used as bait which is of a kind used for human consumption , and is fit for human consumption when it is supplied . |
| 14 | The booklet deals with lithium , the drug used for manic depression . |
| 15 | Second , heroin was the first drug used for recreational purposes by 20 per cent of the snowball sample compared with only 8 per cent of known users . |
| 16 | Thus in RW Green Ltd v Cade Bros Farms [ 1978 ] 1 Lloyd 's Rep 602 , a clause in a contract used for many years , with the approval of bodies representing both sides , was held to be reasonable . |
| 17 | This described a form of handwriting used for everyday purposes . |
| 18 | The peg rail used for hanging mugs is a typical Shaker- style feature |
| 19 | A diagram of a typical laboratory apparatus used for fractional distillation is shown in figure 6.16 . |
| 20 | It was the main fuel used for large-scale cooking and faggots were brought into the city every day . |
| 21 | The heterogeneity of proliferative patterns found within the high risk population used for this study is not surprising . |
| 22 | Life at Lille was easy and completely noneventful ; it was only a recruiting post used for clearing volunteers before they were despatched on to Paris . |
| 23 | Siemens has licensed SoftBench as it is incorporated in the Toolbus environment from Informix ; Encapsulator , a tool for adding software products to the SoftBench and Toolbus environment for integration of tools supplied by independent software vendors or users ; and the C++ Developer software construction and browsing tool used for object-oriented programming in C++ . |
| 24 | Safe grips can be used and the appropriate sized roller used for each length of hair ; dolls or wigs may be used for this . |
| 25 | They repeat stories of how the Tower was built on a place used for ancient sacrifice . |
| 26 | The table shows the unusually large share of social product used for national defence and administration . |
| 27 | The US company Du Pont acknowledged the same day that it had exported to Iraq a special lubricant used for nuclear weapons but stressed that permission to do so had been granted by the US government in 1989 . |
| 28 | Then I was usually left alone in a room used for special occasions . |
| 29 | Groses service to Wolverton Works continued until Ted Smith in 1927 bought a lorry used for general haulage during the day , and in the mornings and evenings placed forms within it for Wolverton Works men . |
| 30 | The meat used for Danish salami is pre-salted ( saltpetre is included ) which explains its very vivid pink colouring and its salty flavour . |