Example sentences of "[adv] used for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alright , not only do we have competing products on the farm , but we have joint products on the farm , in that if you rear sheep , sheep are not only used for the meat that they produce , but also the wheat the er , the wool that 's on , that 's on their backs . |
| 2 | In practice , information gained by interception is only used for the purpose of assisting police or Security Service investigations , and is not tendered as evidence in court . |
| 3 | Its essential circuitry is much used for the purpose of frequency selection in electronic equipment , for example , in controlling the output frequency of an electronic oscillator . |
| 4 | Although the development officers ’ budget was almost entirely used for the payment of support workers it could also be used for the purchase of goods ( for example a single bed for a client coming out of hospital ) but not for the purchase of other services . |
| 5 | This service is largely used for the development and operation of highly flexible management information systems rather than standard data processing work . |
| 6 | Obviously in many cases the car is a ‘ family car ’ and as long as it is generally used for the benefit of the disabled person it can be treated as any normal family car . |
| 7 | In Barat et Haimet the sexual innuendo of Barat approaching Marie 's bed in the dark , and successfully imitating her husband , Travers , is difficult to miss , and since we may know that bacon , the term generally used for the meat that is stolen and stolen back over and over again , can also be used of a girl 's thighs , there is a strong suggestion that the actions are really a sexual allegory : is it Marie that the three men are trying to appropriate ? |
| 8 | Yet the Japanese term normally used for the transfer , ishin , is more correctly translated as ‘ renovation , — a term which implies not retrospection but a sense of renewal and looking forward . |
| 9 | One patient was treated with a drug not normally used for the condition after it had successfully been tested on her blood . |
| 10 | Pocklington beck , which played a large part in the 13th and 14th centuries , though no longer used for the running of mills or for carrot washing , is a favourite place for youngsters who paddle in it or catch tiddlers . |
| 11 | Additionally , drugs widely used for the treatment of ulcerative colitis such as sulfasalazine and 5-ASA are known to be potent anti-reactive oxygen species agents . |
| 12 | SIR , — Surfactant treatment is now widely used for the treatment of hyaline membrane disease ( HMD ) in the preterm infant . |
| 13 | Although open tipped tubes and intraluminal strain gauges have been widely used for the measurement of contractile activity in the colon , it has been argued on theoretical grounds that they detect only lumen occluding contractions , and therefore underestimate the incidence of contractile activity . |
| 14 | ‘ It was all cooked together , Inspector , but that for the high table was placed there , ’ Auguste explained , pointing to a corner table , ‘ and the rest was carried into the other kitchen , which is usually used for the preparation of food and storage . |
| 15 | Walking north from Gargrave the Pennine Wayfarer follows a meandering path over a series of drumlins to Airton , where an old cotton mill was once used for the manufacture of Dettol . |
| 16 | Expert determination is also used for the adjustment of the rate at which a convertible redeemable preference share is to be converted into , typically , an ordinary share , following a capital reorganisation or rights issue of the ordinary shares in the company . |
| 17 | The term molality is also used for the composition of solutions ( see chapter 6 ) . |
| 18 | In animals , the term is also used for the technique of inactivating the nucleus of an egg and replacing it with the nucleus of a body cell . |
| 19 | It is also used for the teaching of study skills to S1 and S2 classes and as a resource base for many subjects . |
| 20 | The Spanish phrygian is also used for the tune 's main theme , as well as the solo section , which is played over the riff shown in fig 1 . |
| 21 | It is likely that it was originally for wool drying , although there is a local tradition that it was also used for the drying of teazles , imported from Somerset , hence its local name of the Teazel Tower . |
| 22 | The system , which is also used for the borrowing and lending of stock and for the pledging of stock as collateral for short-term loans , has proved popular and , by late-1991 , some 70% of all outstanding gilt-edged stock was held in accounts with the CGO . |
| 23 | As they lie smoothly on top of one another , they were also used for the principal retaining walk around the lawn . |
| 24 | The same methods were also used for the analysis of survival in patients treated with surgery , surgery plus chemotherapy , or chemotherapy alone . |
| 25 | In this country , lead pipe was traditionally used for the water system ( the word ‘ plumbing ’ derives from the Latin word for lead ) , but this has now largely been replaced by copper , and an increasing number of houses have a copper plumbing system . |
| 26 | Nevertheless , why this relaxation was either necessary or sufficient remains an unsolved problem , since the average consistency of the reference measurements , and usually even that of the plant measurements is better ( has a lower error ) than the level now used for the consistency checks ( 20% error ) . |
| 27 | It is now used for the baking business of A.C. Collet and Sons , and still continues to fulfil an important role in the local community . |
| 28 | Later the college became a school , and it is now used for the embryo of a university for the island . |
| 29 | Greasepaint was now used for the face . |
| 30 | There was , as at St Peters in Gloucester , often a mill in close proximity to the Abbey ( the precinctual mill ) , mainly used for the preparation of flour for the Order 's use . |