Example sentences of "[be] used for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So in December 1177 in exchange for 15,000 livres angevines ( roughly £4000 ) and forty pack animals — clearly intended to be used for the long pilgrimage to Jerusalem — Henry acquired the whole county of La Marche . |
| 2 | The number of flowers that can be used for the golden theme is quite large : you could choose something very simple , such as a small spray of yellow roses with a few of their own leaves and buds , or something more complicated , such as a mixture of yellow roses , mimosa , potentillas and narcissi , with a few primroses and primulas to give extra detail . |
| 3 | Network Systems Corp , Minneapolis has announced it is supplying its 6000 Series multiprotocol bridge-routers to New Jersey Bell Telephone Co : they will be used for the Metropolitan Area Network being installed for the US Army at Fort Monmouth , New Jersey ; the order comprises an initial 21 Model 6614 and 6617 routers ( with another 12 planned for future installation ) , to be installed as part of a FDDI-based fibre optic backbone ; value of the order was not released . |
| 4 | The same structure will be used for the 1992 conference but the conference group will incorporate the suggestions made in Alison Rose 's evaluation paper into the planning process . |
| 5 | It was appropriate that , given India had no indigenous language accessible to all Indians , English should be used for the solemn and archaic style of this speech . |
| 6 | Elsewhere in Britain a new type of museum developed in America to view the wrecks of sunken ships in situ may be used for the 30,000 ton ‘ Lusitania ’ torpedoed off the Irish coast by a German U-boat in 1915 with the loss of 1,198 lives . |
| 7 | Genuine honours for political services ought to go to Robert Atkins , the Tory MP with whom Major hatched his leadership strategy during a barge holiday in 1986 ; Alan Duncan , who let his Westminster house be used for the Major leadership campaign ; Sarah Hogg , head of the Downing Street policy unit , who thought up the Citizen 's Charter ; Bernard Perkins , leader of the Conservative group on Lambeth Council in 1968 , who gave Major the vice chairmanship of the housing committee , Jean Lucas , formerly Tory agent in south London , and one of Major 's early political mentors — and last , but not least , Barbara Laguerre , who deprived Major of a job as a bus conductor , by getting it herself . |
| 8 | The Institute of Investment Management and Research ( IIMR , formerly the Society of Investment Analysts ) has set up a sub-committee under my chairmanship to decide on the calculation of an earnings figure which can be used for the per-share calculation and for price/earnings ratios . |
| 9 | Hydrogel contact lenses , for example , can be used for the controlled release of antibiotics to patients waiting for cataract surgery . |
| 10 | A combination of blending and source replacement will be used for the other 15 locations . ’ |
| 11 | Bonaventure of the St John of God Hospitallers , welcomed everyone on arrival at the centre which was to be used for the first time . |
| 12 | Variable speed allowed the most aggressive setting — 7 on the control dial — to be used for the first stages , and a gentler 3 or 4 cleaned up the veneer surface . |
| 13 | ‘ Ideally , the first two rinses should be with the circulation water , then 0.5–1 litres of clean water can be used for the final rinse . ’ |
| 14 | Compression or union capillary fittings should be used for the final connections to the cylinder so that it can be easily removed for maintenance . |
| 15 | A Court Scheme can be used for the following purposes . |
| 16 | However , it may be used for the following reasons : ( 1 ) The smaller company is highly active and acquisitive with motivated management and is seeking to acquire a larger but moribund target company . |
| 17 | Standard bobbins can not be used for E cores , since all three legs have to be used for the isolated topology . |
| 18 | The latter has been the chosen course , with the Federal government establishing welfare programmes , and guidelines for their operation , whereby part ( if not all ) of the costs of programme implementation are met from Federal money , and allocated to the State governments to be used for the defined purposes . |
| 19 | He was worried about the enormous expense involved , and he asked whether St James 's Palace , now empty , could not be used for the Foreign Office . |
| 20 | There was nothing against my packing a bag and loading the wheelbarrow on the Land Rover so that it could be used for the longer , more difficult sections . |
| 21 | Linomat C , from Camag , can be used for the direct on-line coupling of LC/TLC . |
| 22 | Even the garden , which can be used for the conspicuous display of flowers and shrubs rather than the more utilitarian purpose of growing food , may become part of this . |
| 23 | The Canal Bus Pass included in all Amsterdam Travel Service holidays can be used for the full duration of this special cruise or combined with a full day of visits to other places of interest . |
| 24 | Days when you are out all day can then be used for the simplest pieces . |
| 25 | For Althusser 's claims are by no means easy to understand , and one reason for this is the fact that they are all exceedingly general , so that it is often unclear how they are to be used for the vital task of explaining particular states of affairs . |
| 26 | On Aug. 2 agreement was reached by representatives of the governments of East and West Germany on the electoral system to be used for the all-German election . |
| 27 | There were even suggestions that the atoll — an unincorporated territory of the USA , controlled since 1934 by the US military — might eventually be used for the reciprocal destruction of Soviet chemical weapons . |
| 28 | Many more cards than usual had to be used for the intricate border work with those not in use stacked ready beside the loom . |
| 29 | At the other , encoders wishing to ensure that their texts can be used for the widest range of applications , will want provide a level of detailed documentation approximating to the kind most often supplied in the form of a manual . |
| 30 | The correct materials must be used for the underlying transducer element ( Fig. 2 ) , depending on the specific use of the biosensor . |