Example sentences of "be used for [adj] things " in BNC.
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| 1 | There had been a shop in Street I which is still there but it 's been used for other things now . |
| 2 | Because production speed is important but flexibility more so ( the system has to be used for other things as well ) we adopted Aldus PageMaker as our standard layout package , we run it on both Macintosh and PC systems , and Word Perfect as our word processor . |
| 3 | Once trained , they could be used for other things too . |
| 4 | I suspect what the conclusion wants to imply is that there is something in the philosophy of science which says that science should be used for good things and that war is not one of these . |
| 5 | These can be on the scale of several tens of kilotonnes — for example , the C4 and C5 steams which can be used for such things as petrol additives . |
| 6 | ‘ Even a mature product such as ‘ Diakon ’ offers scope for exciting new developments to extend its range of applications , ’ he says , ‘ We have recently introduced impact modified grades with improved toughness and craze resistance , which are being used for such things as food mixer bowls , blood filters and tooth-brush handles , and a research programme we are engaged in has produced acrylics with very much higher softening points — likely candidates for automotive head lamp lenses and other lighting applications . ’ |