Example sentences of "the [noun] [be] use for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Wye is used for a whole range of activities including people who just want to walk the banks or go for picnics . |
| 2 | In the hamlets and villages the galleries were used for many purposes . |
| 3 | The technique is used for three main reasons . |
| 4 | At first , the technique was used for relatively simple objects , such as pendants and heads , but later it was applied to vases , statuettes and plaques . |
| 5 | The proposals suggested yesterday by the Leader of the Opposition were clearly to ensure that British farmers reduced their already low incomes and that the money be used for development — rural and urban — in the southern parts of the European Community . |
| 6 | The clinics will have to make up the difference with funds from the Länder , thereby ensuring that the money is used for its intended purpose . |
| 7 | The money was used for the purchase by the secretary of state of buildings of outstanding architectural or historic interest , together with their contents . |
| 8 | ‘ What is the money being used for ? ’ the Under-Secretary asked . |
| 9 | The last record of the bark being used for rope-making was in the First World War , when the German army used lime bark ropes to tow their guns . |
| 10 | Military analysts reported , however , that only 28 per cent of the budget was used for equipment purposes , the remainder being spent on salaries , the maintenance of US bases and the service support infrastructure . |
| 11 | I still thought it meant the truck was used for hunting but I asked the labs to check her clothing just in case . |
| 12 | But er , frequently the animals are used for the research and there 's no pain involved at that time and they are killed humanly before the research actually takes place . |
| 13 | Signs of butchering , indicating that the animals were used for food , evidence of diseases , and other distinguishing features are also noted and quantified . |
| 14 | It is often found near old mills where the extract was used for washing the woollen cloth produced there . |
| 15 | Below them , on the far side , and the various storage compartments , sliding desk , etc. described in the text ; on the near side is the hatch covering the box extension into which the legs could be stretched when the carriage was used for sleeping . |
| 16 | Dr Richard Evershed and his colleagues there have applied gas chromatography , combined with mass spectrometry to identify food residues in ancient pots , to determine what the vessels were used for and therefore what early societies ate and drank . |
| 17 | The entrance is used for loading and unloading wagons and vans and next to that is the part in which oil , paint and varnish are stored . |
| 18 | Police , who kept the crowd away from the entrance being used for the day-long meeting run by the James Connolly Association , said the demonstration passed peacefully . |
| 19 | The key point is that if the knives are used for one purpose and do not fall into the category of domestic cutlery there is a case for a ban . |
| 20 | Thomas Loy , of the Australian National University , Canberra , revealed the results of his microscopic and biochemical analyses of blood residues on stone implements which sought to find out what the implements were used for . |
| 21 | What can the car be used for ? |
| 22 | The result is used for the design of a.c. generators so it must be all right . |
| 23 | Eventually the script was used for Marty Feldman 's own show later on . |
| 24 | It has also been suggested that the mill was used for tanning . |
| 25 | The mill was used for grinding corn until the seventeenth century . |
| 26 | This means that you are entitled to due attribution where the work is used for some commercial product , display or other purpose and that basically you have the right to object to modification , distortion or any form of derogatory promotion of your work , unless of course you have sanctioned it ! |
| 27 | Actual battery life will vary quite a lot according to what the machine is used for . |
| 28 | In order to explore this more fully , we focus on a tax on capital at rate t assuming initially that the proceeds are used for current government expenditure . |
| 29 | In 1985 , France introduced a levy on all 400 combustion plants larger than 50 MW with the proceeds being used for investment subsidies to reduce emissions in the plants concerned or to develop new pollution control technologies . |
| 30 | Evidence of insufficient cover might include someone other than the insured person driving the vehicle ; the vehicle being used for the purpose other than agreed , e.g. for business purposes ; or the present vehicle not being entered on the firm 's records ( this being difficult to detect in these days of not generally showing a registered number on a certificate ) . |