Example sentences of "used [prep] the [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was built er It has to be It had to be very well built and firm , because then , when it was used for the cow for the er sheep , usually , that best hay was left for the sheep . |
| 2 | The internal courier system was used for the return of questionnaires which , although anonymous , were coded by subdivision ( the key to the code known only by the author ) so reminders and thank you letters could be sent . |
| 3 | Private money is to be used for the funding of all the projects and considerable effort is to be placed on greater fund-raising and promotion over the period . |
| 4 | Experiments with ‘ hard ’ radiation such as gamma irradiation have been conducted and this method is occasionally used for the packaging of some high risk foods . |
| 5 | These details are often called ‘ classificatory data ’ since they are frequently used for the classification of other questions . |
| 6 | The criteria used for the selection of suitable shares are as follows : |
| 7 | On 10 November 1921 , a new agreement was drawn up between the Company and Croydon Corporation for maintenance of track within the Borough and to permit the construction of a curve at the top of Tamworth Road , only to be used for the transfer of cars . |
| 8 | Wherever voters have indicated a further preference , transfers will be made in accordance with the same formula as is used for the transfer of a primary surplus : the surplus is divided by the number of transferable votes , multiplied by the number of papers in each continuing candidate 's sub.parcel . |
| 9 | A PAGEANT WAGON USED FOR THE STAGING OF THE YORK MYSTERY PLAYS ( Page 73 ) |
| 10 | SHORTLY after the Russians invaded , the famous Barrandov Studios , in which so many world-class directors had worked , were to be used for the making of a film called Factory Of Illusions , in which a young and idealistic graduate of the Film Academy arrives to find well-known film-makers of the New Wave drinking and whoring instead of making films , and almost succumbs to counter-revolution himself . |
| 11 | The house was used for the making of cloth until well into the seventeenth century . |
| 12 | US Secretary of State James Baker and Israel 's ambassador to the USA Zalman Shoval met for a third round of talks in Washington on Feb. 21 but failed to arrange a compromise agreement on the terms of Israel 's request for loan guarantees worth US$10,000 million to be used for the absorption of new Jewish immigrants . |
| 13 | Previously , the emperor had received the sword from God ; now he received it , after it had rested ( like the pallium used for the investiture of archbishops ) on the body of St Peter , from the hands of the pope ( " however unworthy " , as Innocent said ) , not from God but from his vicar . |
| 14 | The term molality is also used for the composition of solutions ( see chapter 6 ) . |
| 15 | The Hall is regularly used for the instruction of music students and for concerts . |
| 16 | The scheme is designed for the younger ( less than 36 years old ) organic chemist , the funds to be used for the purchase of equipment , books and consumables , technical assistance , professional travel or any other activity directly related to the research being undertaken . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Letter of thanks from Mrs Cunning of the music department of Currie High School expressing her thanks for the cheque for £10 sent to be used for the purchase of music . |
| 19 | The money was used for the purchase by the secretary of state of buildings of outstanding architectural or historic interest , together with their contents . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | This process of control is called civilisation , and to fit into the theory of the Created God , is reduced to a series of events which are designated good , evil and neutral , only the good being used for the substance of the Created God . |
| 22 | These two faculties , randomly chosen , would then be used for the sample with perhaps all the students , or a high proportion of them , being the sample . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | ‘ 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 . |
| 25 | Data and information gained from empirical observation and experience are necessary for explanations which can then be used for the building-up of theory . |
| 26 | Also held in the Main Database are a number of other tables used for the management of the text and for reporting . |
| 27 | It is pointed out that whilst derivative instruments can be used for the management of investment risk , some investments are unsuitable for many investors . |
| 28 | Haselkorn has argued that the USSR has also established aerial staging networks which were used for the airlift of arms to Angola and Ethiopia in the 1970s and which are of paramount importance for Soviet access strategy in the Third World . |
| 29 | He achieved notable if modest successes by contributing to the discovery of Patulin , which achieved a transient reputation for curing the common cold , and Griseofulvin , which was developed commercially and is used for the treatment of fungal infections of the skin . |
| 30 | Contact with oil or oily machinery can lead to pimples , while certain drugs used for the treatment of disease may cause acne as a side effect . |