Example sentences of "used for [v-ing] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The most distant neighbour version ( barr ) was used for ordering the YAC library . |
| 2 | Years ago we stored water in a big cream pot but that came to grief during a hard frost and we had to resort on one occasion to a possing tub — that is a fluted tub made from galvanized metal which was common to most households before washing machines — which , of course , had to be used for soaking the dirty clothes on washing day . |
| 3 | Most simply replace the existing rocker switch , but can not be used for controlling the fluorescent lighting . |
| 4 | The Unimog used for inspecting the overhead wire , can travel on road or rails . |
| 5 | In 1948 local authorities had a variety of old premises used for accommodating the elderly , mostly old public assistance institutions . |
| 6 | There are 15 roads , 12 of which are reserved for painting , while Nos. 1 , 2 and 3 are provided with pits and used for over-hauling the electric light equipment of the coaches ' and ‘ 46 , known as ‘ No. 1 Paint Shop Extension ’ , in which there are 15 lines . |
| 7 | In this type of construction there was one essential factor on which everything was dependent and that was the designing and accurate manufacture of the jigs , used for positioning the various parts to be welded , and the drilling of the various members . |
| 8 | The clearing banks keep operational balances at the Bank which are used for settling the final position at the end of the day between the Bank and the banking system , and their drawing down of money from the discount houses will be designed to keep these balances at a " target " level considered appropriate given the uncertainty of the daily cash flows to the Bank . |
| 9 | ( 1 ) ) , whereas , in the case of an afternoon extension , the premises have to be adapted and used for providing the customary main meal at mid-day . |
| 10 | The hammock , which was slung from a long pole carried on the shoulders of two men , was used for transporting the sick and infirm across rough country terrain and , in and around Funchal , for the rich and for the tourists who were carried through the dirty , and sometimes muddy , streets . |
| 11 | There should be evidence of the selected strategies being used properly eg if an analytical approach is being used for finding the minimum surface area of a container , while investigating containers , it would be expected that the steps of the process were correct . |
| 12 | Wheeler was used for filming the massed destruction of the American P–40s . |
| 13 | Instead the contributions can only be used for boosting the actual pension itself . |
| 14 | A note for teetotallers : I have several times eaten another modern version of this dish in which black coffee rather than wine is used for flavouring the dried fruit . |
| 15 | One man in Kufra specialized in producing silq , a form of spinach used for wrapping the spiced ground meat which is a traditional Ramadan delicacy . |
| 16 | This method of grinding grain had to await the human skill to fabricate tools from two materials because three wooden parts were essential to the rotary mill : the rynd which bridged the eye of the runner stone and enabled it to be hung on top of the wooden spindle , and the handle , used for turning the running stone . |
| 17 | The HMI certainly give no indication of the measures and procedures they themselves used for identifying the relevant qualities . |
| 18 | The surface of the tablet can be programmed to act as a menu that selects standard options from the program so that the keyboard need only be used for selecting the main functions . |
| 19 | It is often found near old mills where the extract was used for washing the woollen cloth produced there . |