Example sentences of "the [noun pl] use for the " in BNC.

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1 The bulletins used for the Zambian languages were prepared in the early morning , because ZBS staff required time for translation .
2 A similar haze lies over the woods used for the two different models .
3 What is important is that ‘ other products ’ ca n't be made in the hours used for the order .
4 For instance , a study of the dies used for the bronze coinage of Antoninus Pius ( AD 138–61 ) circulating in Britain has suggested that the total stock of bronze coinage in circulation was of the general magnitude of about ten million sestertii ; as the population of the province was about five million at the time , we can conclude from the low figure of two sestertii per capita that most of the population can not have used coinage on anything like the scale required in a fully monetised society ( see also p. 51 ) .
5 Although there is fairly general agreement on the terms to be applied to sediment particles of various sizes the definitions used for the bounding sizes is not uniform .
6 A programme of analysis of stone is gradually identifying the quarries used for the manufacture of tools in Polynesia and Australia .
7 Too few libraries train according to a pre-arranged plan and many are not only unable to justify the methods used for the processes taught but may actually be unaware of what these methods and processes are .
8 Take the words used for the place for eliminating : bathroom , convenience , lavatory , loo , toilet , water closet ( WC ) .
9 The conditions used for the DNase I hypersensitivity assay were as described ( 26 ) using the technique of indirect end labelling ( 44 ) .
10 Yes , well that 's just the name the astronomers use for the mean distance , the average distance , of the earth from the sun .
11 Netting can also be stretched over the hoops used for the popular polythene tunnel cloches .
12 A collection of general medical books in a public library may deal with the same range of topics , but the indexing can be broader than in a specialist context , and the terms used for the same thing may be different .
13 If notation is to offer a self-evident ordering , then it is important that the symbols used for the notation have a self-evident order in themselves .
14 The sequences at the ligation-sites between oligonucleotide 2 and the oligonucleotides used for the PCR-amplification were exactly as predicted .
15 However , sometimes there is reference in ancient church records showing payment for the purchase of woods , which would relate to the materials used for the benches and their ends .
16 To reduce the possibility of the lining materials , used for the construction of walls and ceilings , contributing to the initial fire spread within the building , performance standards are laid down for the reaction to fire of the materials used for the exposed surfaces .
17 As soon as the candidate has left the room make notes of your impressions of various abilities , making sure you have covered all the points used for the job/personnel specification , or the list of essential qualities and qualifications which you have drawn up if you are interviewing on a less formal basis .
18 The criteria used for the selection of suitable shares are as follows :
19 The tools used for the dissection of the style of actionbooks are similar to those found in the previous chapter and include a comprehensive analysis of lexis ( " the machoman 's lexicon " ) , and a discussion of Relation types ( " intensive " versus " extensive " style ) and other narrative elements .
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