Example sentences of "is use for [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Languages can be learned ‘ at home ’ , where there are few opportunities for mixing with the native users of the language ( such as evening class french ) or they can be learned in a second language situation , either in the country in which that language is native or in one 's own country where the language is used for a specific purpose ( such as learning English in parts of Africa where it is used as the commercial language ) .
2 ROM is used for a fixed repertoire of standard programs , which are needed again and again , and which you ca n't change even if you wanted to .
3 The Wye is used for a whole range of activities including people who just want to walk the banks or go for picnics .
4 These expressions , and those like them ( Uriah Heep , Job 's Comforter , Don Quixote come immediately to mind ) involve a character who is used for a particular , and rather limited , purpose , namely the personalisation of a distinct quality .
5 Labour changes from being at a stage where it has not yet become a thing in itself and is merely an aspect of social life , to a stage when although still an aspect of social life it involves exploitation , i.e. slavery and serfdom , to a third stage when labour has become mysteriously represented as a thing and is used for a different kind of exploitation .
6 It is acceptable to use the same name as someone else if it is used for a different class of goods or services to the ones for which the first mark is registered .
7 It now appears that question time is used for the following purposes : ( a ) To embarrass the Government by raising a sensitive issue .
8 The first half is used for the traditional binning of the wines selected for the house , and the second half for the storage of dry , tinned and bottled goods .
9 Some fish are , in any case , unusually sensitive and may not come round , even after the recommended amount is used for the correct period .
10 Moulded nylon is used for the free-floating trigger bar which can be used with one or two fingers , inside or out .
11 The technical word phenotype is used for the bodily manifestation of a gene , the effect that a gene , in comparison with its alleles , has on the body , via development .
12 Where lead pipe is used for the rising main , it may also contaminate the drinking water — particularly in a soft water area — but there is not much you can do about this since the supply pipe into the house is also likely to be lead and this is difficult and expensive to replace .
13 Finally there is a fifth meaning , which possibly has some evolutionary connection with the fourth meaning , and it is used for the instinctive affection of parents for the offspring .
14 A trumpet in high F is used for the exacting trumpet part in Brandenburg No. 2 , and one in high B flat ( an octave higher than the standard B flat instrument ) is now in circulation .
15 The curtilage of a building will include the ground that is used for the comfortable enjoyment of that building even though it has not been marked off or enclosed in any way ( Sinclair-Lockhart 's Trustees v Central Land Board ( 1950 ) 1 P & CR 195 ) .
16 A range of learning methods is used for the taught modules , including case studies , seminars , lectures , tutorials , simulations , presentations and projects .
17 In this the grain size is the independent variable , which is therefore plotted on the horizontal axis and the vertical axis is used for the dependent variable , i.e. the determined weight percentage .
18 One typical outcome is that the reference strip ( which is what is used for the diagnostic ) is seen as too big due to spreading and then overflows its allotted area .
19 However , there are occasions when speech is used for the detailed transmission of factual information .
20 This directory is created after the media item has been initialised and before it is used for an Offline run .
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