Example sentences of "be used [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Three common sizes are used for domestic plumbing — l5mm , 22mm and 28mm , all known as ‘ smallbore ’ . |
| 32 | They are used for rapid saving and restoring of the " process context " on entry to and exit from a subroutine , or in processor mode changes ( see 3.5 ) . |
| 33 | Some are used for public transport . |
| 34 | Dublin 's brand of rock music merges at times with traditional music , and the studios are used for both styles . |
| 35 | The birds , in particular albatrosses , are attracted to the baited hooks which are used for long-line fishing , and become caught in the nets and killed ; , Further restrictions are to be imposed on the establishment up of new fisheries in the area . |
| 36 | In some traditions worship songs are used for some five or ten minutes before a service to prepare people for worship , often followed by silence . |
| 37 | A mixture of clay and graphite are used for these pencils which produces an extremely soft dense black mark which can be blended further with water . |
| 38 | I think animals that are used for human entertainment definitely deserve a better deal , for example , large wi wild animals that are used in circuses , we have n't got the right , as people , to say that they 're here for our entertainment . |
| 39 | Where goat milk or milk products are used for human consumption , milk-withholding periods for different drugs should be observed . |
| 40 | Although the two forms are almost certainly not interchangeable in JC , having different functions , both are used for past actions and map broadly on to the British English simple past . |
| 41 | It has always been a fishing village and trawlers from here and from Machico are used for deep-sea and more distant fishing trips such as to the North African coast . |
| 42 | X/Open specifications are used for low-level interfaces and communications standards include EDI , SNA-LU6.2 , CPI-C and future OSF/DCE/DME elements . |
| 43 | X/Open specifications are used for low-level interfaces and communications standards include EDI , SNA-LU6.2 , CPI-C and future OSF/DCE/DME elements . |
| 44 | Complex polyphosphates are used for this purpose such as sodium tripolyphosphate or tetrasodium pyrophosphate . |
| 45 | Coyote and fox scat concentrations are used for this purpose , and it is quite common to find mustelid scats from weasels or martens deposited along walls or roads which mark the edge of individual ranges ( Lockie , 1966 ; MacDonald , 1979 ) . |
| 46 | It is easy to see why it is the more unusual types of artefact that are used for this type of research . |
| 47 | Two arguments are used for this purpose . |
| 48 | When known to be present , iron and manganese can be easily removed from water , and there are several processes that are used for this purpose . |
| 49 | Some of the retirement relief concepts are used for this relief . |
| 50 | Ecological and forestry studies are conducted on sites throughout Scotland while local forest areas are used for detailed experimental work . |
| 51 | For the coarser particles sieve screens are formed of plates or strong wire of stainless steel or brass , and finer wire meshes are used for smaller particles . |
| 52 | Check lists are used for several purposes : an initial transcription of a language is usually not consistent . |
| 53 | A router is fixed to the cross-slide of the lathe for some operations , other jigs are used for spherical work . |
| 54 | These hot seeds are used for English mustard ( see p60 ) . |
| 55 | However , under the terms of Protection From Eviction Act 1977 the landlord must enter peacefully upon the land and may not use the right of re-entry at all if the premises are used for residential purposes . |
| 56 | ‘ Zils are used for visiting VIPs and government officials only . |
| 57 | Progressively older embryos require a higher oxygen tension in the medium and , therefore , different gas mixtures are used for different stages of embryo . |
| 58 | Standards and performance data are used for different purposes in various information and control systems . |
| 59 | Because different lenses are used for different purposes ( for example , a wide-angle lens gets more visual information on-screen than a close-up lens ) , even in straightforward recording , it could be argued that any photographic image is already a distortion of what one sees in the real world . |
| 60 | It is helpful if all orders are coded and , if possible , separate orders are used for different elements , work sections , etc . |