Example sentences of "be used for [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are simply a recording of a band 's live or alternative versions of their songs , which are used for one or two broadcasts . |
| 2 | The key point is that if the knives are used for one purpose and do not fall into the category of domestic cutlery there is a case for a ban . |
| 3 | The top coin shows Henry VII ( 1485-1509 ) ; it is the same generic royal image which had been used for two centuries , as can be seen from the close similarity of the image used by Edward I ( compare fig. 3 ) . |
| 4 | Therefore my own chapel which has not been used for two generations but for a lumber room , because our family seldom resided here long together , shall be cleared and cleaned and got ready for the ceremony . |
| 5 | Robin Chambers , the principal of Stoke-Newington school in South London , where the programme has been used for two months , says : ‘ We are ironing out a few difficulties , for instance getting the individual answer sheet completed in the correct way and working out who has the time to do it . |
| 6 | Smoking is a very ancient art that has been used for hundreds of years to preserve fish and meat , preferred to salting because it does not destroy the natural flavour of the food to the same extent . |
| 7 | Additives have been used for hundreds of years , though they were not always known as ‘ additives ’ . |
| 8 | Well mine ai n't been used for three month . |
| 9 | Mrs Robson had contacted the Echo a few weeks ago to say that her brother 's cast-iron bath was 40 years old and had not been used for 12 years . |
| 10 | Mrs Robson had contacted the Echo a few weeks ago to say that her brother 's cast-iron bath was 40 years old and had not been used for 12 years . |
| 11 | They have been used for thousands of years , one of the earliest references to salt being in the Old Testament when Lot 's wife was turned to salt in the desert . |
| 12 | ABOVE Trephination — the removal of part of the skull — has been used for thousands of years across the world . |
| 13 | The case ‘ will determine whether a seventh of British waterways … ( among the navigable rivers ) … will remain open … access to rivers that have been used for thousands of years could become open to challenge ’ . |
| 14 | Delighted Bangor principal Professor Eric Sunderland said the money would be used for two projects involving quality and collaborative research initiatives . |
| 15 | True it is that ‘ a statement ’ by a person in response to a requirement under the section may only be used for one or other of the specified purposes , but there is no restriction upon the use by the prosecution of incriminating information or evidence obtained as a result of such a statement . |
| 16 | No , no compensation as such , there are opportunities occasionally for landowners to ask that er one of the houses might for example be used for one of their own workers er when that worker retires , that type of thing . |
| 17 | Besides its support for reports and analyses of current activities in the European Parliament , the EUROPEAN PARLIAMENTARIAN will be used for three longer-term studies . |
| 18 | This procedure can be used for three different purposes : |
| 19 | The Update DC option can be used for three different purposes : |
| 20 | The Update SPR option can be used for three different purposes : |
| 21 | The Update SSR option can be used for three different purposes : |
| 22 | Fleece covers can be used for 2 or 3 seasons if handled sensibly and storage space is minimal . |
| 23 | The Peckett engine will be used for 12 live steam dates from May 23 to September 27 . |
| 24 | Meanwhile , the Dak took on a new role in 1948 , as the mount of 60 Squadron , being used for two years on a nationwide aerial survey . |
| 25 | It should be noted that the two marks and are being used for two different purposes in this course , as they are in many phonetics books . |
| 26 | The safety recommendations again at the end of the official AIB report reflect this longer term view and , bearing in mind the fact that modern large public transport aircraft are now being used for fifteen or twenty years before they are discarded , the implementation of these recommendations is clearly of the highest importance . |
| 27 | t Tests were used for two level factors ; ANOVA was employed for factors with several levels , and simple linear regression for continuous variables . |
| 28 | A subset of 24 films from the 60 used in Study 2 were used for 12 different judgment tasks in a study on risk perception ( Groeger & Chapman , 1992 , in preparation a ) . |
| 29 | However , research by Farmer and Parker ( 1988 ) has shown that this placement is used for two quite distinct groups of children in care . |
| 30 | Zeolite is used for three days , every two weeks . |