Example sentences of "a [noun sg] use for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The new policy , introduced on 1 October 1992 , zero-rates fresh fish used as bait which is of a kind used for human consumption , and is fit for human consumption when it is supplied . |
| 2 | Plans to convert a building used for storage to form part of an existing house in Bridge Street , Middleton in Teesdale , was rejected by Teesdale district councillors on the grounds that there was inadequate parking . |
| 3 | Ketotifen , a drug used for the prevention of asthma , was found to decrease significantly the extent and severity of experimental colitis in two rat models . |
| 4 | Thus in RW Green Ltd v Cade Bros Farms [ 1978 ] 1 Lloyd 's Rep 602 , a clause in a contract used for many years , with the approval of bodies representing both sides , was held to be reasonable . |
| 5 | A technique used for revealing flaws in metal casings is often helpful in such cases . |
| 6 | The specification was typical of a Squirrel used for VIP or corporate duties . |
| 7 | They 're perhaps little er more about the condition of the granules of a powder used for compressing into tablets , and the coating , how shall we coat it so that it washed away at once , dissolved slowly or anything like that . |
| 8 | He says that this was a cell used for patients in the early days of the hospital . |
| 9 | Some shortages were inevitable ; among them was a dearth of ‘ brylcream ’ ( a term used for any pomade ) used chiefly by women to make their hair glisten . |
| 10 | This is a contagious infection caused by mites burrowing under the skin ( mange is a term used for any condition caused by mites which causes itching and results in a mammal losing its fur ) . |
| 11 | Volts erm it 's a term used for electricity , |
| 12 | At the first , a building a short distance outside the town contained a furnace used for reworking coloured cullet . |
| 13 | Staff at the Blackwell Grange golf club are counting the cost of a weekend arson attack which destroyed a hut used for storing green tending equipment . |
| 14 | They repeat stories of how the Tower was built on a place used for ancient sacrifice . |
| 15 | Easy menu driven system , a breeze to use for novice users . |
| 16 | what is the donkey pump a special sex position used by men with large organs an extra spare steam pump or a device used for ar artificial insemination of donkeys ? |
| 17 | Whereas in one , an iron axehead may be a tool used for woodworking and cutting down trees , in another it may be a unit of value — a cow might be worth two axeheads , for example . |
| 18 | Unfortunately , you no longer get tax relief on home improvements ( nor on the extended part of a mortgage used for home improvements ) , and grants from local councils have also been cut back quite dramatically . |
| 19 | Then I was usually left alone in a room used for special occasions . |
| 20 | Thus the name ‘ man ’ is simply a name used for a number of particulars , and any idea of ‘ man ’ is always an idea of some particular man , and simply reminds us of other particulars . |
| 21 | ( 2 ) " Kitchen-sink drama " is a name used for a particular group of plays written in Britain in the late 1950s and 1960s . |
| 22 | Groses service to Wolverton Works continued until Ted Smith in 1927 bought a lorry used for general haulage during the day , and in the mornings and evenings placed forms within it for Wolverton Works men . |
| 23 | Doctors at the paediatrics department of the University of Vienna heated samples of infant milk formula for 10 minutes in a microwave used for warming baby food and compared it with milk heated in a water bath to 80C . |
| 24 | AN ornithologist sent off £20 for a ‘ parabolic microphone kit ’ to record his favourite birdsongs from 250 yards — and got back a WOK used for stir-frying . |
| 25 | Between 1233 and 1238 he had charge of royal building work at the great hall of Winchester Castle , besides supervising the installation of windows and pavements at Clarendon Palace , helping to construct a tomb used for the burial of Queen Joan of Scotland [ q.v. ] , and being sent to direct the enclosure of an anchoress in Britford . |
| 26 | Fazekas de St Groth calls his system ‘ ascites without the mouse ’ ; it is based on a method used for decades to Brow bacteria in suspension . |
| 27 | 10.3 The Academic Parties shall , notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement , have a licence to use for the purpose of further internal research and teaching work all the foreground technical information that they themselves have generated together with such of the background and results as is communicated to them hereunder by the other Parties and is necessary for such use of their own result , but such use shall be in conformity with the confidentiality conditions of this Agreement . |
| 28 | In return , developing countries agreed to bring methyl bromide , a substance used for fruit and grain preservation , under the protocol for the first time , and to freeze production at 1991 levels by 1995 . |
| 29 | Paradise was a word used for the Garden of Eden . |
| 30 | JUDGING BY THE evidence , a fireplace used for cooking with a salt recess beside it , there used to be a family living in the cellar of the rambling 16th century oak-beamed warren in Stow on the Wold , the heart of the Cotswolds . |