Example sentences of "were use for [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 On this occasion , some of their bags were contained in the white diplomatic bag belonging to the Foreign Office , which they were using for convenience to contain their consignment — — and , as I have explained to the House , that was the commencement of the error in question which , of course , we very much regret .
2 The report also mentioned contamination problems during the manufacture of the anti-allergic eye product Opticrom and suggests that ‘ beer kegs ’ were used for storage during the manufacture of Imferon , an injectable iron .
3 The ground-floor rooms were used for storage , cooking and other work : from them stairways rose to the living and sleeping quarters upstairs .
4 These arches were used for storage .
5 But the salination of 100,000 hectares of land has affected the fertility of adjoining holdings which were used for paddy farming , forcing thousands of poor farmers to sell or lease their ancestral land to shrimp industries .
6 Under Somoza , there were scarcely any official prisons as such ; rather , the National Guard command posts were used for detention .
7 They argue that long-term technological changes mean that manufacturing needs more space per worker , and also often larger plots , and that this both puts cities at a disadvantage in relation to other areas and means that , even if all available urban land were used for manufacturing , there would still be a decline in employment .
8 During one practical session when the kitchens were used for survey purposes , booklice were actually found in the flour storage bins .
9 III were used for accumulation in Dept .
10 Whilst the costs of conservation can be measured relatively easily ( for example , the direct costs of site management or the production possibilities if the land were used for agriculture or forestry ) , there are almost no tangible measures of the benefits of conservation .
11 Modern economics and technology have created a throw-away society based on costs and profits , and the days when only best quality woods were used for joinery are long gone .
12 Standard procedures were used for plasmid DNA manipulations ( 13 ) .
13 Bovis Homes points out that the exterior and lobby area were used for location shots , but not the interiors .
14 ( The women also had tusks , so that I wondered if they were used for offence or defence .
15 Apparently the French burs were used for corn grinding whilst the others were used for animal feed , a common combination to be found in many rural mills .
16 Balloon tamponade ( Linton tube ) and vasoactive drugs ( vasopressin ) were used for haemorrhage which persisted despite sclerotherapy ( four cases ) .
17 Although it was not possible to evaluate the completeness of the sickness absence records directly , the records were used for pay purposes and were therefore likely to be complete for most participants .
18 In Medieval times rivers were used for water supply and to power mills as well as for navigation .
19 Thus , 11 samples were used for adenylate cyclase , nine for cAMP , six for guanylate cyclase , and six for cGMP determination in the untreated patients .
20 Apparently the French burs were used for corn grinding whilst the others were used for animal feed , a common combination to be found in many rural mills .
21 We never observed any labelled protein when wild type oligonucleotides were used for competition .
22 Precoated silica gel thin layer high resolution plates ( Whatman HP-KF 10×10 cm ) were used for chromatography .
23 This was to be the first time in history that aircraft were used for ground attack , as an integral part of an operation carried out by ground and air forces .
24 Mantel-Haenszel weights were used for summary risk ratio estimates .
25 Although horses were kept it is not at all clear whether they , as opposed to cattle , were used for traction .
26 Opponents argued that the cellars were used for punishment purposes , and Special Branch alleged that a man had been seriously wounded by a knife in the stomach after horseplay between fascists at Black House .
27 The entrails , blood , and skulls were used for manure on the farms of Cheshire .
28 Signs of butchering , indicating that the animals were used for food , evidence of diseases , and other distinguishing features are also noted and quantified .
29 Also his combings were used for Merchant Seamen . ’
30 Galleries were used for display purposes also .
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