Example sentences of "were used for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | The ground-floor rooms were used for storage , cooking and other work : from them stairways rose to the living and sleeping quarters upstairs . |
| 3 | These arches were used for storage . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Under Somoza , there were scarcely any official prisons as such ; rather , the National Guard command posts were used for detention . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | During one practical session when the kitchens were used for survey purposes , booklice were actually found in the flour storage bins . |
| 8 | III were used for accumulation in Dept . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Standard procedures were used for plasmid DNA manipulations ( 13 ) . |
| 12 | Bovis Homes points out that the exterior and lobby area were used for location shots , but not the interiors . |
| 13 | ( The women also had tusks , so that I wondered if they were used for offence or defence . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Balloon tamponade ( Linton tube ) and vasoactive drugs ( vasopressin ) were used for haemorrhage which persisted despite sclerotherapy ( four cases ) . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | In Medieval times rivers were used for water supply and to power mills as well as for navigation . |
| 18 | Thus , 11 samples were used for adenylate cyclase , nine for cAMP , six for guanylate cyclase , and six for cGMP determination in the untreated patients . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | We never observed any labelled protein when wild type oligonucleotides were used for competition . |
| 21 | Precoated silica gel thin layer high resolution plates ( Whatman HP-KF 10×10 cm ) were used for chromatography . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Mantel-Haenszel weights were used for summary risk ratio estimates . |
| 24 | Although horses were kept it is not at all clear whether they , as opposed to cattle , were used for traction . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | The entrails , blood , and skulls were used for manure on the farms of Cheshire . |
| 27 | Signs of butchering , indicating that the animals were used for food , evidence of diseases , and other distinguishing features are also noted and quantified . |
| 28 | Also his combings were used for Merchant Seamen . ’ |
| 29 | Galleries were used for display purposes also . |
| 30 | Braces were used for display , most jeans or trousers being self-supporting . |