Example sentences of "being use for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We are still negotiating on this wagon , which is currently being used for storage purposes at the former Eaton Station . |
| 2 | Already well received by selected retail outlets , it is being used for window and in-store displays . |
| 3 | The defect was not noticeable when the recorders were being used for voice or music , but it was enough to mess up software . |
| 4 | With so much pollution flowing down the Taff and Ely rivers , there is little or no prospect of the 600-acre lake being used for contact water sports — the health risks are expected to be far too high . |
| 5 | What about twinning , do you think that that 's of such a high priority that when council houses need repairs that those repairs should be put down on the ladder and said ‘ I 'm sorry , we ca n't deal with that because part of the money that we could allocate to council house repairs is being used for twinning and things like that ’ ? |
| 6 | Rabbi Arye Kaplan , in his book Waters of Eden ( New York , NCSY/Orthodox Union , 1976 ) discusses the significance of water being used for purification . |
| 7 | In the absence of any positive action from the government to stop the trade with the Midi , the Federation des Syndicats de la Champagne ( which changed its name in 1919 to the Syndicat General des Vignerons de la Champagne ) was founded by Marne vignerons in 1904 to protect the quality of grapes being used for Champagne . |
| 8 | For a time , the Purified Flock and Bedding Company occupied part of the site , producing flock and shoddy , another part being used for brass founding . |
| 9 | Therefore claims incurred where , for example , a vessel was being used for drug smuggling would not be covered . |
| 10 | The system is being used for pipeline planning in Azerbaijan and Colombia , slick mapping in Vietnam , a mud volcano study in Azerbaijan , and a regional review of Eastern Europe . |
| 11 | The Cruise missiles would be used to devastate Serbian airfields which are being used for helicopter flights in defiance of the exclusion zone ruling . |
| 12 | In Saxon times some produced no wine at all , their grapes being used for vinegar . |
| 13 | Some will be restored to running the exhibition condition , the remaining vehicles being used for component parts . |
| 14 | Being used for draught work until quite recently , the French animals retained their size at a time when British cattle were deliberately bred smaller and more short-legged , and these bigger , muscular , fast-growing and later maturing French types now meet today 's demands for lean ‘ supermarket ’ meat cuts . |
| 15 | I APPLAUD the excellent article by Raymond Crisp ( Echo March 16 ) about Dr Robert Sharpe 's wonderful idea to stop animals being used for vivisection by issuing Humane Research donor cards — to humans . |
| 16 | As well as being used for corn grinding , the mill was also used for cider production , and as a maltings , confirmed by the presence of the adjacent oasthouse. , |
| 17 | Yes , I know of warm , sheltered south-facing walled gardens where good crops of quality pears are produced in ‘ good years ’ , but such ideal sites being used for cordon , fan and espalier-trained pears are few and far between . |
| 18 | We often refer to the output as ‘ disposable typesetting ’ , it 's ideal for things with a short shelf life like magazines but not really up to being used for presentation material such as a company report . |
| 19 | In other places farms on the edges of high moorland are being abandoned , or the land is being used for water reservoirs , or for recreation , where tourists can picnic or camp with their caravans and tents . |
| 20 | The company calls the project its Infostructure Network , and it will involve it laying 7,000 miles of fibre this year alone , which it sees being used for home shopping services , software delivery , movie offerings and interactive educational programming as well as up to 500 television channels . |
| 21 | They are not being used for spending , much less for spending on newly produced goods and services . |
| 22 | They feel that it will lead to the rich getting transport and the poor getting starvation with land currently used for food production being used for fuel . |
| 23 | There are all kinds of reasons for Africa 's food problems — rich and precious land being used for cash crops instead of to grow food for local people ; a much smaller proportion of land fertile enough for cultivation than is the case in Asia or Europe ; farmers being paid such pathetic prices for food crops that they turn to coffee or tobacco in order to survive . |
| 24 | In his veto message to Congress Bush reiterated his opposition to abortion and stated that the veto was " important in order to prevent taxpayer funds from being used for research that many Americans find morally repugnant " , but also because of the bill 's " potential for promoting and legitimatizing abortion " . |
| 25 | Further paragraphs deal with bells , gongs or sirens being used for theft prevention purposes or to summons help for the conductors , drivers and inspectors of large passenger carrying vehicles . |
| 26 | Cos up until then all the natural fibres were still being used , wool was being used for outer-wear , cotton was being used for underwear , cotton lisle . |
| 27 | Osborne , a board member of the Royal Opera House , envisages the great courtyard being used for opera performances and concerts al fresco and has brought the ROH 's Angus Stirling and Jeremy Isaacs into the discussions . |
| 28 | any motor vehicle when it is being used for fire brigade , ambulance or police purposes or for defence purposes ( including civil defence purposes ) if compliance with this Regulation would hinder or be likely to hinder the use of the vehicle for the purpose for which it is being used on that occasion |
| 29 | The last record of the bark being used for rope-making was in the First World War , when the German army used lime bark ropes to tow their guns . |
| 30 | The hurtful effects of a piece of music do not necessarily stem from anything intrinsically harmful within itself , or even from its being used for manipulation . |