Example sentences of "might be used for " in BNC.
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1 | Otherwise , it had no connection with hops and might be used for cidermaking , housing livestock , or as a cartshed . |
2 | References to cattle-raiding as the favourite sport of the moran , in a tone only slightly less indulgent than that which might be used for inter-house cricket matches , were very common . |
3 | In the part in which she was standing was a small table and two chairs and an iron contraption that looked as if it might be used for some form of heating . |
4 | Comparative findings might be used for normative , or even polemical , purposes in order to support or oppose certain aspects of a country 's domestic industrial relations policy . |
5 | On the one hand , France needed to bring her ‘ natural ’ maritime provinces ( which included Aquitaine , Normandy , Brittany and Flanders ) under royal control in order that the ports might be used for both commercial and military purposes . |
6 | Some messenger services or mail bike companies will do runs based on a supplied mailing list at so much per address and such a service might be used for rushing material to the offices of national daily newspapers Failing such a service an executive or senior secretary in a cab can do the job equally well . |
7 | The kind most widely favoured for jewellery , at least in the west , was a delicate pale pink , but in and around Hawaii a black variety might be used for this purpose , and the Chinese were particularly keen on deep red coral for their carvings . |
8 | Examples of strategic variables that might be used for entry deterrence include physical capital investment or R&D to reduce costs , pre-emptive patenting , and manipulation of demand conditions by advertising or brand proliferation ( for a sceptical analysis see Smiley , 1988 ) . |
9 | The fear and stigma of mental disorder deter a public which is ignorant of the pressing need and unclear as to what their gifts might be used for . |
10 | Indeed the authors were appalled at the violence of their society ; and hoped ( p. 143 ) that electricity , ‘ under the direction of skilled physicists and physiologists ’ might be used for sending ‘ absolutely indescribable torture ( unaccompanied by wound or even bruise ) thrilling through every fibre of the frame of such miscreants . ’ |