Example sentences of "[verb] be used [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The same logic has been used with the rest . |
| 2 | More recently , this dock has been used for the importation of Fiat cars ( it used to be used for the export of British cars ) . |
| 3 | This provided ‘ a check from the buyers mortgagees point of view , that the money has been used for the purchase ’ . |
| 4 | In recent years , the SeHCAT test has been used for the determination of bile acid malabsorption . |
| 5 | Here , the same powder-blue print has been used for the wallpaper , valance and chaircovering , while cream drapes combine to give an almost French flavour . |
| 6 | Pearloid sheet has been used for the scratchplate , again reminiscent of bygone days . |
| 7 | Rosewood has been used for the fingerboard and bridge , and the machineheads are once again Grovers . |
| 8 | Using paint from the Crown Expressions range , the wall in the foreground and the shutters are in Carmolito F3–80 emulsion , the tongue and grooving and the fireplace is in Caribou K2–100 eggshell , whilst Ponderosa Pine has been used on the wall in the backroom and picked out in the berry stencil . |
| 9 | The term ’ subsidiarity ’ has been used during the debate . |
| 10 | Nevertheless , this apparent similarity of method has been used as the basis for attempts , tentative and unlikely as they are , to find a rapprochement between Marxism and deconstruction . |
| 11 | A further argument for a graph-based analysis of the issues , as well as for the using the Chart system specifically , is that , although the Chart was designed for use with rule-based systems , it has been used as the basis of a connectionist model of parsing ( Waltz & Pollack 1985 ) . |
| 12 | Green verdite has been used below the dado rail and for the matching tops of the dressing table and washstand . |
| 13 | We must take account of the various ways in which the word " style " has been used in the past : but we should be wary of becoming slaves to verbal definition . |
| 14 | Asked about increasing pressure to re-introduce internment , Sir Patrick said : ‘ Internment is a power which has been used in the past both north and south of the border . |
| 15 | A small quantity , probably over 200 kg , has been used in the manufacture of californium , for medical purposes . |
| 16 | 5 The same broken punch for the letter N has been used in the word TRANSENS on the die for a gold noble of Edward IV ( 1461–83 ) ( opposite ) and in the word LONDON on the die of a half-groat of the same king ( opposite below , and above ) . |
| 17 | For over five thousand years , Ginseng has been used in the East as a natural tonic . |
| 18 | In the absence of a joint election by the vendor and Newco under s531(3) TA 1988 , " know-how " which has been used in the trade and which is disposed of is treated as part of goodwill . |
| 19 | The host 's humoral immune response to Helicobacter pylori has been used in the diagnosis of active infection with these organisms . |
| 20 | A similar approach has been used in the attempt to define the extent of the Celtic kingdoms in Britain during the hundred years before the Roman conquest of AD43 ( fig. 7 ) . |
| 21 | The power to make orders for the ‘ preservation ’ of property has been used in the context of the transfer of the mortgage of land by a mentally disordered person , even though the land was in Monte Carlo . |
| 22 | The last words in the manual before the index read ( p 232 ) : ‘ By legal definition , correct first aid practice is that which has been approved by the Voluntary Aid Societies for publication in this book , where this has been used in the training of the First Aider . ’ |
| 23 | As such , it has been used in the study of discourse , by Grimes ( 1975 : 337 ) for example , to describe the different methods used in various languages to mark the ‘ topic constituent ’ of sentences . |
| 24 | The survey , by John Jenkins of the Law Society 's Research and Policy Planning Unit , has been used by the Law Society to assist the development of the Practice Management Standards for solicitors firms recently published in draft . |
| 25 | In recent years the estate has been used by the Ministry of Agriculture to research into badgers . |
| 26 | A human touch was added to Nash 's report : ‘ I could heartily wish more respect were paid to the remains of this amiable though unfortunate Queen , and would willingly , with proper leave , have them wrapt in another sheet of lead and coffin , and decently interred in some proper place , that at least after her death her body might remain in peace ; whereas the Chapel where she now lies is used for the keeping of rabbits , which make holes and scratch very indecently about her Royal corpse . ’ |
| 27 | The information collected is used in the construction of the retail price index ( see Chapter 8 ) . |
| 28 | In this case , visual information will have been used as the basis of a decision , and a decision is necessary because English orthography allows one of two letters in this position in our target word . |
| 29 | Although there is little documentary evidence , it has been suggested that the mill , in conjunction with those at Cambridge and Moreton Valance , could have been used for the production of brass pins . |
| 30 | The research will describe the nature of a selection of the strategy and policy initiatives ; set out the empirical evidence used in building the strategy ; assess this against other evidence which might have been used at the time and against current practices ; use this and other evidence to evaluate the effects of policy ; and comment on the main successes and failures of the strategy . |