Example sentences of "[verb] be used [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm the rose i has been used through the centuries . |
| 2 | Rosewood has been used for the bridges , the headstock facings and the fingerboards and , unusually , to cover the rear of the headstock as well . |
| 3 | So real slate has been used for the roofs , York stone for the internal shopping court , and crafted plasterwork for the ceilings . |
| 4 | On each occasion a different British University 's name has been used on the heads of the letters signed by an unknown student group . |
| 5 | Studded rubber has been used on the stairs where the handrails are oak . |
| 6 | The term ‘ partially sighted ’ has been used over the years to refer to pupils who have vision useful for all school tasks but require adaptations to teaching methods and materials in order to accomplish them . |
| 7 | ‘ All the money that has been used against the Copts has been supplied by you . |
| 8 | However , an amnesty law passed in 1978 , which granted immunity to the perpetrators of human rights violations , has been used by the courts to block full investigations into these cases . |
| 9 | And of late years it has been used by the inhabitants of Virginia in many disorders , which are occasioned by thick , sizy blood ; so that the root of this plant , when its virtues are fully known , may become one of the most useful medicines yet discovered . |
| 10 | This power has been used by the police in a variety of ways ; to ask demonstrators to leave the scene , even when acting peacefully . |
| 11 | The cemetery , which probably contains at least 300 Dark Age graves , may have been used by the inhabitants of a statelet possibly known as the Barringas - ‘ the people of Barra ’ . |
| 12 | Det Chief Insp Alan Snelling said they were particularly keen to hear from people in a car park at the rear of the cottage , which could have been used by the murderers . |
| 13 | They 're now trying top trace two vehicles seen nearby which may have been used by the raiders . |
| 14 | The drawing and new evidence about cars suspected of having been used by the bombers , has prompted police to call 1,500 Deal residents for further interviews later this week with 50 officers at a church hall . |
| 15 | There lies a group of stones deposited by the glacier , the largest of which , the Carlow Stone , is said to have been used by the druids for human sacrifice . |
| 16 | An expensive colour photocopier is believed to have been used by the forgers to copy what is thought to have been a genuine blank MOT form . |
| 17 | Goulding J found as a fact that all parts of the sales information had been used for the purposes of the defendant 's business and he divided information into three categories where it was not the subject of any express provision : ( 1 ) Information which because of its triviality or public accessibility was not confidential at all . |
| 18 | Hitherto , only police had been used against the demonstrators who were demanding free elections , the resignation of the provincial leadership of the League of Communists ( LC ) , the release of political prisoners and the lifting of " special measures " which had been imposed amid the earlier riots of February 1989 [ see pp. 36470 ; 36514-15 ] . |
| 19 | Cork-stoppers had been used by the Romans as long ago as 500 BC , but were ‘ lost ’ to the French when the Romans left Gaul some twelve hundred years before Dom Pérignon 's day , though they were available elsewhere in Europe . |
| 20 | Fabrics have been used on the walls in all the living areas . |
| 21 | A part of the history of perceptions of people has been the changes in the labels that have been used over the years . |
| 22 | The plants grown as herbs in many countries have been used by the inhabitants because it was , and is , natural to use the materials found in the world around one for food , shelter , health and warmth . |
| 23 | Behind the steel grille and doors , flawless stones have been used in the regalia . |