Example sentences of "[noun] have been used [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lustre powder has been used to great effect here , giving a lovely ephemeral glimmer to the castle . |
| 2 | This drug has been used to good effect in generalized viral infections , when it can be injected directly into the blood stream , but this is not without hazard and is not indicated unless the infection is life-threatening . |
| 3 | PLATO has been used for other library user education applications such at teaching the use of online catalogues ( see Chapter Three ) . |
| 4 | The term has been used in diverse ways . |
| 5 | The eyes had been used to great effect as Queen Gertrude , Imogen , Portia , and Lady Macbeth . |
| 6 | Even so , the guidelines have been used in other cases as factors to be considered where the statute applies ( see Woodman v Photo Trade Processing Ltd reported by Lawson in ( 1981 ) 131 NLJ 933 , at p935 ) . |
| 7 | But both Salters 's and Russell 's work in Northern Ireland schools have been used by catholic schools supporters to aid a general principle , also derived from the work of some sociologists of education : namely that schools have little impact on children in terms of their basic values anyway , and one should recognize parents and community environment for the real source of these . |
| 8 | Segregation and control units have been used for difficult prisoners , especially in women 's prisons . |
| 9 | Such chalets have been used in other parts of the country and are also common on the continent . |
| 10 | Indeed it is possible to circumvent the argument that the cadavers needed for educational purposes involve substantial extra killing since tissue is regularly collected from abattoirs or from research laboratories where the animals have been used in licensed procedures . |
| 11 | Vitrinite reflectance data have been used in structural studies with the principal applications being the estimate of removed overburden at unconformities and the recognition of repeated section caused by faults ( Dow , 1977 ) . |
| 12 | The majority of the following questionnaires have been used by other authors for research purposes , so that they are accompanied by some normative data . |
| 13 | His work has been used in promotional material and featured in regional Catholic publications . |
| 14 | It is most unlikely that either of these areas has been used for arable in the last 1500 years , and this is confirmed to some extent by field names recorded on the earliest maps ( of the early nineteenth century ) and in medieval documents . |
| 15 | The same device has been used in various areas of government activity where the British public is ignorant or indifferent . |
| 16 | Ascorbic acid has been used in pharmacological doses for more than 20 years . |
| 17 | Here , an unusual combination of ash and cherrywood has been used to superb effect . |
| 18 | Mururoa has been used for nuclear tests since 1966 , at first in the air but , since 1981 , underground . |
| 19 | Although this procedure had been used for administrative purposes in Normandy ( where the English example of Domesday Book was an inspiration ) and in Anjou before Geoffrey le Bel 's conquest of Normandy , the Feoda marked an important step in its use in eastern France . |
| 20 | However in many cases it is doubtful whether these are anything other than the traditional wage system in a new disguise — for ‘ merit ’ , ‘ loyalty ’ and ‘ cooperation ’ , which are often tied to length of service have been used as major criteria for wage increases granted in this fashion … managements have not proceeded hastily towards full-blown wage rationalization because of their own concern with preserving worker identification with the enterprise … |
| 21 | But , if units of metal have been used as monetary values and in monetary transactions , what is the difference between a coin and a lump of metal ? |
| 22 | This definition has been used in other studies . |
| 23 | Madden has been used in short bursts during the Bombers ' opening games and the ruckman has complained that he has not been given enough playing time and that this is affecting his play . |
| 24 | This method has been used with increasing success since the middle of the nineteenth century . |
| 25 | This accounting method has been used in local government throughout its modern context in the UK , i.e. since 1835 ; indeed , it was used before that as well . |
| 26 | Similar arguments have been used by white men to justify slavery and genocide of native peoples . |
| 27 | Centres have been used for cooperative curriculum development planning ( what in America would be called " curriculum workshops " ) , teachers in similar subject fields from a number of neighbouring schools meeting together to share inspiration , experience and effort . |
| 28 | Cheaper , mass-produced furniture may have dowel joints instead of tenons , and you may find that screws have been used for makeshift repairs in the past . |
| 29 | In November 1989 Secord had pleaded guilty to a felony charge of making a false statement to congressional investigators by denying that he knew that funds from the Iran-contra operation had been used to instal a security system at the house of Oliver North . |
| 30 | There has been a trend in recent years for manufacturers to shorten their channels in order to control more effectively the distribution of their products , particularly where expensive advertising has been used to pre-sell the goods to the consumer . |