Example sentences of "been [prep] use in " in BNC.
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| 1 | In these various ways biblical criticism has been of use in interpreting the Old Testament and defending its integrity against those who question its truth . |
| 2 | Glycosylated haemoglobin is also a product of a nonenzymatic post-translational reaction , and its measurement has been of use in patients with diabetes mellitus as an indicator of the degree of hyperglycaemia during the preceding 8 weeks . |
| 3 | Although railed tramways had been in use in various parts of the country from the middle of the 18th century , generally in connection with coal mines , the first true railway in Scotland was the line from Kilmarnock to Troon . |
| 4 | This will replace the complex three-tier system which has been in use in recent years and involved graded brackets ranging from 12.5% on sales up to FFr15,000 down to 2.4% on those over FFr300,000 . |
| 5 | The ‘ Rochester ’ method of fingerspelling with speech and lip-reading has been in use in the USA for over a hundred years ( Savage , Evans and Savage , 1981 ) . |
| 6 | Some of the very earliest composing machines in Britain had been in use in Edinburgh in the 1860s . |
| 7 | Gunpowder is said to have been in use in certain Continental mines early in the 17th Century . |
| 8 | This has been in use in the works office for some time , it was , it used to be called an aide-memoire . |
| 9 | The restoration enables visitors to see it as it would have been in use in good running order but not ‘ as new ’ . |