Example sentences of "used [prep] the past " in BNC.
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| 1 | Diluting it and mixing in it into slurry lagoons or spreading it at a low rate on grassland was a method used in the past , but even that may not be possible now . |
| 2 | They also found that , because of heavier balls used in the past , it is a case of ‘ the older the player , the greater the damage ’ . |
| 3 | It would be used in the past as a sign that someone had died . |
| 4 | Peat moorland , especially at low altitude , was used in the past for cultivation , normally potatoes but sometimes cereals . |
| 5 | ‘ We have seen the option of ‘ further use ’ being used in the past as a gateway to all sorts of possible bad and environmentally unfriendly methods of disposal and we want that loophole closed ’ . |
| 6 | Many of the actions were symbolically linked with older rituals , often used in the past to give the demands of the participants an acceptable face . |
| 7 | I do n't know how they will respond to my abuse in the chip pan after a few months ' use , but I think they will fare better than other brushes I 've used in the past . |
| 8 | It is a combination that I have used in the past but not for a long time , although blue and white stripes in fabrics are a perennial favourite of mine . |
| 9 | Mr Singleton knew other talented people , among them an extremely obliging fellow who could treat a sheet of notepaper to give it the feel and appearance of age , and could also produce ink of a quality used in the past . |
| 10 | The FMPS has been at the show for 20 years , and its display included static engines , used in the past to drive water pumps , mills and generators , said FMPS organiser Jeffrey Giblin . |
| 11 | This is no comfort for a patient who has to wait a few months ( in the past , waiting times in some centres were over two years ) but is perhaps a more rational means of distributing limited health care resources than the random waiting lists used in the past , when patients were given fairly arbitrary degrees of priority . |
| 12 | Companies using substantial amounts of power are finding that effective buying demands close and detailed management attention , often backed by significantly more electronic metering and statistical analysis than they have used in the past — in one instance , a prospective supplier demanded to see consumption levels taken at half-hour intervals throughout the year . |
| 13 | Caves behind the houses used in the past for storage , cooking and as air raid shelters are now part of the museum . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | It is possible , by examination and experiment , to work out the process of manufacture in many cases , and as much of the technology used in the past is still in use today , this boils down to testing hypotheses ( rather than guesswork ) . |
| 16 | It remains unconvinced about the plausibility of ‘ ultimate victory ’ in the face of the region 's myriad problems and widespread anti-Western animus and sceptical towards the categories of ‘ Goodies v Baddies ’ , which have been used in the past to call the West to arms . |
| 17 | Pewter with a high lead content unsuitably used in the past for food vessels ( ! ) . |
| 18 | Many of Dalton 's circles had been used in the past in alchemy or pharmacy with one or more meanings , very different from that of one atom of a chemical element which Dalton meant them to represent . |
| 19 | Cassia , or Chinese cinnamon , is another spice which was used in the past , and is interchangeable with cinnamon in recipes . |
| 20 | Thirdly , if no early arrangements can be seen in the form of earthworks , cropmarks or soilmarks , can we still ascertain something of how the land was used in the past ? |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Exhibition area in foyer of the Centre , which has been well used in the past by CEDC , and which has the advantage of being open on Saturdays . |
| 23 | The advantages of Y-PCR over the test used in the past have been described . |
| 24 | Researchers must be mindful of what information meant to its creator and how it was used in the past . |
| 25 | Although all three techniques have been used in the past , they have not been used as the prime form of monetary policy . |
| 26 | For this reason , inverse ratchets have been used in the past , to give management the maximum proportion of Newco 's equity at the outset , which reduces if the business does not achieve defined profit targets . |
| 27 | Cos you have erm is normally four , four , sorry tenth and eleventh years in sixth formers , and they 've also got a subject choice section as well , which I have used in the past for ninth years and it wa , it just got them thinking about things in a completely different way from what we , they 've ever done |
| 28 | And intelligence reports suggest that the UDA now has a ‘ significant ’ quantity of powerful Czech-made Semtex explosive , used in the past by the IRA . |
| 29 | While ceilings have been used in the past ( for example , in the late 1960s ) , after the introduction of the Competition and Credit Control System in 1971 , their use was discouraged . |