Example sentences of "have be used [adv] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The slash-and-burn type of shifting cultivation has been used continuously for some 2000 years in Indomalesia , each patch being cropped for only 2 or 3 years , the people at a density of some five or fewer cultivators per km 2 . |
| 2 | The term ‘ indiction ’ has been used earlier in this chapter , and although the system is unlikely to be encountered in isolation by a local historian it is worth recording , if only for the sake of completeness . |
| 3 | However , this has been used mainly for those whose crimes would not have sent them to prison anyway . |
| 4 | This plant , a relative of ivy and indigenous to the temperate mountains of the Far East , has been used continually for some 5000 years in the Orient as a tonic , restorative and preventive remedy . |
| 5 | ‘ Children have been used up to this because we felt it showed a non-violent style . ’ |
| 6 | Self-guided tours have been used successfully in many libraries in the US and their use has now spread to other countries such as Australia and Sweden ( see figure 5 ) . |
| 7 | Magnets have been used before for this purpose , but never in such a way that water has had to pass through several opposing magnetic fields . |
| 8 | Some have been used informally for many years , subjective assessments such as those made by parents , teachers , and librarians . |