Example sentences of "used by [art] [noun pl] [prep] [noun prp] " in BNC.

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1 This was to be one of the many houses used by the Bishops of Rochester and a favourite residence of some during the next three centuries .
2 There are many pretty walks in the area , along the banks of the River Ouse , the Hereward Way , a 110-mile long-distance footpath which passes through Ely , and the medieval track known as Bishops Way which traces the 12-mile route used by the Bishops of Ely from their palace in Ely to their country residence in Little Downham .
3 They were originally the signs used by the distributors of FES but have now become almost as well-known in the country as the Guinness brand name itself .
4 Rauwolfia serpentina , or snake-root , is a climbing shrub long used by the inhabitants of India and neighbouring countries as a sedative , and for other medicinal purposes .
5 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 .
6 Moreover , with a politically more secure government and fewer power cuts ( the benefits of new investment were gradually coming through ) , the threat of public exposure could not be as effectively used by the Boards against Whitehall , though the mandarins remained for a time concerned that Citrine was aiming at such an anti-government campaign .
7 It is used by the laboratories of Boots and Glaxo , and in the intensive care units of Bupa hospitals .
8 But by 1842 the congregation had moved into a new building , later used by the Presbyterians of McCracken Memorial and demolished in 1968 to make way for their new church hall .
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