Example sentences of "[noun pl] have [been] used for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Problems there certainly were : the disentangling of assets with multiple uses ( for example , some offices had been used for gas billing as well as for electricity ) inevitably caused some headaches . |
| 2 | It is possible that this unexpected increase may not have occurred if a greater number of subjects had been used for the shadowing tasks . |
| 3 | Bound , hard cover books , laboratory notebooks have been used for some time and have a strong pedigree . |
| 4 | Segregation and control units have been used for difficult prisoners , especially in women 's prisons . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Some Home Corners have even extended onto split levels or two floors , where raised areas have been used for this purpose . |
| 7 | There have been very few cases where microorganisms have been used for in situ removal of chlorinated , or even petroleum compounds , and conventional biological processes are more commonly used . |
| 8 | After two or three fairly neutral coloured inks had been used for the printing — say , brown for the foreground and blue for the sky and more distant scenery — the finishing was by hand , and washes of great subtlety and precision were laid on to give the desired effects . |
| 9 | 3.5 millimetre jack sockets have been used for JK1 and JK2 , but you can obviously use an alternative such as phono sockets or standard jacks , if these will fit in better with other equipment . |
| 10 | Additives have been used for hundreds of years , though they were not always known as ‘ additives ’ . |
| 11 | In fact there are six , including the background colour , which means that six colours have been used for this design . |
| 12 | Their boats have been used for the Royal Lymington Cup and the Air Canada Industry Sailing Challenge , as well as the Chartered Surveyors ' Regatta and many other similar events . |
| 13 | Some Urban Programme resources have been used for housing rehabilitation , the London Docklands Development Corporation has presided over substantial housing developments ( see below ) and , as discussed above , UDG has boosted inner-urban residential schemes . |
| 14 | IMPACT Moling : These machines have been used for some years to lay services and pipes up to 125mm in diameter . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Trees on the slopes have been used for firewood to provide space to make new fields . |
| 17 | In the Muslim world over the last two centuries , Western recipes have been used for government and society . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | As well as milling corn , water-powered mills have been used for weaving and spinning . |
| 20 | In recent years , several new materials have been used for base thermal layers which are effective at keeping you dry . |
| 21 | Several Y-specific genes have been used for sex typing . |
| 22 | Budgets for prostheses have been used for years to limit elective orthopaedic activity because blocking the purchase of further implants stops joint replacement surgery , the ‘ bread and butter ’ of current elective orthopaedic practice . |
| 23 | There are several cases in the literature where biological processes have been used for in situ or conventional biological treatment of petroleum or chlorinated organic wastes . |
| 24 | These tests have been used for individual student assessment and as instruments for the product evaluation of instructional programmes . |
| 25 | Since the launch of the first bus the vehicles have been used for periods of between one and three weeks in some 70 LEAs and schools throughout England , Scotland and Wales . |
| 26 | Since the launch of the WISE I bus in 1984 vehicles have been used for periods of between one and three weeks in some 100 LEAs and 1000 schools throughout England , Scotland and Wales , quite apart from the members of the public who have seen the vehicles at exhibitions , conferences and special events . |
| 27 | Since the launch of the WISE 1 bus in 1984 the five vehicles have been used for periods of between one and three weeks in some 90 LEAs and 850 schools throughout England , Scotland and Wales . |
| 28 | Recently the microcomputers have been used for competitions during break-time to raise money for charity . |
| 29 | All the right components had been used for a power casting rig , 60 lb main trace line , heavy duty swivels along with good links . |
| 30 | Nicknames have been used for as long as man has identified himself . |