Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] been used for " in BNC.
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| 1 | This technique has been used for uranium , copper , fluorine and other relatively soluble elements . |
| 2 | The distinction between public and private spheres of existence has been used for centuries to exclude women from the activities through which larger social processes are effected ; it has made of them goods to be protected , the stakes for which wars are fought by men . |
| 3 | This provided ‘ a check from the buyers mortgagees point of view , that the money has been used for the purchase ’ . |
| 4 | Robin Chambers , the principal of Stoke-Newington school in South London , where the programme has been used for two months , says : ‘ We are ironing out a few difficulties , for instance getting the individual answer sheet completed in the correct way and working out who has the time to do it . |
| 5 | The transhepatic puncture of the gall bladder has been used for cholecystography and cholangiography , for aspiration of bile or pus for culture in suspected cases of acute cholecystitis or empyema , and for biopsy of lesions within the gall bladder . |
| 6 | More recently , this dock has been used for the importation of Fiat cars ( it used to be used for the export of British cars ) . |
| 7 | That is ludicrous because the term has been used for over ten years , it was coined by Labour councillors and has even been used jokingly by the people it referred to . |
| 8 | What denomination of coinage would this weight have been used for during James I reign ? |
| 9 | In recent years , the SeHCAT test has been used for the determination of bile acid malabsorption . |
| 10 | Wood cutting has been a trade in and around Halling for centuries , in early days wood having been used for fuel . |
| 11 | It was doubtful if the equipment had been used for years . |
| 12 | This site has been used for the past couple of years without any problems . |
| 13 | Woodblock has been used for a beautiful , yet practical , floorcovering . |
| 14 | These names are either prescribed by law ( wholemeal bread ) or clearly descriptive ( beef stew and dumpling ) or , in the case of fish fingers , the name has been used for so long that everyone knows what they are . |
| 15 | BELOW The same evidence has been used for this house , but the reconstruction is quite different . |
| 16 | Mururoa has been used for nuclear tests since 1966 , at first in the air but , since 1981 , underground . |
| 17 | The same spoon had been used for this for many years and was burnt black . |
| 18 | Although this procedure had been used for administrative purposes in Normandy ( where the English example of Domesday Book was an inspiration ) and in Anjou before Geoffrey le Bel 's conquest of Normandy , the Feoda marked an important step in its use in eastern France . |
| 19 | This is the first time in Britain … possibly in Europe that this legislation has been used for enforcement in this way |
| 20 | For illustrative purposes , only a simple example has been given here ; however , the approach has been used for a number of major investigations , including a study of the procedures of a local authority for making policy decisions about housing stock , covering in excess of fifteen thousand buildings . |
| 21 | Wooden dowel has been used for kite spars for as long as we can recall . |
| 22 | Here , the same powder-blue print has been used for the wallpaper , valance and chaircovering , while cream drapes combine to give an almost French flavour . |
| 23 | all the different types of variations fuck has been used for . |
| 24 | The present owners purchased the mill in 1976 after part of it had been used to house chickens and the mill-pond had been used for fish-farming . |
| 25 | The Thing had said the Ship had been used for exploring . |
| 26 | Goulding J found as a fact that all parts of the sales information had been used for the purposes of the defendant 's business and he divided information into three categories where it was not the subject of any express provision : ( 1 ) Information which because of its triviality or public accessibility was not confidential at all . |
| 27 | The fact of the child 's puzzlement is due to his being a victim of the way in which the dogmatic religions of the world have been used for child indoctrination , resulting in the perpetuation of the inherent superstitions and subsequent evils that have shamed religion throughout civilised time . |
| 28 | Much of the land has been used for squatter settlements for refugees from the fighting in Mozambique , while other parts have been cleared for banana plantations . |
| 29 | Pearloid sheet has been used for the scratchplate , again reminiscent of bygone days . |
| 30 | At Dingleton Hospital in the borders a community model based on teams for home visiting and treatment has been used for the scattered population of 100 000 since the 1960s when Dr Maxwell Jones extended from the hospital his ideas about therapeutic communities . |