Example sentences of "may have [been] use in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Near the end of the period gold coin may have been used in commercial transactions , but the dwindling supply of gold in western Europe caused a switch to silver as the principal precious metal . |
| 2 | The swords may have been ceremonial , or they may have been used in an acrobatic ritual sword dance . |
| 3 | Twelve kilometres to the north is the embayed island of Dia , which had its own port ; with a southerly aspect , it may have been used in emergencies when persistent north winds would have prevented ships intending to dock at Amnisos , Katsamba , or Agii Theodhori from leaving port . |
| 4 | This may have been used in conjunction with a net , or on its own from an open boat . |
| 5 | Detectives hunting the killer of a businessman who was shot dead as he walked his dogs today carried out a reconstruction involving the car and a motorbike that they think may have been used in the murder . |