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Example sentences of "to have been used [prep] the " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	These objects are actually made of brass , but are believed to have been used for the weighing of gold dust ( fig. 9.4 ) .
2	New Zealand was amply supplied with basalt , greywacke and argillite , each of which is known to have been used for the adze blades used to shape the timbers required for canoes , houses and defensive works .
3	Nevertheless , perhaps because of the procedural problems outlined above , Article 100A(4) appears to have been used for the first time only in 1992 , in relation to German legislation banning the use of PCP ( pentachlorophenol ) despite the fears expressed at the time the Single European Act was signed that it would destroy the Court 's achievements in this sphere .
4	Besides the First Century cave , the archaeologists have discovered a group of other man-made caverns believed to have been used by the Second Century anti-Roman Jewish rebel , Bar-Kokhba .
5	There lies a group of stones deposited by the glacier , the largest of which , the Carlow Stone , is said to have been used by the druids for human sacrifice .
6	An expensive colour photocopier is believed to have been used by the forgers to copy what is thought to have been a genuine blank MOT form .
7	They were thought to have been used in the death of Inspector Drewitt , firstly to shoot him and then to batter him .
8	A mechanical digger is said to have been used in the incident at the Abbey National office in High Street , Maldon , at 4 am .
9	The senses of polysemous words ( such as ’ charge ’ or ’ rate ’ ) are therefore most likely to have been used in the sense related to financial affairs .
10	Searches that predominantly involve specific words or phrases known to have been used in the source material .
11	However , it may be possible to get some idea about the information that was likely to have been used in the recognition studies by simply asking people to describe the films .