Example sentences of "of [noun pl] have been used " in BNC.
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| 1 | A number of definitions have been used both by the institutions and by researchers . |
| 2 | In the university sector a number of definitions have been used . |
| 3 | It is possible that this unexpected increase may not have occurred if a greater number of subjects had been used for the shadowing tasks . |
| 4 | Governments , however , have on occasions intervened in foreign exchange markets to influence their respective rates of exchange , although a greater variety of currencies has been used now that exchange rates are no longer pegged exclusively to the dollar . |
| 5 | To avoid the waste of pupil time which arises from duplication of teaching in differing phases of schooling when the gap itself creates discontinuity , a variety of organizations have been used by LEAs to make sure that primary and secondary schools make clear to each other , first , what is being provided and later , as achievements and the needs of learning change , to help them to plan together to create a complementary or continuous curriculum between the phases . |
| 6 | A number of methods have been used to repair damaged ground , including building broadwalks , experimenting with chemicals to harden soils and reseeding worn areas . |
| 7 | Skeletal element proportions based on total numbers of bones have been used as the basis for Fig. 3.1 comparing two kestrel samples with four barn owl samples . |
| 8 | In the case of foodstuffs a whole host of additives have been used to flavour , colour , emulsify and preserve the products in question . |
| 9 | A variety of substances have been used to plug the biopsy tract during needle withdrawal , one of which is ivalon , a polyvinyl foam ( 150–300 µ particle size ) . |
| 10 | Once a certain number of cheques have been used , your bank may send you a new book automatically . |
| 11 | A range of techniques has been used to avoid this problem , including chromatographic cellulose fibre powder to remove PCR inhibitors from the samples . |
| 12 | A number of approaches have been used to achieve this definition . |
| 13 | Recent vault clearances of over 2,000 coffins of the period 1729–1865 from St Marylebone Parish Church and Christchurch , Spitalfields , 18 exhibit a change in attitude ; for here , whilst it was not unusual to find wedding rings and dentures in situ , there were two instances — both men — of day-clothes having been used in place of the shroud : one in military uniform , the other an octogenarian macaroni with his walking stick , sporting an outfit more suited to a man sixty years his junior , as did the coiffure of his wig . |
| 14 | In charting development within the group two samples of boys have been used to reduce the task to manageable proportions . |
| 15 | When schematic drawings of faces have been used as stimuli visual hemifield asymmetry has been found to be a function of several factors , including the degree of similarity between the stimuli to be compared and the inter-stimulus interval employed ( Patterson and Bradshaw , 1975 ) . |
| 16 | If this process is done with a proper crimping tool there is very little chance of serious damage , although in this case it seemed by the damage done to the line that a normal pair of pliers had been used . |
| 17 | Since 1936 the Hall of Mirrors has been used as a concert hall . |