Example sentences of "it have [been] used for " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has been used for a wide variety of projects so far . |
| 2 | Known for its skill and aggressiveness in dealing with its enemies it has been used for hunting from an early date in history . |
| 3 | Let us begin by trying to understand the rationale for the system ; after all , it has been used for many years and must presumably have had some point to it . |
| 4 | Only about one quarter claim that it has been used for INSET purposes in their schools and even fewer claim that its use has resulted in any changes . |
| 5 | It has been used for many years in traveller 's diarrhoea , as a colostomy deodoriser , and as an antispirochetal agent in syphilis . |
| 6 | These are in addition to applications in the detergents field , in which it has been used for many years . |
| 7 | Later that day , when she asked him what it had been used for , he confessed : ‘ Sorry , Mum , I got it wrong . |
| 8 | The motif was most probably introduced into Persia from China — where it had been used for centuries as a symbol of peace and tranquillity — and has subsequently been adapted to fulfil both the schematic and symbolic requirements of Islamic weavers . |
| 9 | It had been used for many years as a staff hostel for an Oxford Street department store . |
| 10 | The pose is certainly borrowed from Egypt , where it had been used for male figures for centuries . |
| 11 | No regular services had been held in it for many years , although it had been used for funerals and the occasional service , remaining open for visitors and pilgrims to Cell-y-bedd and the shrine . |
| 12 | Inside , it looks as if it 's been used for tank practice . |
| 13 | It 's been used for centuries in the crafting of Buddhist religious statues and the grain is absolutely spectacular . |
| 14 | There had been a shop in Street I which is still there but it 's been used for other things now . |