Example sentences of "was used by the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Can he give a categorical assurance to the House that none of that money was used by the Soviet Communist party to try to destabilise this country and foment industrial disputes , as it has now admitted that it did ? |
| 2 | The tax was used by the ancient Greeks ; the levy of 1380 led to Wat Tyler 's rebellion in the Middle Ages ; and the tax was used by southern states in the United States to exclude black people from voting . |
| 3 | Latterly , until its closure in 1963 , it was used by the permanent-way department , and has since been sold for industrial purposes . |
| 4 | And later in the war , in 1943 , it was this imposing natural wall of shingle which was used by the famous Dambusters as a practice target before their attack on the Mohne and Eder dams in Germany . |
| 5 | For some years , it was used by the American Church , which offered to buy it for a substantial sum from the London diocese when its lease expired ; but the offer was refused and the church declared redundant . |
| 6 | Caulophyllum is also known as squaw root because it was used by the Red Indian squaws to achieve easy childbirth . |
| 7 | One of the memorable election slogans of the century was used by the Christian Democrats in 1948 when there was a serious possibility that Italy might vote in a communist government : ‘ In the polling booth , God can see you but Stalin can not . ’ |
| 8 | Bridge 173 was an agricultural occupation bridge spanning a deep railway cutting and was used by the local farmer to give access to both big lineside fields . |
| 9 | The site was used by the Royal Navy for years to dump blue asbestos and other hazardous materials from ships and dockyards . |