Example sentences of "have been used in [adj] " in BNC.

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1 We shall start with a description of the banking system , and then proceed to consider the types of monetary policies that have been used in recent years , and their effects .
2 It challenges some of the teaching methods that have been used in recent years and it suggests that schools should concentrate on commonsense , practical teaching .
3 The real test is whether they have been used in all the cases where there has been flagrant abuse , and I have reason to believe that the traffic commissioners are doing their job competently in that connection .
4 ORGANS from tragic schoolgirl Paula Moss have been used in SIX transplant operations .
5 Battery pods containing groups of AA cells have been used in vast numbers by nearly all detector manufacturers for many years .
6 Prayer rugs ( pls. 5 , 30–31 ) have been used in Muslim countries for centuries , and are an integral part of the religious experience of the Islamic world .
7 These to date have been used in small quantities as chemical feedstock .
8 Solidago species ( Compositae ) — a family of coarse hardy perennial plants — have been used in European traditional medicine for centuries to treat various conditions , including ulcers .
9 In addition , modules such as ‘ Work experience ’ and ‘ Enterprise activity ’ ( each also certificated at three levels and concerning process skills ) have been used in European projects .
10 Variants of it have been used in many situations .
11 JSL employs just 7 people but it 's pistols have been used in many top shooting competitions .
12 Such chalets have been used in other parts of the country and are also common on the continent .
13 Even so , the guidelines have been used in other cases as factors to be considered where the statute applies ( see Woodman v Photo Trade Processing Ltd reported by Lawson in ( 1981 ) 131 NLJ 933 , at p935 ) .
14 The twenties biplanes and monoplanes have been used in major films like Aces High , The Great Waldo Pepper , and Indiana Jones .
15 Although finite state grammars are weak they have been used in computational systems .
16 Cash limits now cover directly some 60% of public expenditure and have been used in different ways throughout the public sector .
17 Family network meetings to help maintain the web of relationships sustaining a vulnerable elderly client have been used in Social Service practice ( Rawlings , 1988 ) .
18 For some 30 years the toxins produced inside the Tb bacterium ( δ-endotoxins ) have been used in commercial insecticides .
19 Nuclear batteries have been used in 22 other US missions .
20 At least the powers are there in the statute and have been used in some cases .
21 Vitrinite reflectance data have been used in structural studies with the principal applications being the estimate of removed overburden at unconformities and the recognition of repeated section caused by faults ( Dow , 1977 ) .
22 Stone axes have been used in several experiments to find out the method and efficiency of hafting , and to see how efficient they were in felling trees .
23 Indeed it is possible to circumvent the argument that the cadavers needed for educational purposes involve substantial extra killing since tissue is regularly collected from abattoirs or from research laboratories where the animals have been used in licensed procedures .
24 I have heard it suggested that there is some danger that prospective buyers might be put off by the idea that their units have been used in this way .
25 ALTHOUGH table forks have been used in this country since the middle of the 15th Century , they were not used in conjunction with knives until almost two centuries later .
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