Example sentences of "been used in [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 A distinction was made in the first chapter between three types of risk , objective , estimated and subjective , and the assumption was made that subjective risk is closely related to the concept of arousal as it has been used in much memory research .
2 This medium is the one which has been used in many laboratory experiments on this plant .
3 After all , the Conservative Party has had provision for electing a new Leader while in office since 1975 and it has not been used in that circumstance .
4 This again correlates with the citation data for these universities , indicating that the research produced in these universities has been used in some measure by other workers , who have acknowledged that use by citations .
5 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 .
6 Miss Joyce could not afford to sue for libel , for which Legal Aid is not available , so she chose the ancient legal route of malicious falsehood which IS covered by legal aid but has never before been used in this way .
7 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 .
8 Some of them have already been used in this book .
9 They may , however , not be exactly what the author would have preferred , as a colour plate which is readily available ( perhaps having been used in another publication ) is much cheaper to use than a new plate which has to be commissioned .
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