Example sentences of "been used by [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was the first time the phrase Scenic Land Cruise had been used by a train operator — but it certainly was not the last . |
| 2 | They are now certain an explosion was caused by Pentrite , a plastic explosive which requires much less skill to handle than Semtex and has been used by a far wider range of terrorist groups . |
| 3 | As each group of rigs arrived they moved quietly on to the sloping cobbled ramp , which in times past had been used by a civilian ferry , and with a hiss of hydraulics opened out . |
| 4 | ‘ Of course , ’ Morton remarked , ‘ the barrow might have been used by a local resident just to move furniture . |
| 5 | A bronze snake around five feet long , found at Thebes in 1911 and now in the British Museum , is thought to have been used by a magician . |
| 6 | The concept of the ‘ drug career ’ has been used by a number of authors ( for example , Becker 1963 ) to systematise the response patterns of individuals who have come into contact with a given drug . |
| 7 | I agree with you , the pointed base does suggest that it may have been used by a travelling craftsman . |
| 8 | The knife handle was found in Colchester and may have been used by a legionary . |
| 9 | Apparatus known to have been used by a particular scientist , and collections of apparatus by the same maker , are particularly instructive . |
| 10 | Even the term ‘ cantata ’ appears not to have been used by a German composer before 1638 . |
| 11 | Extrapolation based upon a mathematical formula has the appearance of a much greater degree of precision and has been used by a number of workers in Britain , e.g.Jones ( 1924 ) and Brown ( 1952 ) . |
| 12 | The helpline has already been used by a number of worried officers . |
| 13 | The eight-kilometre Somport tunnel , which was to have received funds from the EC , would have cut driving times between France and Spain by two hours and would have been used by an estimated 1,000 trucks a day . |
| 14 | The cliff hideout also possessed its own ritual bath , a mikveh , which would normally have been used by the priest for religious purification . |
| 15 | Besides the First Century cave , the archaeologists have discovered a group of other man-made caverns believed to have been used by the Second Century anti-Roman Jewish rebel , Bar-Kokhba . |
| 16 | The drawing and new evidence about cars suspected of having been used by the bombers , has prompted police to call 1,500 Deal residents for further interviews later this week with 50 officers at a church hall . |
| 17 | The cemetery , which probably contains at least 300 Dark Age graves , may have been used by the inhabitants of a statelet possibly known as the Barringas - ‘ the people of Barra ’ . |
| 18 | And of late years it has been used by the inhabitants of Virginia in many disorders , which are occasioned by thick , sizy blood ; so that the root of this plant , when its virtues are fully known , may become one of the most useful medicines yet discovered . |
| 19 | No plane like it has since been used by the public . |
| 20 | The halberd was not introduced extensively into England or France until as late as the fourteenth century , but may well have been used by the Germanic troops of Barbarossa , particularly those vassals from the more northerly territories . |
| 21 | Indeed , local government has often been used by the right of the Conservative Party to promote the introduction of ‘ market forces ’ into , and the privatization of , certain state services , and by the left of the Labour Party to develop ‘ local socialism ’ and the extension of public sector services into areas of the community previously untouched by local government . |
| 22 | Trusts were ideally suited for such treatment since they did not presuppose that certain words had been used by the testator , but merely that a certain intention had been manifested . |
| 23 | It has been used by the Royal Family , and is now used by the Royal Household and senior railway staff . |
| 24 | Rich in essential fat soluble vitamins A and D , fish oil has been used by the whole family for the maintenance of healthy joints and for general well-being . |
| 25 | Cork-stoppers had been used by the Romans as long ago as 500 BC , but were ‘ lost ’ to the French when the Romans left Gaul some twelve hundred years before Dom Pérignon 's day , though they were available elsewhere in Europe . |
| 26 | It has been used by the Portuguese Admiralty as a radio station since 1925 . |
| 27 | At the Restoration of Charles II , the church which had been used by the Bedford Congregation was returned to the Church of England and its members had to meet on village greens and in barns . |
| 28 | However , an amnesty law passed in 1978 , which granted immunity to the perpetrators of human rights violations , has been used by the courts to block full investigations into these cases . |
| 29 | The reference guide The Executive Grapevine had been used by the government service organisation and one of the anonymous respondents ; the latter had also responded to mail-shots from headhunters seeking business . |
| 30 | They must have been used by the painter of the bull depicted on the flat side of a crystal plaque found at Knossos . |