Example sentences of "been used for [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is the same spray material that has been used for ages on potatoes and other crops , and can be a great help here also . |
| 2 | There are also Roman siegeworks which may have been used for exercises by troops from nearby temporary camps still visible around Pennymuir . |
| 3 | Since the launch of the first bus the vehicles have been used for periods of between one and three weeks in some 70 LEAs and schools throughout England , Scotland and Wales . |
| 4 | Since the launch of the WISE I bus in 1984 vehicles have been used for periods of between one and three weeks in some 100 LEAs and 1000 schools throughout England , Scotland and Wales , quite apart from the members of the public who have seen the vehicles at exhibitions , conferences and special events . |
| 5 | Since the launch of the WISE 1 bus in 1984 the five vehicles have been used for periods of between one and three weeks in some 90 LEAs and 850 schools throughout England , Scotland and Wales . |
| 6 | Recently the microcomputers have been used for competitions during break-time to raise money for charity . |
| 7 | We were told , because of the shortage of paper , we were told only to use secondhand papers er paper that had already been used for letters or memos when writing to the Clerks ' Department and erm we erm used to get the grubbiest paper that we could and then you had to condense it and type it erm without too much space and erm that went over to the Clerks ' Department , then erm when it got over th oh sorry you had to trim off the edges erm so that there was no spare paper left around the memo so that er you know there was just this little bit of paper with the |
| 8 | These have been used for surveys of ruined areas in North Africa with , in the view of the archaeologists , a success rate better than could be achieved by any other aerial platform . |
| 9 | The saxophones are rarely employed as a group in the orchestra , but the E flat alto has now and again been used for solos , e.g. in Ravel 's orchestration of Mussorgsky 's Pictures from an Exhibition , Vaughan Williams 's Job and Britten 's Sinfonia da Requiem . |
| 10 | In the big front room the flags were as good as new — no wear at all — and Hannah told me it had only been used for funerals and pig-killings . |
| 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 | Peterson Strobe Tuners in particular have been used for years by professional musicians because of their superior accuracy . |
| 13 | It was doubtful if the equipment had been used for years . |
| 14 | Tetracycline and erythromycin have been used for years , though minocycline is now increasingly considered as a preferable and safe alternative . |
| 15 | A RARE Chinese vase worth up to £100,000 has been used for years as a flowerpot . |
| 16 | Condoms have been used for years to prevent unwanted pregnancy but are also an effective barrier against sexually transmitted diseases including HIV . |
| 17 | It was covered with climbing plants , and clearly had not been used for years . |
| 18 | Budgets for prostheses have been used for years to limit elective orthopaedic activity because blocking the purchase of further implants stops joint replacement surgery , the ‘ bread and butter ’ of current elective orthopaedic practice . |
| 19 | I know a way out of Parfois that has n't been used for years , but it 's still open if you know where to find it . |
| 20 | Aromatic oils have been used for centuries for their therapeutic and beauty benefits . |
| 21 | It 's been used for centuries in the crafting of Buddhist religious statues and the grain is absolutely spectacular . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | The distinction between public and private spheres of existence has been used for centuries to exclude women from the activities through which larger social processes are effected ; it has made of them goods to be protected , the stakes for which wars are fought by men . |
| 24 | It had traditionally been used for stores and dressing . |
| 25 | It is imperative to investigate the mechanism of action of this tratment because of the small therapeutic benefits found with older regimens of treatment , which have been used for patients with gastric cancer . |
| 26 | And then our own facilities , as Carlos has already mentioned , have been used for conferences of Third World First and other development groups occasionally have met in the Institute , and of course erm our own staff and students , and indeed sometimes Third Worlders spending a period at the Institute have given local talks and participated in local meetings . |
| 27 | Without his influence , the vast energy expended on Wissenschaft over the centuries might have been used for purposes of individual or national aggrandizement . |