Example sentences of "in use [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Look — ’ he held aloft his battered , ink-bespattered copy — ‘ this one looks as if it 's been in use since the Boer War . ’
2 It is also hoped that No 506 will be in use during the day as one of the rostered locos .
3 In October 1944 the Leaders faced the problem of redecorating the Primary School room which had been handed back to the church after having been in use during the War as a First Aid Post for a unit of the St John 's Ambulance Brigade led by Miss Mary Lutton .
4 It is also likely that the common open field system in use in the Middle Ages was only in use during the lifetime of the nucleated village ; this will be discussed elsewhere .
5 While the IET mainly encouraged supranationals and European multinationals to issue eurobonds ( partly at the expense of yankee issues ) , the mandatory VRP led to a sharp increase in use of the eurobond market by US firms .
6 We understand that service cuts are planned within the next few months , which we fear will bring a decline in use of the Line , thus leading to a further rundown and closure .
7 Researchers tended to focus on the generation differences , in particular with respect to the possible decline in use of the mother tongue among second-generation speakers in some domains , and differential use of mother-tongue and English in others .
8 In the proposal this was described as " intended to supplement the training and use of information skills " and was linked to " introductory lessons in use of the library " which pupils were already receiving .
9 Thousands of dangerous Candy machines are still in use despite a recall by the manufacturers .
10 On the day of the British Grand Prix at Silverstone , Kidlington was in use as a feeder airport for helicopters to refuel and transfer passengers to and from the race circuit .
11 The site continued in use as a corn mill up to its acquisition by the Arkell family in 1827 , by then consisting of three corn mills , a malt house and a bakery .
12 It continued in use as a corn mill up to around 1930 , although the business apparently diminished during its last decade .
13 I 've been in touch with the Public Hall and I understand the Mill Yard will be in use as a car park for an Antiques Fair on 28th March 93 .
14 The ‘ Border Warhorn ’ which was to hang in Abbotsford was found in use as a grease vessel for a local labourer 's scythe .
15 By the turn of the 19th century , it was in use as a foundry .
16 The first plans definitely showing the site in use as a foundry appear in the 1820s .
17 Benjamin used the site for corn milling ; presumably the corn mill survived even when the mill was in use as a timber mill .
18 During the 1970s , the body of No. 8 was discovered , in use as a garden shed in Sutton .
19 In use as a hospital until 1965 , in 1977 it was declared an historic monument and saved from demolition .
20 Cut-Through Lane was in use as a tank testing ground by the Ordnance Depot at Chilwell and everything was on wartime footing .
21 It is still in use as the town gateway as is the other example on the other side of the town which uses the Corinthian Order ( 163 ) .
22 She 'd gone on into a book-lined room which appeared to be in use as an office , and she was placing the shotgun along with two others in a locking steel cabinet .
23 Several of the Feltham type cars were in use to the end and were driven to the demolition site at Penhall Road , temporarily , while awaiting transport to Leeds .
24 An offence will not be committed when a defective lamp or reflector is found on a vehicle in use on a road during daytime hours if such a lamp or reflector became defective during the journey which is in progress or if arrangements have been made to remedy the defect with all reasonable expedition .
25 Nigel said , ‘ My whistles have been in use on a number of locomotives on different railways .
26 LONDON travellers are to be advised when buses are due by dot-matrix displays at 50 bus stops , similar to the system already in use on the capital 's Underground stations .
27 The 3 expert systems then developed have remained in use on the shop floor since the end of the trial .
28 A spokeswoman for the Department of Transport said that diversions would only be in use at the weekend .
29 Pioneer frame helps disabled child to walk An 11-year-old girl from Middlesbrough has benefited from a revolutionary surgery technique , developed in Siberia , and now in use at the town 's general hospital .
30 I am not sure if they were in fact in use at the end .
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