Example sentences of "[noun] [vb base] been used [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To avoid the waste of pupil time which arises from duplication of teaching in differing phases of schooling when the gap itself creates discontinuity , a variety of organizations have been used by LEAs to make sure that primary and secondary schools make clear to each other , first , what is being provided and later , as achievements and the needs of learning change , to help them to plan together to create a complementary or continuous curriculum between the phases . |
| 2 | These tactics have been used by unions in Mexico , where cooptation through the state bureaucracy has taken place as the labour movement is integrated into the organisation of the governing party . |
| 3 | All these methods have been used in nurse education in recent years and reflect the student-centred approaches being adopted by many nurse educators . |
| 4 | The state apparatus is subject to scrutiny and investigation by joint party-state control committees responsible for rooting out inefficiency , red tape , departmentalism , localism , embezzlement and corruption ; and for checking that governrnent funds have been used in ways intended by government policy . |
| 5 | In the course of history , many different commodities have been used as money — for example shells , animals and metals . |
| 6 | This is the first time the 'chutes have been used in Britain since the fire . |
| 7 | Manometry , electromyography , and scintiscanning have been used in adults in the investigation of colon motility but only recently have these been extended to the study of paediatric patients . |
| 8 | It has also been argued that green belts have been used as instruments of preservation rather than conservation , and that insufficient attention has been devoted to positive planning , and to provision for recreational use . |
| 9 | The Yard and the FBI believe that many of the banks have been used in tax evasion schemes , by fraudsters and to launder money for South American cocaine cartels , which moved to the island after the US authorities applied pressure on the Panamanian banking system . |
| 10 | Heart rate and skin conductance have been used as measures of arousal , and unusually high levels have been reported ( e.g. Venables , 1964 ) . |
| 11 | Nevertheless , it is a fact that during shiftwork and after time-zone transitions , body temperature and adrenalin rhythms have been used in addition to , or even in place of , measures of performance at ‘ real tasks ’ or at the simpler tests devised by psychologists . |
| 12 | Trees on the slopes have been used for firewood to provide space to make new fields . |
| 13 | In the Muslim world over the last two centuries , Western recipes have been used for government and society . |
| 14 | The cubeoctahedron , dodecahedron , icosahedron and various other semi and demi-regular solids have been used as models for geodesic domes . |
| 15 | Traditionally , the rare earths have been used as catalysts in the chemical industry and in flints for cigarette lighters . |
| 16 | Indeed , Crone said in his report that ‘ … the examination of these fake specimens shed no light at all on the main question as to whether mycotoxins have been used as warfare agents in Laos or Kampuchea ’ . |
| 17 | In recent years , several new materials have been used for base thermal layers which are effective at keeping you dry . |
| 18 | Since very early times the rivers of Britain have been used for water transport . |
| 19 | One of two originally purchased by the late Frank Sanders , many parts from this ‘ Fury have been used in other rebuilds over the years . |
| 20 | Several Y-specific genes have been used for sex typing . |
| 21 | Where a journalist intends to refer to an unnamed individual , it is reasonable that the individual should have an action for libel if others have correctly identified him or her as the target , whatever literary devices have been used as camouflage . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Produced by Ugine , the world 's largest stainless steel producer , since 1970 , its attractive lead-like weathered appearance and long maintenance free life have made it very successful , and since then over 5 million square metres have been used in roofing and cladding applications . |
| 24 | Sailing wheelbarrows have been used in China for two thousand years . |
| 25 | Extracts from the croton have been used as fish poisons . |
| 26 | The fact of the child 's puzzlement is due to his being a victim of the way in which the dogmatic religions of the world have been used for child indoctrination , resulting in the perpetuation of the inherent superstitions and subsequent evils that have shamed religion throughout civilised time . |
| 27 | Both the video and the pieces of the 1:8 model have been used in London to create the sets , in which Hockney has used bright colours and strong abstract shapes to striking effect . |
| 28 | Secondly , issue markets have been used by government to effect the privatisation of public sector businesses : notably British Telecommunications Plc . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . |