Example sentences of "[noun] [vb -s] been use for [noun] " in BNC.

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1 This technique has been used for uranium , copper , fluorine and other relatively soluble elements .
2 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 .
3 The transhepatic puncture of the gall bladder has been used for cholecystography and cholangiography , for aspiration of bile or pus for culture in suspected cases of acute cholecystitis or empyema , and for biopsy of lesions within the gall bladder .
4 A RARE Chinese vase worth up to £100,000 has been used for years as a flowerpot .
5 This is the first time in Britain … possibly in Europe that this legislation has been used for enforcement in this way
6 Wooden dowel has been used for kite spars for as long as we can recall .
7 Much of the land has been used for squatter settlements for refugees from the fighting in Mozambique , while other parts have been cleared for banana plantations .
8 A gift from Mr J. M. Beecham in memory of Audrey Beecham has been used for Criminology .
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