Example sentences of "[noun] [vb -s] been used 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 . |