Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [vb -s] be used [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They changed that , so the money er it 's a bit different than the Maxwell , the money has n't been erm a switched over to the Cayman Islands and all over the place , it 's it 's stayed in , in the but of course we 're told by the trustees and by our legal advice that nothing illegal 's taken place , the money 's been used to st er finance early voluntary retirement etcetera , etcetera . |
| 2 | This provided ‘ a check from the buyers mortgagees point of view , that the money has been used for the purchase ’ . |
| 3 | The yacht has been used as a model upon which all the Northshore Yacht Yards ' Vancouver 28s are based , but they do differ slightly from the original yacht . |
| 4 | Since then the building has been used as a village hall for the local community but still belongs to the Herons Trust . |
| 5 | That is ludicrous because the term has been used for over ten years , it was coined by Labour councillors and has even been used jokingly by the people it referred to . |
| 6 | Various ways in which the term has been used by philosophers … |
| 7 | The term has been used in diverse ways . |
| 8 | A particular place in the fence has been used as a route to cross the railway . |
| 9 | Robin Chambers , the principal of Stoke-Newington school in South London , where the programme has been used for two months , says : ‘ We are ironing out a few difficulties , for instance getting the individual answer sheet completed in the correct way and working out who has the time to do it . |
| 10 | During his search for parts he has built up a colossal spares stock , but as the type has been used by so many air forces around the world and is still in service in places , components are not difficult to obtain — although they can be pricey . |
| 11 | For a long time the peat has been used as fuel by the more isolated farmers , or crofters , in the north-west . |
| 12 | This is n't the first Selecta Fiat , the concept has been used on Unos for some years and Fiat assures me that these automatics are dramatically improved from the older designs still used by other manufacturers . |
| 13 | These names are either prescribed by law ( wholemeal bread ) or clearly descriptive ( beef stew and dumpling ) or , in the case of fish fingers , the name has been used for so long that everyone knows what they are . |
| 14 | For illustrative purposes , only a simple example has been given here ; however , the approach has been used for a number of major investigations , including a study of the procedures of a local authority for making policy decisions about housing stock , covering in excess of fifteen thousand buildings . |
| 15 | The database has been used by one group of learning support pupils who have used the printouts not only to find the books they want but also to organize their projects , using the questions as section headings . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | The track has been used as a walkway since the closure of the line and this use has been regularised by way of purchase by the local authorities . |
| 18 | In recent years the estate has been used by the Ministry of Agriculture to research into badgers . |
| 19 | Although the archive has been used from time to time by researchers in pursuit of specific information , no general survey of the contents has been undertaken since the death of Lord Beveridge in 1963 . |
| 20 | The upper part of the slope has been used for housing which takes full advantage of the views and the sun . |