Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [been] used " in BNC.
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| 1 | The pig has rarely been used in physiology laboratories because of its size and temperament , but the development by animal breeders of a minipig with better temperament may change this . |
| 2 | The British minister is also empowered to issue ‘ general directions ’ in the national interest , although this has rarely been used , or specific directions to the British Railways Board : for example in the interests of ‘ national defence ’ , or to ‘ discontinue any of their activities , dispose of any part of their undertaking , dispose of any assets held by them … ’ |
| 3 | No plane like it has since been used by the public . |
| 4 | It has since been used on many small computers as a means of implementing a rich instruction set at a reasonable price . |
| 5 | Bismuth has long been used in the treatment of digestive problems and a typical bismuth drug in the British pharmaceutical codes ( BPC ) for 1949 was Pulvis Bismuth Compositus , BP , a mixture of bismuth carbonate , magnesium carbonate and sodium carbonate . |
| 6 | Isolating an infected person has long been used as a means of preventing the spread of infection and has been very effective in campaigns against the more serious and highly infectious diseases , such as smallpox ( now eradicated from the world ) , Lassa fever and tuberculosis . |
| 7 | Lead has long been used by man and its toxic properties have long been recognised . |
| 8 | A derivative of cellulose , one of the substances present in dietary fibre , has long been used as a ‘ slimming aid ’ for this reason . |
| 9 | According to one of my sources , it is the origin of the American term ‘ railroading ’ , which has long been used as a slang term throughout the USA to mean compelling somebody to do something they do not want to do , and for which the legal or other administrative justification is marginal or dubious . |
| 10 | Corporatism in various forms has a very long history : for example , professional groups such as doctors and lawyers have regulated themselves for centuries ; indeed , voluntary self-regulation is a defining characteristic of a profession and has long been used as a way of avoiding government control . |
| 11 | Introduced to Britain by the Romans and to North America by its first settlers , it has long been used all round the Mediterranean bowl , and continues to be used there today . |
| 12 | Champagne has long been used by the city institutions to woo clients . |
| 13 | Wood , of course , has long been used as fuel by mankind ( see the beginning of this chapter ) . |
| 14 | Alcohol has long been used as a fuel-in spirit lamps and as methylated spirits , for example . |
| 15 | The Forest of Dean has long been used as a dustbin . |
| 16 | Since the Second World War , this has only been used for storage . |
| 17 | A superb SWAN which has only been used for private cruising in the Med . |
| 18 | Although Abba is not restricted to any one medium , covering magnetic tape , VHS cassettes , optical disks and streamers , up till now , it has only been used in IBM Corp MVS mainframe and Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG BS2000 environments . |
| 19 | Although Abba is not restricted to any one medium , covering magnetic tape , VHS cassettes , optical disks and streamers , up till now , it has only been used in IBM Corp MVS mainframe and Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG BS2000 environments . |
| 20 | ABOVE The preparation of land for forestry can destroy even well-preserved archaeological sites , particularly on land which has only been used for pasture . |
| 21 | In commerce the designation ivory has sometimes been extended to nuts of the Phytelephas palm of South America , but this has only been used for making things like buttons , draughtsmen and netsuke . |
| 22 | This is a very laborious and exacting technique and , to date , it has only been used with a few plants . |
| 23 | As far as I know , he has only been used occasionally . ’ |
| 24 | Until recently , the cancer drug paclitaxel , from Pacific yew trees ( faxus brevifolia ) , has only been used in patients whose cancers are well developed . |
| 25 | Though custodianship has not been used to any appreciable extent yet , the same arguments would apply as with long-term fostering . |
| 26 | The commonest problem with central heating pumps is jamming , either after a period when the pump has not been used , or due to sludge in the system clogging the impeller . |
| 27 | The bulk of this till plain carries an unrelieved blanket of peat which provides fuel to the crofters but has not been used commercially . |
| 28 | Although the cage remained in 1823 , Bond reported ‘ to the credit of the sex it has not been used of late years ’ . |
| 29 | Enter Y to create or Esc to cancel appears , the filename has not been used . |
| 30 | Social perceptions of what is or is not obscene or indecent may change but the legislation may remain to trap the unwary in a much more liberal climate ; and just because the legislation has not been used in many years that does not mean it will not be applied again . |