Example sentences of "[conj] have be used [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One classificatory device that has been used frequently draws distinctions between church , denomination , and sect and cult . |
| 2 | These results were taken as supporting a temporal discrimination hypothesis of the same type that has been used elsewhere to describe short term verbal recency effects ( e.g. Bjork & Whitten , 1974 ) . |
| 3 | This tendency not to see beyond the individual and his or her legal specialism that has been used before , to the other service available in the firm , is an old-established one — ‘ although , ’ said , ‘ I had hoped we were starting to get past that ’ . |
| 4 | It is this discretion that has been used routinely to allow questioning which Parliament had intended should be exceptional . |
| 5 | Innocent was the first pope to proclaim publicly that he was the vicar of Christ — a title that had been used previously of themselves by the Byzantine emperors and by the Emperor Henry III ( d. 1056 ) . |
| 6 | Temporary upsurges in militancy during the year , in particular around the question of British intervention in Russia and Ireland , provoked principled stands at national and local levels , not least because it deflected anti-Bolshevik propaganda that had been used consistently against Labour . |
| 7 | Each cell has its own developmental programme which makes use of a limited number of processes that have been used again and again , for hundreds of millions of years . |
| 8 | These are the non-renewable sources of energy that have been used predominantly in the past . |
| 9 | ‘ We will assist in the removal of old facilities that have been used previously in operations using radioactive or other hazardous materials , ’ he added . |
| 10 | The perceptions a research community develops will be influenced by a whole set of factors , none more potent than the ideas and practices that have been used previously , as well as those which are seen to yield further advances in understanding . |
| 11 | Intact cellular biolayers that have been used so far have lacked the organisational structure for a rapid , coordinated , amplified response that exists in natural intact biosensors such as retinal rods and cones and olfactory receptors . |
| 12 | Well , it seems that none of the arguments that have been used so far would come close to defending the type of system that we 've got . |
| 13 | Our perception of spermatozoa was changed forever by Woody Allen 's impersonation of one in Everything You Wanted to Know About Sex , and University of Pennsylvania are giving substance to his fantasies , putting the poor little tadpoles through an arduous obstacle course to step up the process of survival of the fittest : according to Prodigy Services Co , the mad scientists have created a new class of silicon chip that can be used for analyzing sperm samples and providing a venue for fertilisation ; the technology uses microscopic obstacle courses inside a silicon wafer to weed out unhealthy sperm , and has been used successfully to fertilise a mouse egg ; the chips are etched with a virtual theme park of twisting channels , forests of columns , and other features designed to ensure only the strongest of sperm reach their goal , with some passages so small that only a single cell can pass ; the researchers have not yet applied for approval to test human fertilisation using the chip , but say that could happen within the next 12 months — Brave New World , or the embodiment of virtual sex . |
| 14 | Amongst the most important of these carefully plotted works are : de Falla 's The Three-Cornered Hat ( 1919 ) which originally accompanied a mime play and so fascinated Diaghilev that he commissioned the composer to enlarge it for Massine 's ballet ( see page 59 ) ; Vaughan William 's Job , commissioned by Diaghilev , was unused until de Valois created her important ‘ Masque for Dancing ’ ( 1931 ) ( this marked the inaugural performance of what has become The Royal Ballet ) ; Arthur Bliss ' Checkmate ( 1937 ) was choreographed by de Valois after both composer and choreographer had worked on the plot ; Prokofiev 's Romeo and Juliet was composed with the help of a Shakespearean theatre expert and has been used notably by Lavrovsky , Ashton and MacMillan ( see page 26 ) ; and Ashton provided a roughly outlined plot for Hans Werner Henze 's score for Ondine ( 1958 ) . |
| 15 | He covered both the World Championships in Rome in 1987 and the Seoul Olympic Games ( for Life magazine ) the following year , and has been used regularly in newspapers , Sunday supplements and running magazines . |
| 16 | It is binding in its entirety and applicable simultaneously in all member States , and has been used mostly in the nationally sensitive area of agricultural policy . |
| 17 | It is a breathtaking tactic and has been used most dramatically in the debate over federalism . |
| 18 | This preliminary psychiatric interview is regarded as a predictor of more serious psychological problems , and has been used extensively by researchers from the MRC 's Social and Applied Psychology Unit at the University of Sheffield . |
| 19 | The second involves the settling of cells onto a slide surface through a sucrose , saline or other solution , and has been used principally for oocytes , but may be useful for spermatocytes if only a thin suspension is available . |
| 20 | It was set up for the administrative convenience of the London banks and the defendant and has been used principally in connection with the buying and selling of stocks and shares on the London market . |
| 21 | Having drawn a blank with the local councils , and having been used instead of helped by nearby ‘ conservationists ’ , Jane now wrote dozens of letters to banks , charities , environmental societies , corporations , official bodies , in search of sponsorship , or even a loan . |
| 22 | Pghorbol esters such as 12- O -tetradecanoylphorbol 13-acetate ( TPA ) can substitute for diacylglycerol and have been used extensively as tools to investigate actions of protein kinase C. |
| 23 | The approach is not restricted to a clinical population , but has been used extensively in the commercial world particularly in the fields of sales and management . |
| 24 | It is a broad term , with the appropriate emphasis on the child 's potential , but has been used too often previously to contrast with ‘ blind ’ without consideration for the needs of pupils who have to use both tactile and visual methods for learning . |
| 25 | It was the ninth goal of the season for a player who embodies all the traditional strengths of the old-fashioned British centre-forward but has been used only once against Czechoslovakia in Graham Taylor 's two- year reign . |