Example sentences of "have be use [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Raymond de Becker points out , they could have been used as gospel by the naive , or turned into parlour games by sceptics . |
| 2 | He further suggested that the fifty-six Aubrey holes could have been used as eclipse predictors , representing three cycles of the moon 's nodes , each taking 18.6 years . |
| 3 | However , no finds of this type are known from Chedworth , although a number of agricultural implements were found in the excavations , including a plough-tip ; some other tools such as the spade-iron and mattock could have been used for gardening . |
| 4 | Subject to planning permission , it could sensibly have been used for development and perhaps for a number of other purposes … |
| 5 | Vessels may have been used for eating , drinking , containing and carrying liquids , but each type may have had a specific function such as the use of open bowls as lamps . |
| 6 | They would have been used for transport between the Stroudwater Canal and Stratford Mills . |
| 7 | It has a long , narrow plan , the northern end of which may have been used for stabling horses or housing the cattle . |
| 8 | RIGHT : One of the most interesting buildings at Beards Mill is this early 19th century wool store , which may also have been used for weaving . |
| 9 | Dr Hughes , who said UKOOA would urgently seek views of members on the detailed impact of the moves , pointed out that the changes could mean the industry as a whole losing from £300 million to £400 million in cash flow which could have been used for reinvestment over each of the next two years . |
| 10 | Yesterday , the advocate-depute , Elizabeth Jarvie , said that at the time of the incident , the line would have been used by freight trains carrying petroleum products from Grangemouth as well as by the London sleeper . |
| 11 | But of course the very same argument could have been used in favour of broadcasting in any of over a and of childhood for only a minority of Tanzanians . |
| 12 | Pale colours were used to map out the image and fill in areas much as they might have been used in watercolour painting . |
| 13 | The study went on to estimate what fuels would have been used in electricity generation if there had been no nuclear power , concluding that the world 1987 total of 1660,800 million kilowatt-hours of electricity generated by nuclear power had displaced 1,790 million barrels of oil , 185 million tonnes of coal and 3,103,000 million cubic feet of natural gas , and had meant the avoidance of purchases of OPEC oil to the value of US$30,700 million in that year alone . |
| 14 | This may have been used in conjunction with a net , or on its own from an open boat . |
| 15 | The car , a Sierra , had been stolen on Thursday night from nearby Bilsdale Close and neighbouring forces have been alerted to look out for a stolen blue Ford Orion , registration number H814 FYM , which may also have been used in connection with the incident . |
| 16 | It would have been used in training by Canadian soldiers at Medstead during the second world war . |