Example sentences of "been used [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | That weapon may have been used to good effect against the Scots who were defeated at Falkirk in July 1298 . |
| 32 | Both styles are well finished , a satin stain/varnish has been used to good effect , the eye is well placed high on the body and on all of the floats I received was free of varnish . |
| 33 | These had been used to good effect by the PRD in the presidential elections of July 1988 , when the PRD candidate Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas Solórzano had accused the PRI of indulging in blatant electoral fraud to deny him victory [ see pp. 36367-69 ] . |
| 34 | The DNA technique has already been used to spectacular effect , even trapping a murderer . |
| 35 | I 've never been used to that . |
| 36 | When you 've been used to that for sixty-two years , hot water and a flushing toilet do come as something of a culture shock . |
| 37 | Strangely enough , they consistently demand outrageous prices for things like basket-case Eko Rangers and Westone basses that have obviously been used to fell fair-sized pine trees , but they also have the laughably ignorant if highly convenient habit of pricing guitar amplifiers on the simple basis of how large they are . |
| 38 | There has been a trend in recent years for manufacturers to shorten their channels in order to control more effectively the distribution of their products , particularly where expensive advertising has been used to pre-sell the goods to the consumer . |
| 39 | For the Japanese no such decision was necessary because their home market had always been used to small cars . |
| 40 | One place where Westmorland slate has been used to great advantage is in the new Coventry Cathedral , but it can also be seen in vernacular building , particularly at Elterwater ( q.v. ) and Troutbeck . |
| 41 | The eyes had been used to great effect as Queen Gertrude , Imogen , Portia , and Lady Macbeth . |
| 42 | Lustre powder has been used to great effect here , giving a lovely ephemeral glimmer to the castle . |
| 43 | Here , an unusual combination of ash and cherrywood has been used to superb effect . |
| 44 | Though custodianship has not been used to any appreciable extent yet , the same arguments would apply as with long-term fostering . |
| 45 | In November 1989 Secord had pleaded guilty to a felony charge of making a false statement to congressional investigators by denying that he knew that funds from the Iran-contra operation had been used to instal a security system at the house of Oliver North . |
| 46 | Because the Codds have been used to tiller-steered boats , they were very keen that Sparkle be similarly equipped . |
| 47 | ‘ We 've been used to this since the anti-Rightist movement in 1958 , ’ observes an elderly economist of great distinction , trained in Germany in the 1930s . |
| 48 | I 've been used to domestic chores and looking after children all my adult life . ’ |
| 49 | If you 've been used to linear note-taking for many years , you 'll need to persevere with the Buzan method . |
| 50 | But , if units of metal have been used as monetary values and in monetary transactions , what is the difference between a coin and a lump of metal ? |
| 51 | In England sea urchins are especially easy to collect from the Cretaceous chalk , where they have been used as one of the fossils for dating the rocks . |
| 52 | Piggy is short-sighted ; and the spectacles he would have been prescribed for this condition could not possibly have been used as burning glasses . |
| 53 | However in many cases it is doubtful whether these are anything other than the traditional wage system in a new disguise — for ‘ merit ’ , ‘ loyalty ’ and ‘ cooperation ’ , which are often tied to length of service have been used as major criteria for wage increases granted in this fashion … managements have not proceeded hastily towards full-blown wage rationalization because of their own concern with preserving worker identification with the enterprise … |
| 54 | Even the tough German infantrymen had been used as human mules , lugging the heavy shells up on their backs . |
| 55 | At the same time , it has allowed urban-based employees to commute from not only exurban areas ( Lawton , 1968 ) but also remote rural areas ( Lewis , 1967 ) in ever increasing numbers and these commuting fields have been used as another , albeit disputed way of defining rural areas ( Ball , 1980 ) . |
| 56 | In 1967 the formal grade of Geologist was dropped in favour of Scientific Officer , the former title having been used since 1840 . |
| 57 | Milk and honey are just two kitchen cupboard stand-bys that have been used since ancient times in beauty routines , so give these recipes a go . |
| 58 | Particularly divisive at a parochial level was the stress placed by the bishops on the need for a greater reverence in the communion rite , and their determination that the portable communion tables , which had been used since Elizabethan times , should be replaced by altars permanently positioned at the east end of the chancel and separated from the body of the church by altar rails . |
| 59 | Drift-nets were first developed by the Japanese , and have been used since 1905 . |
| 60 | Procaine , the paracohlrophenoxy acetic ester of DNAE , has been used since 1905 as a safe local anaesthetic . |