Example sentences of "[been] use for " in BNC.
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| 1 | For instance having retired to this lovely English village , and assembled my wits and memories to compile this narrative , I have had the satisfaction recently of discovering the original meaning of three common expressions which I have been using for years . |
| 2 | ‘ What I 've been using for about the last five years are Seymour Duncan amps . |
| 3 | Most of the sample group ( 82 per cent ) had been using for over two years before they first sought treatment . |
| 4 | The thing is , he has been using for such a long time . |
| 5 | These solutions , which involved old technology , simply applied to the ocean freighter what railroads and truckers had been using for 30 years . |
| 6 | If a patent were to be granted to the second business , it could prevent the first from using what it has already been using for some time . |
| 7 | If your bike is second-hand , or has n't been used for a while , then it 's important to check that it 's safe to ride . |
| 8 | The majority will receive the ‘ Operation Enterprise ’ pack which has been used for a number of years and is known to the movement . |
| 9 | All the right components had been used for a power casting rig , 60 lb main trace line , heavy duty swivels along with good links . |
| 10 | Aromatic oils have been used for centuries for their therapeutic and beauty benefits . |
| 11 | It has a long , narrow plan , the northern end of which may have been used for stabling horses or housing the cattle . |
| 12 | When the new owners who proposed to convert the barn first saw it in 1978 , the whole structure had been used for stabling horses , and accordingly , brick partitions had been erected to form stalls inside . |
| 13 | As well as milling corn , water-powered mills have been used for weaving and spinning . |
| 14 | The present owners purchased the mill in 1976 after part of it had been used to house chickens and the mill-pond had been used for fish-farming . |
| 15 | Where employees are concerned , a minimum of 2,000 has been used for the same reason . |
| 16 | They have been used for thousands of years , one of the earliest references to salt being in the Old Testament when Lot 's wife was turned to salt in the desert . |
| 17 | Salt has been used for many centuries as a preservative , whereby it is left on food to withdraw the moisture present by the process of osmosis . |
| 18 | Smoking is a very ancient art that has been used for hundreds of years to preserve fish and meat , preferred to salting because it does not destroy the natural flavour of the food to the same extent . |
| 19 | Although the wood is presumed to have been used for firesetting. the association between mining activity and the sample is rarely certain . |
| 20 | These objects are actually made of brass , but are believed to have been used for the weighing of gold dust ( fig. 9.4 ) . |
| 21 | The top coin shows Henry VII ( 1485-1509 ) ; it is the same generic royal image which had been used for two centuries , as can be seen from the close similarity of the image used by Edward I ( compare fig. 3 ) . |
| 22 | So real slate has been used for the roofs , York stone for the internal shopping court , and crafted plasterwork for the ceilings . |
| 23 | Mururoa has been used for nuclear tests since 1966 , at first in the air but , since 1981 , underground . |
| 24 | There are several cases in the literature where biological processes have been used for in situ or conventional biological treatment of petroleum or chlorinated organic wastes . |
| 25 | There have been very few cases where microorganisms have been used for in situ removal of chlorinated , or even petroleum compounds , and conventional biological processes are more commonly used . |
| 26 | The exceptional elevations of Chiswick House , particularly at the rear with the marvellous old Cedars of Lebanon , has been used for countless ‘ back-grounds ’ for high-class advertisements , films and television programmes . |
| 27 | These would have been used for both flavouring and for medicinal purposes . |
| 28 | Additives have been used for hundreds of years , though they were not always known as ‘ additives ’ . |
| 29 | The stone has now vanished and is believed to have been used for paving the walks of St. James Church in Brackley . |
| 30 | Although there is little documentary evidence , it has been suggested that the mill , in conjunction with those at Cambridge and Moreton Valance , could have been used for the production of brass pins . |