Example sentences of "[vb -s] been used [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | CAI library instruction has been used at a number of American libraries such as the Ohio State University and the University of Denver . |
| 2 | TRAINER has been used at a number of institutions ( Caruso 1981 ) . |
| 3 | The Bivvy Dome is E.T . 's latest offering to the specimen lads , a shelter that has been used for a couple of seasons by leading anglers like Ritchie McDonald and Pete Springate and whilst it may not be everyone 's cup of tea , it certainly has its advantages . |
| 4 | Products of this research include a quarterly version of this model and the world annual model , which has been used for a variety of policy regimes including the EMS version . |
| 5 | The majority will receive the ‘ Operation Enterprise ’ pack which has been used for a number of years and is known to the movement . |
| 6 | For illustrative purposes , only a simple example has been given here ; however , the approach has been used for a number of major investigations , including a study of the procedures of a local authority for making policy decisions about housing stock , covering in excess of fifteen thousand buildings . |
| 7 | ’ there not being in force in relation to the use of that vehicle ‘ The proof of insurance falls to the defence once it has been established by the prosecution that the motor vehicle has been used on a road ( Philcox v Carberry [ 1960 ] Crim LR 563 ) . |
| 8 | This provision has caused a great deal of controversy since different countries have classified certain jobs as public functions , which they may not be in other countries , and this domestic classification has been used as a bar to foreign nationals applying for those jobs . |
| 9 | The convent , built between 1868 and 1907 has been used as a school , orphanage and convalescent home , but is in a derelict state and in full view of the main A55 Expressway into Wales . |
| 10 | Finally , a pleasantly-grained veneer of dark ash has been used as a finish on the front and back of the headstock . |
| 11 | He exhibits protecting and guarding qualities and for many years has been used as a Schutzhund sport dog . |
| 12 | In what follows , the branch or sector has been used as a category in the first classification of father 's occupations , with skill as a secondary and more arguable subdivision . |
| 13 | A particular place in the fence has been used as a route to cross the railway . |
| 14 | ( Note that in chord 1 a tritone has been used as a consonance . |
| 15 | Birth weight has been used as a measure of fetal growth but it is strongly dependent on gestational age . |
| 16 | Since 1955 it has been used as a museum and now houses many of the best religious paintings , sculptures and vestments from the island 's churches , including several fifteenth- and sixteenth-century Flemish works , said to have been obtained in exchange for sugar shipped from Funchal . |
| 17 | Vai is a recognised beauty spot and has been used as a film location . |
| 18 | The income — expenditure model has been used as a framework for justifying this role for fiscal policy because government expenditure and taxation directly , and fairly reliably , influence national income levels . |
| 19 | Since then the building has been used as a village hall for the local community but still belongs to the Herons Trust . |
| 20 | Sweat regulation has been used as a test of autonomic nervous system function in diabetics since 1942 . |
| 21 | Many possible measures might be used ( Brown and Yule , 1983 ) , but following Garvey 's lead with younger children ( Garvey , 1979 ) , the distribution and pattern of clarification requests has been used as a starting point . |
| 22 | Rather , it has been used as a retardant of the progression of AIDS , largely on the basis that it seems to sustain the subpopulation of T cells that appears especially vulnerable to HIV in the overt stage of the disease . |
| 23 | Too often it has been used as a weapon of oppression . |
| 24 | He concludes with this paragraph : If religion throughout the ages , and certainly in many parts of the world today , has been used as a weapon for destructive purposes , are we not called to demonstrate that as people of faith we can both live in passionate commitment to our respective tradition and at the same time in compassionate respect for each other and to affirm that the faith commitment of each one is only truly realized when we live in that mutual respect accordingly ? |
| 25 | The track has been used as a walkway since the closure of the line and this use has been regularised by way of purchase by the local authorities . |
| 26 | Since 1936 the Hall of Mirrors has been used as a concert hall . |
| 27 | Peter Oteng , senior officer at the Commission for Racial Equality in Birmingham , said : ‘ For years the ape or monkey has been used as a form of abuse to black people . |
| 28 | There are educational approaches where it has been used as a method . |
| 29 | The bill of exchange has been used as a method of raising short term finance since the seventeenth century . |
| 30 | Still on the right and at eye level on Kampa Island are the eaves of the House of the Virgin Mary , where a painting of the Virgin which was said to have come floating downstream has been used as a house sign and a cult object . |