Example sentences of "[been] use for [det] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | The publication of correspondence between famous people has been used for many years for the purposes of scholastic enquiry . |
| 3 | It had been used for many years as a staff hostel for an Oxford Street department store . |
| 4 | The ERNIE machine is a modern computerized form of sampling by ‘ random numbers ’ which has been used for many years in research . |
| 5 | G. affinis is a small ( 4.6 cm long ) , surface-feeding minnow which originated in the United States and has been used for many years in many parts of the world to control mosquito larvae . |
| 6 | It is possible to break out of the straight-jacket by applying an idea that had been used for many years in thinking about the psychology of classification and aesthetics ( McLlelland & Clark , 1933 ; Berlyne , 1960 ) . |
| 7 | The experience curve itself was developed from the concept of the learning curve , which had been used for many years in industries where it was observed that labour time fell as the workforce accumulated experience in producing more of a particular type of unit . |
| 8 | It has been used for many years in traveller 's diarrhoea , as a colostomy deodoriser , and as an antispirochetal agent in syphilis . |
| 9 | It 's quite rare to get the equipment that 's been used for this type of activity . |