Example sentences of "[noun sg] have been [vb pp] for [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 This technique has been used for uranium , copper , fluorine and other relatively soluble elements .
2 ‘ while this court held that there was a settlement , there remains to be determined , if the plaintiffs persist with it , the claim or allegation by them that the settlement has been cancelled for breach .
3 The property is currently under care and maintenance , but planning permission has been granted for mining .
4 Provision has been made for wheelchair users , although not all buildings are accessible ; special equipment and support services are available for those with particular needs .
5 retain changes for which a decision has been deferred for inclusion on the agenda of a future Review Meeting
6 A bus driver has been jailed for life for murdering a twenty-year-old woman who was the only passenger on his bus travelling from Liverpool to Wigan .
7 May not be suitable where a substantial payment has been made for goodwill .
8 A new Sickness Absence Certificate has been designed for use in sickness absence of seven days or less .
9 However , the Board has been criticized for over-concentration on economic development at the expense of social development ( Carter 1974 ) .
10 In some cases , the same poor quality wordlist has been licensed for use by a number of different manufacturers .
11 Once re-investigation becomes routine , the fact that a case has been referred for re-investigation should attract no more concern than the fact that a medical diagnosis has been subjected to the test of a second opinion .
12 Whether the money has been borrowed for investment or for consumption , both borrower and lender have made a judgement about the viability of the project and its returns .
13 The Collagen programme has been designed for use in the comfort and privacy of your own home .
14 The transhepatic puncture of the gall bladder has been used for cholecystography and cholangiography , for aspiration of bile or pus for culture in suspected cases of acute cholecystitis or empyema , and for biopsy of lesions within the gall bladder .
15 According to the National Enquirer : ‘ The 20-minute tape has been offered for sale to newspapers around the world by a secret source . ’
16 They have deemed that the sleeve of their debut LP , ‘ To The Gory End ’ is unsuitable for sale there — which in effect means that the album has been banned for sale throughout Germany .
17 They have deemed that the sleeve of their debut LP , ‘ To The Gory End ’ is unsuitable for sale there — which in effect means that the album has been banned for sale throughout Germany .
18 The drift net effect has been blamed for unemployment among fishing communities in the Greek Ionian islands , notably Corfu and Cephalonia .
19 The Lorne plateau , between Loch Awe and Oban in western Scotland , lies to the north-east of Kilmelford where the Lagalochan intrusive complex has been investigated for copper and gold .
20 A man accused of dumping poisonous waste in a brook has been committed for Crown Court trial .
21 The study has been criticized for incompleteness of data , but it was a major step forward , and the results obtained were so positive that further research was stimulated .
22 For these reasons the term has been chosen for use in the title of the present book and throughout the text to denote the whole range of children from those who are totally blind through to those who possess useful but impaired vision .
23 A systemic mode of action has been suggested for calcium but this seems unlikely from the present study since the serum values of calcium and phosphate were similar in the different groups .
24 So far , compounds with less chlorine have been developed for use in commercial and domestic refrigeration units .
25 The results of this study have been submitted for publication .
26 The former Chairman and Accountant of Aylesbury Town Football Club have been committed for trial on tax fraud charges .
27 Much PCR work has been done for rotavirus , adenovirus , and other causes of diarrhoea .
28 As the director of child services , Jim Harding , said : ‘ For abuse to take place in an institution where a child has been sent for protection must be one of the cruellest experiences you can dish out to any human being . ’
29 The fact that the dead wood has been shaped for use as a building material is of no consequence to a fungus or a beetle .
30 A little girl has been scarred for life in a tragic playpark accident .
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