Example sentences of "have be use [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Piggy is short-sighted ; and the spectacles he would have been prescribed for this condition could not possibly have been used as burning glasses . |
| 2 | Many ordinary everyday objects and buildings could have been used for religious purposes , but this would not be detectable from archaeological evidence alone . |
| 3 | The beakers could also have been used for pouring libations on an altar in the act of making a vow . |
| 4 | Outside the tomb entrance was a larger , rectangular altar which may have been used for sacrificial offerings . |
| 5 | That weapon may have been used to good effect against the Scots who were defeated at Falkirk in July 1298 . |
| 6 | Best-known to the general public perhaps , are experiments where reconstructions of early boats and ships have been used to follow and thus test the feasibility of migration routes which might have been used by ancient people , such as the experiments conducted by Thor Heyerdahl . |
| 7 | The Ridgeway in Wiltshire and Berkshire may well have been used in prehistoric times , but probably no more so than the line of the A4 across the same counties . |
| 8 | Hence the rate of return on household savings is the relevant measure of the social opportunity cost of public sector resources that could have been used in private consumption . |
| 9 | It is certainly true that many of the by-roads in an area such as this may well have been used in Roman times though it is difficult to prove . |
| 10 | Near the end of the period gold coin may have been used in commercial transactions , but the dwindling supply of gold in western Europe caused a switch to silver as the principal precious metal . |
| 11 | Labour leader John Smith said there was concern that equipment was supplied which could have been used against British personnel and that the truth about a secret change in policy appeared to have been concealed from the public . |