Example sentences of "to have been used [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These objects are actually made of brass , but are believed to have been used for the weighing of gold dust ( fig. 9.4 ) . |
| 2 | New Zealand was amply supplied with basalt , greywacke and argillite , each of which is known to have been used for the adze blades used to shape the timbers required for canoes , houses and defensive works . |
| 3 | There lies a group of stones deposited by the glacier , the largest of which , the Carlow Stone , is said to have been used by the druids for human sacrifice . |
| 4 | An expensive colour photocopier is believed to have been used by the forgers to copy what is thought to have been a genuine blank MOT form . |
| 5 | The senses of polysemous words ( such as ’ charge ’ or ’ rate ’ ) are therefore most likely to have been used in the sense related to financial affairs . |
| 6 | A mechanical digger is said to have been used in the incident at the Abbey National office in High Street , Maldon , at 4 am . |
| 7 | Searches that predominantly involve specific words or phrases known to have been used in the source material . |
| 8 | They were thought to have been used in the death of Inspector Drewitt , firstly to shoot him and then to batter him . |
| 9 | However , it may be possible to get some idea about the information that was likely to have been used in the recognition studies by simply asking people to describe the films . |