Example sentences of "[verb] [be] use in " in BNC.
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| 1 | The above approach towards any type of character role is a very typically English trait and has been used in music halls , pantomimes and comedies fur many years . |
| 2 | The plant oil closely resembles sperm-whale oil , which has been used in cosmetics for many years . |
| 3 | 5 The same broken punch for the letter N has been used in the word TRANSENS on the die for a gold noble of Edward IV ( 1461–83 ) ( opposite ) and in the word LONDON on the die of a half-groat of the same king ( opposite below , and above ) . |
| 4 | A similar approach has been used in the attempt to define the extent of the Celtic kingdoms in Britain during the hundred years before the Roman conquest of AD43 ( fig. 7 ) . |
| 5 | Madden has been used in short bursts during the Bombers ' opening games and the ruckman has complained that he has not been given enough playing time and that this is affecting his play . |
| 6 | Activated carbon has been used in groundwater remediation to aid the overall process . |
| 7 | In this context , we shall assess how the Act has added to police power and what effect it has had when it has been used in tandem with the pre-existing law . |
| 8 | Galbraith ( 1983 ) outlines the aims and methods of contact tracing which has been used in recent years in the UK in relation to sexually transmitted disease and tuberculosis , and during limited outbreaks of typhoid fever , diphtheria and Lassa fever ; and Brookbanks & Hampstead ( 1987 ) describe contact tracing related to hepatitis B. |
| 9 | The finest mahogany has been used in its construction ; and the body of the carriage is double panelled throughout , and stuffed with felt , in order to lessen vibration and increase warmth . |
| 10 | It has been used in jewellery on and off for nearly 1000 years , for crucibles in the laboratory and in industry for nearly 200 years , as a catalyst in industry for 150 years , in the electrical industry for 100 years and now , most recently , in modern metallurgy and medicine . |
| 11 | ( It is possible that the Chinese qinghaosu , a natural drug derived from the medicinal herb quinghao , Artemisia annua , which has been used in China for at least 2000 years , may prove useful . ) |
| 12 | A small quantity , probably over 200 kg , has been used in the manufacture of californium , for medical purposes . |
| 13 | The name ‘ Institute of Education ’ has been used in African universities to describe institutes which do little except train secondary school teachers , but in the sense of a professional centre concerned with various aspects of quality both of teachers and the curriculum they teach , it was first used in Bakht Er Ruda in the Sudan in the 1930's . |
| 14 | This principle has been used in an ingenious way in hydrogels . |
| 15 | Dowsing has been used in association with more traditional ley-hunting techniques . |
| 16 | ‘ This is the first time a beacon has been used in a mountain rescue in the UK , ’ said a rescuer . |
| 17 | This medium is the one which has been used in many laboratory experiments on this plant . |
| 18 | The same device has been used in various areas of government activity where the British public is ignorant or indifferent . |
| 19 | Literature is replete with tales of the power which old people have exercised over property and the way this has been used in intergenerational interactions . |
| 20 | For over five thousand years , Ginseng has been used in the East as a natural tonic . |
| 21 | Since 1925 , it is true , gas has been used in some conflicts , including most recently in the Iran-Iraq war . |
| 22 | ( The label , ‘ liberal ’ , has been used in a variety of ways in theology . |
| 23 | The embedded figures test , which highlights these factors , has been used in a wide range of cross-cultural situations to support research work , and broadly differentiates types of perception arising within different cultures . |
| 24 | This definition has been used in other studies . |
| 25 | Subsequently this scale has been used in Melton Mowbray by Jagger et al . |
| 26 | The term has been used in diverse ways . |
| 27 | The power to make orders for the ‘ preservation ’ of property has been used in the context of the transfer of the mortgage of land by a mentally disordered person , even though the land was in Monte Carlo . |
| 28 | It has been pointed out that " unreasonableness " has been used in two ways in this area : ( a ) in an " umbrella " sense where it has been used as a synonym for abuse of power covering the various aspects of abuse of power already mentioned ; ( b ) in a substantive sense where it means manifest unreasonableness , a decision or exercise of power that is so unreasonable that no reasonable man would agree with it . |
| 29 | The latter is composed of a penis which is usually unpaired ( but may be double , as in the Ephemeroptera and some Dermaptera ) and a pair of more lateral structures which are perhaps best referred to as parameres , though this term has been used in several different senses . |
| 30 | We must take account of the various ways in which the word " style " has been used in the past : but we should be wary of becoming slaves to verbal definition . |