Example sentences of "have [be] used for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These tests have been used for individual student assessment and as instruments for the product evaluation of instructional programmes . |
| 2 | Cheaper , mass-produced furniture may have dowel joints instead of tenons , and you may find that screws have been used for makeshift repairs in the past . |
| 3 | They have been used for many years as propellants in aerosols , in the production of some foam packaging and as coolants in refrigerators . |
| 4 | Self expandable biliary stents have been used for palliative treatment of malignant biliary strictures . |
| 5 | Additives have been used for hundreds of years , though they were not always known as ‘ additives ’ . |
| 6 | Centres have been used for cooperative curriculum development planning ( what in America would be called " curriculum workshops " ) , teachers in similar subject fields from a number of neighbouring schools meeting together to share inspiration , experience and effort . |
| 7 | Segregation and control units have been used for difficult prisoners , especially in women 's prisons . |
| 8 | ( However , this does happen occasionally and the relocation companies report that their services have been used for senior new appointments and for technical specialists . ) |
| 9 | They have been used for thousands of years , one of the earliest references to salt being in the Old Testament when Lot 's wife was turned to salt in the desert . |
| 10 | The case ‘ will determine whether a seventh of British waterways … ( among the navigable rivers ) … will remain open … access to rivers that have been used for thousands of years could become open to challenge ’ . |
| 11 | Some Home Corners have even extended onto split levels or two floors , where raised areas have been used for this purpose . |
| 12 | In fact there are six , including the background colour , which means that six colours have been used for this design . |
| 13 | Bound , hard cover books , laboratory notebooks have been used for some time and have a strong pedigree . |
| 14 | IMPACT Moling : These machines have been used for some years to lay services and pipes up to 125mm in diameter . |
| 15 | Micropalaeontological studies on recovered core samples have been used for stratigraphical studies on behalf of petroleum exploration companies . |