Example sentences of "been use for [adj] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | James chatting with the Earl of Farrow outside Farrow Hall , which had been used for many of the exterior shots in Pemberley . |
| 2 | Smoking is a very ancient art that has been used for hundreds of years to preserve fish and meat , preferred to salting because it does not destroy the natural flavour of the food to the same extent . |
| 3 | Additives have been used for hundreds of years , though they were not always known as ‘ additives ’ . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ABOVE Trephination — the removal of part of the skull — has been used for thousands of years across the world . |
| 6 | 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 ’ . |