Example sentences of "have been use for " in BNC.
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| 1 | For instance having retired to this lovely English village , and assembled my wits and memories to compile this narrative , I have had the satisfaction recently of discovering the original meaning of three common expressions which I have been using for years . |
| 2 | Aromatic oils have been used for centuries for their therapeutic and beauty benefits . |
| 3 | As well as milling corn , water-powered mills have been used for weaving and spinning . |
| 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 | There are several cases in the literature where biological processes have been used for in situ or conventional biological treatment of petroleum or chlorinated organic wastes . |
| 6 | There have been very few cases where microorganisms have been used for in situ removal of chlorinated , or even petroleum compounds , and conventional biological processes are more commonly used . |
| 7 | Additives have been used for hundreds of years , though they were not always known as ‘ additives ’ . |
| 8 | Some Urban Programme resources have been used for housing rehabilitation , the London Docklands Development Corporation has presided over substantial housing developments ( see below ) and , as discussed above , UDG has boosted inner-urban residential schemes . |
| 9 | These tests have been used for individual student assessment and as instruments for the product evaluation of instructional programmes . |
| 10 | The fact of the child 's puzzlement is due to his being a victim of the way in which the dogmatic religions of the world have been used for child indoctrination , resulting in the perpetuation of the inherent superstitions and subsequent evils that have shamed religion throughout civilised time . |
| 11 | Some Home Corners have even extended onto split levels or two floors , where raised areas have been used for this purpose . |
| 12 | It 's not just synthetic ingredients that give your skin a boost — many modern products now contain plant extracts which have been used for their stimulating and soothing properties for thousands of years |
| 13 | The idea of curing pain with a lump of rock may sound crazy , but precious gems have been used for healing since ancient times , and many people believe that they are just as effective today |
| 14 | 3.5 millimetre jack sockets have been used for JK1 and JK2 , but you can obviously use an alternative such as phono sockets or standard jacks , if these will fit in better with other equipment . |
| 15 | Peterson Strobe Tuners in particular have been used for years by professional musicians because of their superior accuracy . |
| 16 | These have been used for surveys of ruined areas in North Africa with , in the view of the archaeologists , a success rate better than could be achieved by any other aerial platform . |
| 17 | Tetracycline and erythromycin have been used for years , though minocycline is now increasingly considered as a preferable and safe alternative . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | In fact there are six , including the background colour , which means that six colours have been used for this design . |
| 20 | ( However , this does happen occasionally and the relocation companies report that their services have been used for senior new appointments and for technical specialists . ) |
| 21 | Condoms have been used for years to prevent unwanted pregnancy but are also an effective barrier against sexually transmitted diseases including HIV . |
| 22 | But few dogs make better companions than a well trained Shepherd , and they have been used for a wide variety of tasks , aside from their traditional role of protecting flocks of sheep . |
| 23 | As for its liaison with IBM , Barclays claims it only has nine RS/6000s , which have been used for evaluation as part of its open systems strategy . |
| 24 | Look no further than the row of foundations — most of them have been used for about a week , which is as long as it takes to realise that they are wrong for your skin . |
| 25 | I shall here consider the imagery and the symbols which have been used for God . |
| 26 | Extended pachytene chromosomes prepared by the techniques described in Section 2.6 have been used for the localization of genes by in situ hybridization techniques ( 16,17 ) . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | With some pottery , chemical analysis can also be used to discover what the pottery vessel may have once contained or have been used for . |
| 29 | Budgets for prostheses have been used for years to limit elective orthopaedic activity because blocking the purchase of further implants stops joint replacement surgery , the ‘ bread and butter ’ of current elective orthopaedic practice . |
| 30 | Segregation and control units have been used for difficult prisoners , especially in women 's prisons . |