Example sentences of "been use for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The definition of which places have previously been used for exchange activities will again lead to the identification of higher status sites . |
| 2 | This technique has been used for uranium , copper , fluorine and other relatively soluble elements . |
| 3 | It is too small to have been used for storage or drying , but would have been suitable for the mistress of the house to sit at her small wheel to spin . |
| 4 | Since the Second World War , this has only been used for storage . |
| 5 | the Chi the Chinese empire is , is actually growing but possibly in the sense that within Chinese territory marginal land that has n't previously been used for agriculture is being brought into use . |
| 6 | A gift from Mr J. M. Beecham in memory of Audrey Beecham has been used for Criminology . |
| 7 | What importance do you attach , Mrs , to the observation of the District Council in relation to their erm District Development Plan which has for many years been used for development control , of the following text , which you quote in your paragraph three point six ? |
| 8 | Subject to planning permission , it could sensibly have been used for development and perhaps for a number of other purposes … |
| 9 | Several Y-specific genes have been used for sex typing . |
| 10 | In recent years , several new materials have been used for base thermal layers which are effective at keeping you dry . |
| 11 | As early as 1914 , arrangements for building new sick wards , that is , a workhouse infirmary , had been progressing , and in October , some sheds which had been used for wood chopping and storage were demolished to make way for the building of the new sick pavilions . |
| 12 | Mogadishu airport had not been used for relief supplies since June 1 , when food aid had been stolen at gunpoint . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Since very early times the rivers of Britain have been used for water transport . |
| 15 | Under LMS it is theoretically possible for primary schools to improve PTR by diverting money which has in the past been used for building maintenance and classroom materials to employing additional teachers . |
| 16 | Problems there certainly were : the disentangling of assets with multiple uses ( for example , some offices had been used for gas billing as well as for electricity ) inevitably caused some headaches . |
| 17 | Th the the other thing erm reference that this other manager has not at no occa on no occasion has that car been used for company use . |
| 18 | That company company car has never been used for company use . |
| 19 | Known for its skill and aggressiveness in dealing with its enemies it has been used for hunting from an early date in history . |
| 20 | In the Muslim world over the last two centuries , Western recipes have been used for government and society . |
| 21 | 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 |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | ABOVE The preparation of land for forestry can destroy even well-preserved archaeological sites , particularly on land which has only been used for pasture . |
| 24 | However , no finds of this type are known from Chedworth , although a number of agricultural implements were found in the excavations , including a plough-tip ; some other tools such as the spade-iron and mattock could have been used for gardening . |
| 25 | The transhepatic puncture of the gall bladder has been used for cholecystography and cholangiography , for aspiration of bile or pus for culture in suspected cases of acute cholecystitis or empyema , and for biopsy of lesions within the gall bladder . |
| 26 | His smile too , now that she came to consider it , had been used for effect , to charm , disarm . |
| 27 | RIGHT : One of the most interesting buildings at Beards Mill is this early 19th century wool store , which may also have been used for weaving . |
| 28 | For instance , of the 68 such buildings at West Stow , six had been used for weaving , some producing up to 100 loomweights used to tension the warp-threads of an upright loom ( Figure 2.3 ) . |
| 29 | Notice that the design which has been used for weaving does not show as with the sample woven with the smooth yarn , always select simple designs for weaving because the pattern in the fabric results almost entirely from the yarn and not from the needle selection . |
| 30 | These factors may account for the fact that the blackboard metaphor has not usually been used for anaphor resolvers , whose control structures are very often relatively simple , with different knowledge sources brought to bear in something like a predetermined order . |