Example sentences of "been use for [noun] " 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 | The definition of which places have previously been used for exchange activities will again lead to the identification of higher status sites . |
| 3 | It is the same spray material that has been used for ages on potatoes and other crops , and can be a great help here also . |
| 4 | This technique has been used for uranium , copper , fluorine and other relatively soluble elements . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Since the Second World War , this has only been used for storage . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | A gift from Mr J. M. Beecham in memory of Audrey Beecham has been used for Criminology . |
| 9 | 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 ? |
| 10 | Subject to planning permission , it could sensibly have been used for development and perhaps for a number of other purposes … |
| 11 | There are also Roman siegeworks which may have been used for exercises by troops from nearby temporary camps still visible around Pennymuir . |
| 12 | Several Y-specific genes have been used for sex typing . |
| 13 | In recent years , several new materials have been used for base thermal layers which are effective at keeping you dry . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Mogadishu airport had not been used for relief supplies since June 1 , when food aid had been stolen at gunpoint . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Since very early times the rivers of Britain have been used for water transport . |
| 18 | Since the launch of the first bus the vehicles have been used for periods of between one and three weeks in some 70 LEAs and schools throughout England , Scotland and Wales . |
| 19 | Since the launch of the WISE I bus in 1984 vehicles have been used for periods of between one and three weeks in some 100 LEAs and 1000 schools throughout England , Scotland and Wales , quite apart from the members of the public who have seen the vehicles at exhibitions , conferences and special events . |
| 20 | Since the launch of the WISE 1 bus in 1984 the five vehicles have been used for periods of between one and three weeks in some 90 LEAs and 850 schools throughout England , Scotland and Wales . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Recently the microcomputers have been used for competitions during break-time to raise money for charity . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | That company company car has never been used for company use . |
| 26 | Known for its skill and aggressiveness in dealing with its enemies it has been used for hunting from an early date in history . |
| 27 | In the Muslim world over the last two centuries , Western recipes have been used for government and society . |
| 28 | We were told , because of the shortage of paper , we were told only to use secondhand papers er paper that had already been used for letters or memos when writing to the Clerks ' Department and erm we erm used to get the grubbiest paper that we could and then you had to condense it and type it erm without too much space and erm that went over to the Clerks ' Department , then erm when it got over th oh sorry you had to trim off the edges erm so that there was no spare paper left around the memo so that er you know there was just this little bit of paper with the |
| 29 | 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 |
| 30 | 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 . |