Example sentences of "having been used [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1967 the formal grade of Geologist was dropped in favour of Scientific Officer , the former title having been used since 1840 . |
| 2 | This has fallen into disuse , having been used as a military hospital and to sleep troops in transit in the First World War , a Sunday school , a library , and up until five years ago a store for the church gardening equipment . |
| 3 | Cerecloth , a waxed unbleached linen — nowadays only seen as the protective sheet between the top of an altar and the fair linen — was rarely used for shrouds and is more associated with the wrapping of embalmed corpses , having been used as an adjunct to such hygienic treatment . |
| 4 | The loss of McCoist opens up the possibility of Jess playing his first full international from the start , having been used as a substitute against Italy . |
| 5 | His main argument was that Gothic , having been used for nineteenth-century churches , should now be considered as the basis of all building types , particularly domestic , although commercial and public buildings were considered . |
| 6 | When the medieval roof of St Botolph 's , Hadstock , Essex , was being recorded in 1974 a number of eighteenth-century coffin boards were found , having been used for running repairs . |
| 7 | Wood cutting has been a trade in and around Halling for centuries , in early days wood having been used for fuel . |
| 8 | The drawing and new evidence about cars suspected of having been used by the bombers , has prompted police to call 1,500 Deal residents for further interviews later this week with 50 officers at a church hall . |
| 9 | Cannabis was the most popular secondary drug , having been used by 38 per cent of known opioid users , followed by psychedelics ( 15 per cent ) and stimulants ( 14 per cent ) . |
| 10 | They may , however , not be exactly what the author would have preferred , as a colour plate which is readily available ( perhaps having been used in another publication ) is much cheaper to use than a new plate which has to be commissioned . |
| 11 | Few of the exhibits , which are expected to fetch around £100,000 in total , come with a guarantee of having been used in any particular film or show . |
| 12 | Recent vault clearances of over 2,000 coffins of the period 1729–1865 from St Marylebone Parish Church and Christchurch , Spitalfields , 18 exhibit a change in attitude ; for here , whilst it was not unusual to find wedding rings and dentures in situ , there were two instances — both men — of day-clothes having been used in place of the shroud : one in military uniform , the other an octogenarian macaroni with his walking stick , sporting an outfit more suited to a man sixty years his junior , as did the coiffure of his wig . |
| 13 | Passing sentence , Lord Justice MacDermott described the case as unusual , saying there was no record of any of the weapons having been used in terrorism , and they were not ready to use immediately . |