Example sentences of "been used [prep] [adj] effect " in BNC.

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1 A veteran of the Vietnam war , Abadia was a self-professed " field soldier " , and the architect of the army 's current " seize-hold-consolidate-develop " strategy which , since 1988 , had been used with some effect against the guerrilla insurgents of the New People 's Army ( NPA ) .
2 This drug has been used to good effect in generalized viral infections , when it can be injected directly into the blood stream , but this is not without hazard and is not indicated unless the infection is life-threatening .
3 That weapon may have been used to good effect against the Scots who were defeated at Falkirk in July 1298 .
4 Both styles are well finished , a satin stain/varnish has been used to good effect , the eye is well placed high on the body and on all of the floats I received was free of varnish .
5 These had been used to good effect by the PRD in the presidential elections of July 1988 , when the PRD candidate Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas Solórzano had accused the PRI of indulging in blatant electoral fraud to deny him victory [ see pp. 36367-69 ] .
6 The DNA technique has already been used to spectacular effect , even trapping a murderer .
7 The eyes had been used to great effect as Queen Gertrude , Imogen , Portia , and Lady Macbeth .
8 Lustre powder has been used to great effect here , giving a lovely ephemeral glimmer to the castle .
9 Here , an unusual combination of ash and cherrywood has been used to superb effect .
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