• Franchising has been widely used to privatise public services other than railways.

    ECONOMIST: After privatising

  • It has been widely used in calligraphy, painting and book printing.

    UNESCO: Culture

  • What led him to open fire with a handgun as employees were taking a morning break is not yet clear, but a hotline set up after the incident has been "widely used, " according to a Lucerne police statement.

    CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

  • For decades, the price-to-earnings ratio has been the most widely used valuation measure for stock investors, and a key tool in the arsenals of many of the gurus I follow.

    FORBES: Five Fisher Super Stocks

  • Penrose tiling has, however, been widely used in the past for decoration, particularly by Islamic artists.

    ECONOMIST: The 2011 Nobel prizes

  • Researchers say this could eventually change the way that wastewater is treated all over the world, replacing the widely used "activated sludge" process that has been in use for almost a century.

    ENGADGET: Researchers create super-efficient microbial fuel cell, dream of selling excess electricity

  • The Jabulani ball being used in South Africa for the World Cup has been widely criticised because of its irregular flight.

    BBC: World Cup 2010: Fabio Capello slams 'worst ever ball'

  • Most other image compression systems, such as the widely used Jpeg format, are applied after an image has been snapped.

    BBC: Lens-less camera emerges from metamaterials work

  • The first organ that the system has been used to emulate is the uterus, because keyhole surgery is widely employed to deal with ectopic pregnancies (those where the fetus develops in the fallopian tubes leading into the womb, rather than in the womb itself).

    ECONOMIST: What the surgeon saw . . .

  • The pesticides have also been used in homes and gardens, although their indoor use has been widely restricted due to safety concerns.

    CNN: Pesticide exposure in womb may hurt your child's IQ

  • Critics have warned that any new law could end up being used more widely than originally intended - similar to the controversial Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act, which has not just been used to tackle serious crime by police but also been used by local authorities to check on children's school catchment areas.

    BBC: UK Politics

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