Example sentences of "[noun pl] [subord] use " in BNC.

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1 You 'll save a lot of wear and tear on your hands if you buy a stainless steel trowel , because nothing causes more blisters than using a rusty trowel .
2 Unfortunately he pays little attention to the differences and the effect these have upon the implications of what we ascribe to animals whilst using the same forms of words .
3 During the infusion , the animals were kept in semirestraining Bollman type cages as used also in secretory studies .
4 There are many variables when using ozone , like gallonage , stocking levels and the amount the fish are fed .
5 ( iii ) Discussion should bring out examples of words and expressions which tend to undergo very rapid change in use or meaning — eg terms of approbation ( wicked , brill ) ; differences in the use and meanings of words as used by pupils , their parents and grandparents — eg wireless , radio , tranny , receiver ; and new words that have become part of the English vocabulary during the last 50 years or so , eg computer , astronaut , macho .
6 Outside the realm of youth culture , however , there are words of Caribbean origin which may be " anglicised " or adapted to LE phonological patterns by black speakers when using LE .
7 It will give access to your savings when used with your Abbeylink card .
8 In analysing the regulatory system it is probably useful to divide the concept of investor protection into the two broad categorisations as used by Gower — honesty and competence .
9 One of Marshall Beaven 's clients has already had successful JMU visits while using the system .
10 The actual function of the QWERTY keys when used with the Alt and Ctrl keys depends on the software being used .
11 Moreover , we do not wish to give the impression that the cello and bass always work in double harness : on the contrary , they can be used independently to a quite large extent , though discretion and careful thought are very necessary in this matter , since the basses when used alone tend to sound rather dry , and if their part lies low and is far removed in pitch from the rest of the harmony it is too indeterminate in pitch to give satisfactory support unless it consists of a sustained or better ( since the bow is short ) a reiterated pedal note .
12 Where a prosecution is brought under section 20 ( theatres ) or section 22 ( cable broadcasting ) , the provisions of the earlier legislation as to such matters as using scripts as evidence , making copies of scripts and records and powers of entry and inspection remain applicable .
13 Guy de Chauliac had pointed out that his ointment was not without dangers if used in too great a quantity .
14 ( If you are not eating all of the salad at once , do not dress the reserved vegetables until used .
15 There is a tendency to regard mains water as pure and to keep this for special purposes while using one of the other supplies for , say , bulk-washing on the assumption that it is less pure ; this may not always be true .
16 Some of these firms ( typically , ones that possessed marketing or technological knowledge that could find application in new product lines : see Chandler , 1962 ) next tried to grow by diversifying , a strategy which revealed that the U-form had weaknesses when used to administer activities in several different markets .
17 The mineral to be most wary of is calcium , which can toughen some grains when used during cooking .
18 But documents can be dangerous things if used without care and if , as sometimes happens , they are used for partial and selective purposes .
19 In Darlington Mr Milburn said the council 's surplus from sales was £1m , which could build 30 new homes outright or up to 120 properties if used to attract investment from housing associations .
20 You can now play your favourite sounds while using Windows .
21 This is very different from the Common Law procedure , which will never compel , or even allow ( at that time ) , one of the parties to an action to give evidence ; but it is a procedure , and the only procedure , which is suitable for trying such questions as uses and trusts , for which no open public acts , no formal documents may be available as evidence .
22 Here , they 're real PRS locking machines as used on all the top-notch PRS guitars — not the non-locking Schallers used previously .
23 Yet the estimates of the incidence of lone-parent families as used in various formulae for the 1985/6 GRE assessment are mutually inconsistent and also inconsistent with the estimates used in 1983/4 .
24 While this beginning is effective in showing organisation , it delays getting into the argument , and could be rewritten in the following way , which both demonstrates organisation less clumsily and gets immediately to the point : Since the terms " lyrical " and " epic " present special difficulties when used of Middle English works , it is useful to introduce discussion of works of the period with a brief analysis of these two terms .
25 You may actually encounter more problems when using public transport , simply because you have less control over events .
26 The Super Dustbuster 's features include a lock-on button and loop handle , which make it comfortable to hold and easy to use , and because it is so light , it does not present problems when using it above head height .
27 There are problems when using HE , HIS , HIM , HIMSELF if women are also being referred to .
28 There are similar problems when using the forms to assess children in short-term or respite care .
29 Here treatment can be instigated employing the same sort of principles as used with outpatients .
30 Other semi-thin paints have similar properties when used with the airbrush .
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