Example sentences of "[prep] using [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So we do have a problem and and we need to grasp that the a conclusion talking about rolling programme we are concerned about resources we 're , we 're , we 're concerned about using them to the best advantage . |
| 2 | " There 's a regulation about using it for private matters . " |
| 3 | Even so I did not expect my feet to be trouble-free after using them for the first time on a full day 's hiking in the Purbeck Hills . |
| 4 | Then , after using it on video , any intensive listening tasks could be carried out on audio . |
| 5 | 1982:Ch. 3 ) , but there was no possibility of using them as the basis for a reorganised local government structure . |
| 6 | Romero had in mind a much more ambitious script in which the zombies have more or less taken over , except in an island enclave where soldiers have trained them into an army and scientists are devising ways of using them as slaves . |
| 7 | You know I 'll watch them and think maybe I 'd like to do that but not , not , you know , judging , not sort of using them as a kind of measure stick you know to judge everybody by . |
| 8 | Once the laws are introduced , the coaches and the players will try to devise means of using them to their own advantage . |
| 9 | The Greeks were fond of using them for mounting on earrings , but it was the Romans who developed a passionate interest in pearls . |
| 10 | The advantage of using them in this situation is their low cost and the speed with which the wall can be built up . |
| 11 | But last night , his angry wife accused the Government of using him as a scapegoat . |
| 12 | Surely you no longer suspect me of using you in some devious plan to make Lotta jealous ? ’ |
| 13 | Although there are problems in directly transferring Belbin 's analysis into educational institutions there does appear to be the basis of using it as a means of managing the issues identified at the start of this section . |
| 14 | Perhaps the best result of the current fascination with ‘ world music ’ is that , after decades of using it as a fashion accessory or status symbol , people have actually begun to listen to music again . |
| 15 | The possibility of using it as a bypass to the village was discussed with the Ministry of Defence in 1985 . |
| 16 | The possibility of using it as a tactical weapon against the king-duke was too valuable an asset to be abandoned . |
| 17 | Whole-tone harmony is part of many harmonic systems , is valuable in many circumstances , and is therefore worth a brief study by all composers , even if they have no intention of using it as a complete system themselves . |
| 18 | Brutus again talks of Caesar 's authority becoming corrupt because of using it without really thinking about the consequences . |
| 19 | Sophie got the idea of using it in France when she made a scarecrow for a friend . |
| 20 | Since citizenship has become a fashionable and acceptable word , it is easy to slip into the habit of using it in preference to ‘ individual rights ’ or ‘ human rights ’ , but it is important to bear in mind the desirability of keeping the private sphere of the life of the individual separate from his role as citizen , an essentially political role and status . |
| 21 | ‘ Well over half of the clients that approach IMRS for consolidation software are currently using spreadsheets , and have discovered that there are all sorts of horrendous problems associated with using them for consolidation . |
| 22 | As well as discussing experiences and problems in handling microcomputers , the group looked at programs available and experimented with using them in a variety of ways . |
| 23 | A drink problem is less to do with enjoying alcohol than with using it as a means of coping with pressures of various kinds . |
| 24 | Parents may feel suspicious of these , or resentful , and will need help in using them to best advantage . |
| 25 | In using them in classrooms and in discussing them with colleagues , teachers will change them , replace them , and develop their own , more immediate to their own teaching circumstances . |
| 26 | We are justified in using it for a quality of material things only if the quality is like the bodily sensation . |
| 27 | Therefore we are not justified in using it for a quality of material things . |
| 28 | And it is convenient to consider him as an entrepreneur even with respect to the resource he owns ( in the sense that , in using it for his own production process , rather than selling it at its market price to other producers , he is ‘ buying ’ it at an implicit cost ) . |
| 29 | Unfortunately there is a confounding factor of experience in this : the earlier sign has been learned the more experience one is likely to have had in using it by the time the sign language testing occurs . |
| 30 | We carry out rummage searches of the islands to deter such activities as smuggling , and terrorists from using them as locations for weapon hides . |