Example sentences of "[prep] using [pers pn] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | " There 's a regulation about using it for private matters . " |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | The Greeks were fond of using them for mounting on earrings , but it was the Romans who developed a passionate interest in pearls . |
| 4 | ‘ 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 . |
| 5 | We are justified in using it for a quality of material things only if the quality is like the bodily sensation . |
| 6 | Therefore we are not justified in using it for a quality of material things . |
| 7 | 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 ) . |
| 8 | Ants , like moths , only produce silk during their larval stage , but this does not prevent them from using it for nest-building . |
| 9 | Always flatten angelica with the blade of a knife before using it for decoration . |
| 10 | Despite their criticism , peer review is the method most commonly used within the Research Councils for evaluating the scientific contributions of their own staff , in addition to using it for the evaluation of research proposals . |
| 11 | She would die by her own hand before the man she was approaching so unflinchingly had the chance to dishonour fitzAlan 's name by using her for his amusement . |
| 12 | This privilege must not be abused by using it for something which is not a point of order . |