Example sentences of "the word use " in BNC.
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| 1 | It contains three- and four-letter word picture cards , and children have to make up the words using eight cubes with letters on each side . |
| 2 | Simply find and send us a list of the words using the coupon provided . |
| 3 | In fact , in regard to whom it allowed free entry into Britain , the 1971 Act differed mainly in the words used . |
| 4 | Second , we can do a great deal to explain what is going on within the funeral service — the symbolism , the words used , the belief that lies behind some of the things said . |
| 5 | Perhaps the same thing happened to him on Weathertop , where he put the Ring on as the Ringwraiths closed in , but the words used there are ‘ temptation ’ and ‘ desire ’ — ‘ his terror was swallowed up in a sudden temptation to put on the Ring . |
| 6 | Concentrated listening involves focusing on tone of voice , facial expression and body language as well as the words used . |
| 7 | Therefore , on the literal meaning of the words used , the applicants must fail . |
| 8 | I would think it could be helpful , now and then , to have simple explanations of some of the words used say erm where we 're building to a communion service , |
| 9 | It was held that the words used were incapable of being insulting ( even though they were rude and offensive ) , and the Court left open the question currently under discussion . |
| 10 | The two men , forced by their fate into this intimacy that was not intimacy at all , sat in silence , the words used up . |
| 11 | The basic requirement is that within 21 days after setting down , notice is to be given in a form which varies according to which section applies to the statement sought to be admitted ; more often than not this will be s 2 , seeking the admissability of a statement otherwise than in a document , when the notice must give particulars of the time , place and circumstances , at or in which the statement was made , the person by whom , and the person to whom , it was made and the substance of the statement or , if material , the words used . |
| 12 | The words used also usually say that the auditors are to act as experts and not as arbitrators , and the commercial tradition is that they should not be arbitrators . |
| 13 | However , the clearer the words used , the more difficult a contrary view becomes . |
| 14 | The House of Lords upheld the award , ruling that the writers ' intention was immaterial ; what mattered was whether reasonable readers would think that the words used applied to the plaintiff . |
| 15 | This will depend on the facts of the case and the words used . |
| 16 | Thus prima facie the words of exclusion clauses will be given their literal meaning ; the court will strive to give effect to the words used , and , where lists are used , the drafter must bear in mind the rules expressio unius est exclusio alterius and that general words in a list will be interpreted ejusdem generis with the specific words . |
| 17 | However , it is clear that , in deciding what the words used in an exclusion clause mean , the court can and will take account of the other provisions of the contract ; the clause must be interpreted in its context . |
| 18 | ‘ The words used do not cover the situation where injury is sustained by a foetus rather than a person , ’ added Lord Prosser . |
| 19 | In the method described previously , the analyst tries to select sentences ( or passages of some other size ) whose meaning is fairly ‘ neutral ’ from the emotional point of view , and will tend to avoid material such as ‘ Why do n't you leave me alone ? ’ or ‘ How can I ever thank you enough ? ’ because the lexical meaning of the words used already makes the speaker 's attitude pretty clear , whereas sentences such as ‘ She 's going to buy it tomorrow ’ or ‘ The paper has fallen under the table ’ are less likely to prejudice the listener . |
| 20 | Roger Henderson , QC , the Bar 's public affairs spokesman , warned that the words used in the White Paper were open to different interpretations , but said : ‘ Lord Donaldson has plainly interpreted the White Paper on the basis that there has been a major change from the Green Paper . ’ |
| 21 | It serves to illustrate that the words used to describe the mentally handicapped are important , not least among the handicapped themselves . |
| 22 | The words used — the labels — have varied over time : residuum ; social problem group ; hard-core ; problem families ; the culture of poverty ; alienation ; hereditary poverty ; the inadequate poor ; the urban underclass . |
| 23 | The words used in the case are , however , that the duty was ‘ imposed ’ by law . |
| 24 | This chart could then be used as the basis for an essay or a piece of revision and — although the words used might be different — you would , in fact , end up by saying just what I said in that portion of text above . |
| 25 | the way in which an ordinary , reasonable employee would understand the words used ; |
| 26 | Evidence of malice may be found in the statement itself — i.e. , if the words used are excessive and disproportionate to the facts . |
| 27 | Take the words used for the place for eliminating : bathroom , convenience , lavatory , loo , toilet , water closet ( WC ) . |
| 28 | Many of the words used in palaeography have broad meanings in normal English usage , or may be used in more than one way . |
| 29 | It is clear that there was a steady expansion of the words used for trusts , from the basic four expressions used in the first century to the ten or so in use by the end of the third century . |
| 30 | But the fact is that there might be persons eager to oppose the operation of the trust , and vested interests in declaring that no legal intention could be seen in the words used by the testator . |