Example sentences of "use [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 AS THE post-mortem into the failed coup in Panama continued yesterday , it emerged that President Bush had approved an order to the US commander in the Canal Zone to remove General Manuel Noriega using covert forces , but the coup fizzled out before the order could be executed .
2 Make regular water changes using conditioned water and occasionally some more ‘ starter ’
3 Growing skill in using computerized databases and statistical software for bibliometric ends ; and
4 Produce , independently , pieces of writing using complete sentences , some of them demarcated with capital letters and full stops or question marks .
5 Produce , independently , pieces of writing using complete sentences , mainly demarcated with capital letters and full stops or question marks .
6 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 .
7 Once the inner is up and pegged out the flysheet , made from 190D double coated pu nylon , goes over the top and is pegged to the ground using eight ground points and two guylines .
8 Using eight display screens the team on duty can monitor and control the pressures and flows of gas coming into the region through the national and regional offtakes , maintaining safe operating limits and ensuring demand is met .
9 Then type in a name for your graph — using eight characters or less — and it will be saved when you press Enter .
10 Smith devised a technique using eight pieces of latex rather than one overall mask , including convincing eyelids .
11 Until more interesting work was available he felt he had no option but to keep the men in his charge fully occupied and if it meant using eight men to undertake a task which could be accomplished in a fraction of the time by a machine , well — the men were n't going anywhere .
12 Cross-domain collocations did not appear to be effective , as was expected , which underlined the importance of accurate domain identification when using domain-specific dictionaries .
13 ‘ I put on a light foundation and , using earthy browns , subtly highlighted Fiona 's eyes and shaded in her lips with an amber-coloured lipstick . ’
14 ( In the following cases , the corresponding phrase using prenominal position only would be fully acceptable ) : ( 50 ) the handbook useful is in your out-tray a story interesting would be hard to find ( 51 ) the only handbook useful is in your out-tray a story less interesting would be hard to find Even here , the distinction between qualification and assignment may have a part to play in the explanation .
15 The possibility of high chain extension in polymer solutions was pointed out by F. C. Frank in 1970 , and the experiments of Mackley using extensional flow fields generated by two opposing jets indicated that very high extensions were attainable , as was shown by the birefringence observed in the flowing solution .
16 Be especially wary of using emotional blackmail .
17 Be especially wary of using emotional blackmail .
18 For something less time consuming why not create a tiny scene from just two designs like the snails on the crazy paving ( see illustration , with a green shoot embroidered using lazy daisy stitch ) .
19 Judging by how well labels sell in the shops — and they do — the world and his wife must be using sticky labels on everything , including the kids .
20 A binary number can easily be coded into the bars by using narrow bands for Os and wide bands of 1s ( or vice versa ) .
21 ‘ I created this whole planet , using Gallifreyan technology , ’ said Kopyion .
22 This takes place on a planet 's surface using solid 3D graphics .
23 The main reason for this is the restricted memory storage available using solid state technology .
24 By far the largest proportion of XPS studies are carried out using solid samples .
25 The boiler , situated in the cellar , is hand-fired using solid fuel .
26 It affects Scotland particularly badly as , apart from a more rigorous climate , the percentage of homes using solid fuel is higher than in England .
27 Edison replied with an ‘ Improved Phonograph ’ ( 4 ) , using solid wax cylinders which could be shaved and reused .
28 We have facts about a charitable trust using ACE schemes to actually do my members ' jobs , do my members ' jobs in the home help service , do my members ' jobs in the social services — driving people about when they are not insured ; they do n't have PSV and as far as they 're concerned , ‘ so what ? ’
29 Much of the government 's initiative was simply job substitution — the collection of rubbish or cleaning up the environment on the cheap using ACE workers instead of full-time employed council staff .
30 One dissenter is the Massachusetts Institute of Technology , which maintains that a standard using progressive scan transmission only from the start would be best .
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