Example sentences of "be using it for " in BNC.

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1 Since we are using it for choices of ends , we can not treat the awareness it prescribes simply as a universal means to our ends whatever they may be , which is what the admonition suggests in ordinary discourse ( with the implication ‘ If you do n't you 'll suffer for it ’ ) .
2 ‘ I believe passionately in the future of this industry but what chance have we got when an avaricious few are using it for their own crazy purposes ? ’
3 We 'd been using it for a while since we had to leave Riverside Studios , trying out a couple of new singers .
4 He 'd been using it for the Open .
5 I have been using it for some years and encourage my junior staff to do the same .
6 So to find out how much you 've used , you 've got to multiply it by how long you 've been using it for .
7 funny , cos sulfasala I 've been s I 've certainly been using it for years and years and years with different folk fo er for something completely different .
8 All the ones , the old secretaries who 've been using it for years think it 's absolutely wonderful .
9 ‘ Often the man is the only breadwinner and without him the family has to rely on state benefits — the social security system can be horrendous if you 're using it for the first time .
10 It 's cos you 're using it for an improper
11 I use a small piece of putty over the nozzle for speed and short-term storage ; but if I 'm not going to be using it for a while , I take the top off and place a small piece of Clingfilm over the bottle , then screw the top back on again .
12 The first customers for the new service will be using it for a variety of applications .
13 Fibre-optic broadcaster WilTel Corp will be using it for transmitting television programmes as will Vyvx Inc , which also provides videoconferencing , production and editing facilities to over 65 US cities .
14 I 'm using it for Tottenham fair on third , second or third of er July , but only because I 've managed to get a P C enthusiastic about doing it and he 's gon na man it for the day .
15 There was a disco where beer was on sale but thoughts of dancing the night away evaporated when we found other people were using it for sleeping .
16 That is , they were conscious of the rule , and rather than following it out of obligation , they were using it for their own benefit , as a sort of ‘ officializing ’ or ‘ universalizing ’ strategy in order to ‘ cloak themselves in legitimation ’ .
17 In their view the Commission were giving Article 100A an unduly wide construction and were using it for proposals which should properly have been based on some alternative Article of the EEC Treaty , such as Article 100 or Article 235 , which required unanimity in the Council .
18 We were using it for drunk driving offenders and repeat traffic offenders , not so much because I felt they were the only people who were appropriate for it , but because we wanted to make sure we started with a group who were not likely to get into major trouble should the project not work out .
19 Restaurant chain TGI Friday 's is using it for its first UK ad campaign , launched this month .
20 These are claimed by the purchaser of an industrial building who is using it for his or her own trade or leasing it to another for that person 's trade , at the rate of 4% per annum on cost .
21 The system is using it for itself , but you can not run away from the fact that it has helped a lot of women to pursue careers rather than to sit down and nurse babies .
22 Tank manufacturer Vickers , for example , is using it for a major contract in Africa .
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