Example sentences of "use [pers pn] [to-vb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is also wise to make the most of any planned concessions by using them to achieve a notable reduction in tension , thereby making it more likely that the seller will reciprocate . |
| 2 | Then General Dynamics used it to demonstrate a ground-based air defense application . |
| 3 | When Neil Kinnock complained that soldiers were forced to leave their guts on Goose Green to show Mrs Thatcher had guts of her own , the Tories used it to mount a massive propaganda campaign against him . |
| 4 | Christian used it to open a small gallery as soon as he left Oxford . |
| 5 | Recently I used it to stick a plastic-coated wire rack to the inside of a kitchen cupboard door while I checked the position of the rack with the door closed . |
| 6 | Although these are still in draft form , the Lead Body will use them to prepare a new framework for Vocational Qualifications . |
| 7 | The risk that the others would use them to get a political voice was a risk that had to be taken . |
| 8 | Even if a firm has roubles in a Kazakh bank , it can not necessarily use them to pay a Russian supplier . |
| 9 | Next you have to decide when to enter the date and time information — do you want to use the spreadsheet like a time clock where you record what you are doing at the time you do it or will you use it to maintain a post-hoc record and enter dates and times in batches . |
| 10 | You can use it to find a particular place in a text if you know a word used there , or as a way of following up a particular theme , metaphor or symbol . |
| 11 | Engineers can use it to model a wide range of process industry applications ; from complete plant to individual items of equipment . |
| 12 | The secret is to use them to create a striking feature , and not just hide them away in a shady corner of the garden . |
| 13 | A number of issues arise in deciding how to combine such priority scores and how to use them to pursue a complete interpretation . |
| 14 | It thus becomes possible , through writing , to specialise language , to use it to serve a specific function rather than conflating different functions . |
| 15 | The republicans , in other words , were keen to push the civil rights agitation further and to use it to build a radical coalition which would set its sights , eventually , on a united Ireland . |
| 16 | Andy has a large input to the design side , having the enjoyment of being able to turn ideas in to reality and then use them to give a financial return . |
| 17 | — as soon as you are drilling basic questions , use them to keep a given conversation item going as long as possible . |
| 18 | Take one or more of the elements of humour you discovered in yourself and use them to write a funny story . |
| 19 | You can er , use it to highlight a key piece of information , whether that 's in the diary or in the work organiser . |
| 20 | Start by calculating the real cost of crime to your business and your employees by carrying out a ‘ Crime Audit ’ and use it to produce a written strategy on crime prevention in your business . |
| 21 | They use it to assume a new appearance . |
| 22 | In 1990 , he was charged with applying for a copy of a birth certificate in that name and using it to make a fraudulent passport application . |
| 23 | ‘ It looks as if they were interrupted at their meal , ’ he remarked , righting the overturned stool and using it to indicate a soiled trencher and several dusty earthenware mugs on the table . |