Example sentences of "use them [prep] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Some skip the tight fantastic by using them as a jumping rope , others wear them as a scarf or string them up in the garden as a washing line .
2 So we do have a problem and and we need to grasp that the a conclusion talking about rolling programme we are concerned about resources we 're , we 're , we 're concerned about using them to the best advantage .
3 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 .
4 The modern world has discovered that citrus fruits are rich in vitamin C — and has started using them in a big way for cooking .
5 The geological availability of these is used by geographers and historians as a strong argument for why settlements are sited near them when engaged in mining them , or when a particular industry which uses them as a raw material has to be nearby .
6 Jokes that have to be explained lose nearly all their force , and no one ever laughs spontaneously at the explication of a joke ; even the terms we have at our disposal in English to discuss literature of this kind — comedy , humour , amusement , ridicule — are full of ambiguities demanding pedantic caution on the part of anyone who uses them in an analytical way .
7 You could use them as a decorative device on invitations , or as part of the design on your personal writing paper .
8 ‘ But now I can use them for a different trade . ’
9 They decided to employ a similar philosophy to German Bands like Can and Faust , refusing to use them as a mere influence , more an entire concept .
10 There is a difference between marrying someone while not loving them and marrying them in order to use them as a private bank . ’
11 Outside the field of fiction ( and possibly , biography ) , coverage is not wide enough for librarians to use them as a regular source of selection information .
12 The practical point , of course , is never to parade all the facts at the beginning but to use them as a military commander might unleash the cavalry squadrons he has kept hidden below the brow of the hill .
13 Normally developing children often seem to be inexhaustible sources of spoken language ; they seem to relish their developing abilities and to use them on every possible occasion .
14 Never daring to use them on a regular basis , they were placed inside a display cabinet for many years .
15 It is not envisaged that we would have to use them for the offshore industry , but the provisions provide a safety net .
16 As we shall see in Chapter 8 , the only way to make thermosetting plastics reasonably tough is to incorporate fibres of one kind or another , in other words to use them in a composite material .
17 Many sociologists take these statistics at their face value , and use them as a ready-made source of data for their research .
18 Motivating the learner to buy the goods and use them to the best advantage .
19 Look for rollers that are kind to hair and use them with a gentle setting lotion
20 But scholars who use them with a sober sense of their limitations can add a new dimension to literary studies , and in an age of divided cultures we should surely be ready to welcome a marriage of literacy and numeracy .
21 Neutral tones give a feeling of space , so use them in a small room that needs opening up
22 You use them in a Spanish drink called horchata , which is made as follows :
23 But such systems can only be as good as those who use them in an original research context , and I have a genuine concern that an over-abundance of records will lead to confusion , or to the adoption of narrow and blinkered research strategies .
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