Example sentences of "use them [prep] [art] [adj] [noun] " 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 | The modern world has discovered that citrus fruits are rich in vitamin C — and has started using them in a big way for cooking . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | I was present at the sale and bought a set of Keesing 's Contemporary Archives which have proved invaluable though I have used them with the usual misgivings that accompany the enjoyment of a benefit which has been denied to others . |
| 6 | You could use them as a decorative device on invitations , or as part of the design on your personal writing paper . |
| 7 | ‘ But now I can use them for a different trade . ’ |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | There is a difference between marrying someone while not loving them and marrying them in order to use them as a private bank . ’ |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Never daring to use them on a regular basis , they were placed inside a display cabinet for many years . |
| 14 | ‘ So , given that I have a political opportunity , I tend to become an enthusiast harnessing the forces that are at work , trying to get the best out of them , trying to use them for the political purposes that I believe in . |
| 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 | Look for rollers that are kind to hair and use them with a gentle setting lotion |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Neutral tones give a feeling of space , so use them in a small room that needs opening up |
| 21 | You use them in a Spanish drink called horchata , which is made as follows : |
| 22 | 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 . |