Example sentences of "[noun] have [be] using [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Although it probably sounds odd that I am suggesting negotiating a written agreement with your teenager , psychologists have been using business-style contracts to resolve family conflicts for some years now .
2 Other unit trust managers have been using statistical tools to measure volatility as an aid to investment .
3 Americans have been using 60/40 material for jackets and trousers for years , yet for some reason it 's never quite caught on in this country .
4 The mujahedin have been using US-supplied Chinese and Egyptian-made rockets in recent years to shell Kabul , but there has been no previous evidence of Western rockets being given to the guerrillas .
5 Other publishers have been using unusual marketing tools this year .
6 In addition , there has also been press criticism that ministers have been using advance knowledge to influence market and media opinion .
7 EC Commission vice-president , Sir Leon Brittan , has promised the European Parliament that he will investigate claims that the Italian authorities have been using unfair means to acquire public control of the Italian chemical industry .
8 Similarly , post-war fascists have been using psychological and anthropological material in their racist ideology ( Billig , 1978 , 1981 ; Seidel , 1986 ) .
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