Example sentences of "[be] using [pers pn] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Beauty is in the eye of the beholder , in which case Kitchens Of Distinction are using it as a sharp stick . |
| 2 | FoE 's rainforests campaigner , Tony Juniper , admits that some tree planting is a good idea , but says that " politicians are using it as a green smokescreen to hide the failure of developed countries to cut emissions of carbon dioxide " . |
| 3 | ‘ The Bosnian Serbs are using humanitarian aid as a military weapon and the Bosnian government and Croatian groups are using it as a political weapon . ’ |
| 4 | The United States department of defence is currently looking at using multi media to train reservists , and a few publishers are using it as an exciting new media for publishing encyclopaedias . |
| 5 | In the extracts from cases and other materials which follow , where the term ‘ sovereignty ’ is used , the judges or writers are using it in the sense of supremacy . |
| 6 | The majority have simply been using it as a solvent . |
| 7 | While Cleo and Dauntless tried to arrange themselves comfortably upon the sacking — which smelled malodorous in the extreme , as if the dogs had been using it as a toilet Apanage busied herself with the ghost-bagging equipment . |
| 8 | Well kids stay all the time but they 've been using it as a doss house , you know , |
| 9 | We 'd been using it for a while since we had to leave Riverside Studios , trying out a couple of new singers . |
| 10 | He 'd been using it for the Open . |
| 11 | Every other day we 're using it at the moment . |
| 12 | It 's cos you 're using it for an improper |
| 13 | ‘ 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 . |
| 14 | This is a similar sort of thing to passing current through , but this time we 're using it as a battery . |
| 15 | It was sensible , as Mrs Thatcher had , ‘ to counsel caution in the maelstrom , but it all depends on whether you 're saying that in order to guide events in a steady fashion or whether you 're using it as an alibi to do nothing . |
| 16 | So you 're using it as an excuse ? |
| 17 | ‘ He can operate as a defender , a sweeper or a midfielder , and I 'll be using him in the midfield role . |
| 18 | In many cases pupils at Key Stage 2 will use the same kinds of resources as were used at Key Stage 1 , though they will be using them in a more sophisticated way . |
| 19 | He said : ‘ They seemed to be using us as a last resort . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | The first customers for the new service will be using it for a variety of applications . |
| 22 | You might be using it as an , as an insult . |
| 23 | . So to work out how much energy you 're using is , how quickly am I using up energy , well I 'm using it at a rate of ten kilowatts . |
| 24 | They were using me as a guinea-pig to investigate the hourly variation in mental efficiency of those with irregular sleeping patterns , such as airline pilots or globe-trotting diplomats . |
| 25 | ‘ So you were using me as a stud , min kaere . |
| 26 | The Aztecs were using it at the time of the Spanish Conquest in the form of mosaic applied to wooden masks of their gods , combined with shell inlays for eyes and teeth ( Plate E ) . |
| 27 | Well have they withdrawn one of their submissions to South Oxfordshire that they 've tried to claim that they were using it over the last twelve years and it has now been withdrawn because they know very well that their claim to South Oxfordshire can not be justified about the use . |
| 28 | ‘ Both were using it in the sense that , in regard to the Inns , the judges over a long period , from time to time , had concurred in the Inns performing the duty of selecting those persons who were fit and proper persons to be called to the Bar and to be entitled to a right of audience in the courts and the duty of suspending or prohibiting such persons from practice . |
| 29 | Dan Goldin , the self-professed ‘ agent of change ’ who has been NASA 's administrator for a year , is using it as an opportunity to demonstrate what NASA could be capable of . |
| 30 | Tank manufacturer Vickers , for example , is using it for a major contract in Africa . |