Example sentences of "to use as [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The success of any bombing sortie rested on the map reading ability of the bomb aimer who had to pick out relatively insignificant and optically difficult land features to use as navigation datum points .
2 Keep enough material to use as hardcore in the sub-base .
3 If a manufacturer buys in pepperoni to use as part of the topping for this pizza , he does not have to list the ingredients in that pepperoni as long as the pepperoni constitutes less than 25% of the weight of the total pizza .
4 David Hindmarch , of Deans Square , Topcliffe , near Thirsk was promised a prize of some kitchen units which he intended to use as part of a scheme to turn a garden shed into a workshop for his disabled wife .
5 Either of these would be ideal to use as foliage backing for earlier flower plantings , for their leaves are handsome at any season .
6 The best type of donkey to use as father is the subject of some debate .
7 She also carefully lectured me on the possibility of me treating a baby as a fashion accessory , or something to use as material for an article or two , or even worse — as the excuse for an article or two being late .
8 A great magnificent image that I did n't want to use as material for a silly magazine article , but which I just could n't resist sharing with everyone I knew and did n't know .
9 Dustin , who had arrived with Anne , three-month-old Jennifer , and a nanny , played the piano or sang dirty songs to a guitar accompaniment in the hotel lounge in the evenings and , on one occasion , went into the kitchen to gather a few pots and pans to use as bongo drums in order to entertain his colleagues .
10 Late one afternoon as I was packing some old boots I had begged with wet slack and tea leaves to use as fuel on the fire the door was flung open and Dad stumbled in .
11 It is possible to break down fat to use as energy when you are training , but it is essentially glycogen which is the energy source .
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