Example sentences of "use [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | BASE RATE : The rate banks use as the basis for all their interest rates . |
| 2 | I think it 's G they use as the high-hat and there 's all sorts of things . |
| 3 | The economic theory that we use as the vehicle for our analysis is the familiar theory of the dynamic competitive firm operating under spot price uncertainty . |
| 4 | Thus there are two different intensional relations behind the two different versions of the second sentence in ( 21 ) , even though it is hard to think of any circumstances whatever ( other than metalinguistic ones ) in which they could have different truth values : ( 22 ) ( 23 ) ( We use as the symbol for assignment of equation . ) |
| 5 | But these later pieces are of most use for the light they shed on the earlier development . |
| 6 | The bags were of that thinner kind of plastic they use for the bags that they give away at the supermarket , the free ones ; and now one of the bags in her right hand split and she just stood there helpless to stop them as three cans fell out and rolled across the concrete . |
| 7 | ‘ It might be okay for some people , like thae toffs that mammy cleans for , but it 's nae use for the likes of us . |
| 8 | Strain and use for the Red wine and port sauce , or gravy . |
| 9 | The tension is going to be different too , because the specific gravity of the steel used for the core is higher than the alloy you use for the wrap . |
| 10 | The material you use for the tread can also vary tread height : if you want to use traditional paving slabs , they can be obtained in varying thicknesses , from about 25 to 50mm ( 1 to 2″ ) thick . |
| 11 | Daily use for the others came between one month and over 18 months later . |
| 12 | Thus some computers use for the jump instruction a format in which the subsidiary information field is a sub-operation code field , which specifies the condition under which the jump is to be performed ( for example , accumulator positive , or overflow flag set ) . |
| 13 | I 'm in London I 'm in the nick I 'm in fucking Paddington Green for Christ 's sake , the high-security station they use for the Provos and they think I 'm so dangerous so much a security risk they 've got me here and even holding me under the Prevention of Terrorism Act Jesus God because some of them still are n't convinced they are n't dealing with some unholy alliance of the IRA , Welsh Nationalists and uppity jocks . |
| 14 | She turned back to Elinor and said in the rather loud , slow , and contrived voice that people use for the deaf , ‘ I 've brought you a surprise , Nell . ’ |
| 15 | They have not been they are not the area covered by the er York greenbelt because as Mr said , er er greenbelt boundaries follow natural features rather than administrative boundaries which we use for the for the Greater York study . |
| 16 | The word we use for the overall behaviour of the pitch in these examples is tone ; a one-syllable word can be said with either a level tone or a moving tone . |
| 17 | They 've got a double decker they use for the school run and that is absolutely on it 's last legs by the look of it ! |
| 18 | You know , and and the one we use for the shop , for the kitchen , is just a converted drinks machine , so it 's massive . |
| 19 | Yes , well that 's just the name the astronomers use for the mean distance , the average distance , of the earth from the sun . |
| 20 | yeah , a decision that we all erm just think what we generally use through the day . |
| 21 | These are computers containing sets of rules that approximate to those people use during the thinking process . |
| 22 | Cardiff , whose rucking and mauling remains sub-standard , at least possess a pair of half-backs with the wit and ability to make best use of the ball they do get . |
| 23 | You battle with the Treasury in public spending negotiations and you battle with the health service to make best use of the resources that are available . |
| 24 | Directional planning involves identifying barriers and potentials and choosing a course in order to overcome the former and make best use of the latter . |
| 25 | We believe that these grants would be more effective if responsibility was transferred to those Departments which can make best use of the money . |
| 26 | However , we will still need to build up our level of knowledge and understanding of expert systems within the RAF and in particular amongst our computing specialists so that we can make best use of the facilities available when providing support to the user . |
| 27 | In order to make best use of the available resources , LoadLeveler needs to be given information about the code that it is trying to run . |
| 28 | However techniques need to be developed to make best use of the opportunities . |
| 29 | that you use like the chemist . |
| 30 | At the levels of magnification we routinely use with the electron microscope , a thumbnail would be 250 metres wide , and the order that the golgi stain seems to offer dissolves into chaos which only a disciplined imagination can control . |