Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] by the use of " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am fascinated by the use of the English language , I do not wish to undermine it , but , as I would argue , it does overtly undermine 50 percent of its users ( i.e. women ) . |
| 2 | Models nevertheless existed in some parts of Europe and variation has been explained by the use of forms of the lost-wax or -lead process ( Capelle and Vierck 1975 ; Vierck 1976 ; Arrhenius 1973 ; 1975 ; Dickinson 1982 , pp. 21–2 ) . |
| 3 | Indeed , debates about changes in health status are dominated by the use of traditional health indices such as mortality . |
| 4 | The response is a naive one ; but perhaps what Gandhi wanted to convey in answer to this question was that his faith in the principle of non-violence and truth had not been shattered by the use of the atom bomb . |
| 5 | Though there is no legislation governing the fitment of airbags to European cars nor is there any independent evidence available on how many fatalities or injuries are prevented by the use of an airbag in conjunction with seatbelts . |
| 6 | He also claims that it is desirable to think ‘ intuitively ’ and not by logical steps , but again logic is the exception not the rule in human thought and all the greatest scientific discoveries have been made by the use of informed intuition , Ornstein believes that the right hemisphere is underdeveloped in Western man and the spiritual growth depends on expanding its activities . |
| 7 | Such doors could have been secured by the use of a drawbar ; keys for the operation of such devices are known from some better provided for women 's graves . |
| 8 | Steve Leach has suggested that ‘ The ‘ brainstorming session ’ and the interweaving of political purpose and professional knowledge and advice have all been facilitated by the use of deliberative forums ’ ( Leach 1989:106 ) . |
| 9 | The clinical study of human tissue proliferation has been advanced by the use of the halogenated pyrimidine S phase markers bromo- and iodo-deoxyuridine ( BrdUrd and IdUrd ) , which share S phase labelling characteristics with tritiated thymidine . |
| 10 | Likewise , skiing has been transformed by the use of new materials . |
| 11 | In many places the film opened to boycotts and demonstrations but several distributors suggested that these could have been avoided by the use of a more innocent title along the lines of It Happened in Mexico . |
| 12 | The table shows how the funding targets of the 14 English regions are affected by the use of the reduced weighting of standardised mortality ratio and the effect that including the socioeconomic variables would have had . |
| 13 | To achieve a more uniform instruction set , such specialized registers are replaced by the use of accumulators in the array . |
| 14 | No LIFESPAN privileges or module access rules are violated by the use of these routines . |
| 15 | These are known throughout the province , though regional variations are introduced by the use of flint , chalk , granite , limestone and sandstone among others . |
| 16 | In our study bone densities were not uniformly low at all sites , and fractures can not easily be explained by the use of steroids or disease activity . |
| 17 | Almost half the Congo patients still had detectable parasitaemia on day 4 ; in Gabon all patients had a negative thick blood film on day 3 , and this may be explained by the use of a new formulation of halofantrine . |
| 18 | Almost every transaction can now be completed by the use of a transfer deed , and this means that the use and the art of preparing a conveyance deed will slowly become obsolete over the next few years . |
| 19 | ( Any weakness in management is , therefore , more likely to be exposed by the use of sub-contract labour . ) |
| 20 | Hydrocephalus can now be treated by the use of a valve similar to that used for cases of spina bifida . |
| 21 | The categories to which an item could be assigned by the use of this digit are detailed in Table 10 , below . |
| 22 | The initial calculation of provisions to reduce stocks from cost to net realisable value may often be made by the use of formulae based on predetermined criteria . |
| 23 | ‘ For the purposes of this section a threat can not be made by the use of words alone . ’ |
| 24 | This prayer expresses the closest relationship between God and Jesus , as can be seen by the use of the word ‘ Abba ’ . |
| 25 | to produce reliable , maintainable software , the performance of which can be evaluated against the Statement of User Requirements , where any of the major text handling requirements of the project can not be met by the use of standard packaged software . |
| 26 | Recognition can be facilitated by the use of semantic knowledge to eliminate semantic inconsistencies within the input . |
| 27 | Or it can be mediated by the use of instruments . |
| 28 | If a papilla is particularly enlarged it may be shown by the use of capitals i.e. M or N , N. The formulae together with a brief diagnosis is given of the genera found in the abyssal North Atlantic . |
| 29 | This is not a trivial thing for standard English to convey , and reformists like Miller and Swift believe it should be corrected by the use of nonsexist language . |
| 30 | Similar antagonism is likely to be produced by the use of police discretion allowed under the Public Order Act 1986 . |