Example sentences of "seek to use the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Permission was sought to use the new bingo machine at meetings of the club and this was granted . |
| 2 | Chinese leaders are keen to strengthen what has become an increasingly important relationship with Tokyo , and have sought to use the five-day visit to invite Emperor Akihito later in the year . |
| 3 | ‘ In siting its military bases , it has consistently sought to use the civilian population as human shields . |
| 4 | And I think that 's what underpins the advice in Planning Policy Guidance note number three which is seeking to use the new settlement as a mechanism for improving the n the er the landscape . |
| 5 | ‘ The administrators are seeking to use the statutory procedure to get information which the company , if solvent , would not have been able to obtain before deciding whether or not to pursue the proceedings against B.C.C.I. |
| 6 | The rootedness of Labour 's new-found socialism in wartime democratic nationalism posed serious problems to those who sought to use the Labour party as a vehicle for pacifism . |