Example sentences of "use [pron] [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were able to exchange ideas and opinions with them — so much so , that by the end of the day one archaeological student was using my detector over the spoil heaps , while I turned my hand to the ‘ trowel and brush . ’ |
| 2 | Instead he used her remark as the perfect occasion for a quarrel . |
| 3 | Although the SPD agreed with the bill 's intention and much of its detail , it used its majority in the Bundesrat to reject the bill because it empowered the government to use telephone-tapping and mail-interception to gather evidence of illegal arms sales . |
| 4 | However , if on hearing or reading these sentences people computed their structures , which conform to standard rules of English syntax , and used their knowledge of the semantics of English to interpret these structures , they would not be misled by them . |
| 5 | During the autumn and winter of that dramatic year they put themselves at the forefront of agitation for more effective air raid precautions , and used their influence in the war factories to defend workers ’ living standards while criticizing the inefficiency of management . |
| 6 | Police in riot gear used their powers under the Public Order Act to move on three hundred travellers from Enstone aerodrome … an act which means Police can move on travellers where there are more than twelve vcehicles camped … powers the Home and Office and certain Police forces beleiev are tough enough . |
| 7 | Coward and others used their analysis of the clusters to define what they term the ‘ research front ’ , which is the set of core journals modelling the current state of active research in a subject field . |
| 8 | The report concluded that the Fayed brothers , Mohamed and Ali , had ( i ) dishonestly misrepresented their background and wealth to the DTI for the purpose of persuading the Department in 1985 not to refer the acquisition to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission ( MMC ) ; ( ii ) used their connection with the Sultan of Brunei to enable them to acquire the funds used in the acquisition ; ( iii ) repeated their lies to their advisers , who had accepted at face value what they were told and failed to check its accuracy ; and ( iv ) misrepresented the extent of their business assets to both the DTI and to the Office of Fair Trading . |
| 9 | The Syrians used their tanks against the leftists without compunction , but by October they were armed with a weapon far more powerful than their armour : a mandate from the Arab League to enter Beirut as an ‘ Arab Deterrent Force ’ . |
| 10 | Mercer used his pace in the second half to get in at the corner after Harmon 's effort and Forster scored after a quick-witted kick by Turner , who also kicked five goals . |
| 11 | Two weeks later the Glamorgan chairman , Tony Lewis , used his column in The Daily Telegraph to give the club 's side of the story . |
| 12 | Similarly , he used his connections with the promotion of adult education in the Workers ' Educational Association ( WEA ) and the Extra-Mural Department of London University to establish a joint and full-time crash course for a Diploma in International Affairs in the London Institution of World Affairs , of which he was the president until his death . |
| 13 | Polsky used his ability at the pool-table in his study of ‘ hustlers ’ : |
| 14 | A JOCKEY who used his whip with the severity used by Tory Whips on Maastricht rebels would be banned for life . |
| 15 | In the aftermath of the April 1981 riots in Brixton the Home Secretary , William Whitelaw , used his powers under the 1964 Police Act to appoint Lord Scarman to inquire into the events , produce a report , and make recommendations . |
| 16 | as if this were not bad enough , he used his powers on the Commission of the Peace to attack their secular rights , in the name of social justice . |
| 17 | ( Another member of the Russell family , Lord Charles , used his influence as the Queen 's Serjeant-at-Arms to get William Hale White 's father the position of Door-Keeper to the House of Commons . ) |
| 18 | Richards used his influence with the Royal Society , of which he was a fellow ( 1866 ) , to arrange for scientists to sail in his ships on oceanographic cruises from the Faroe channel to the Straits of Gibraltar . |
| 19 | The prosecution had alleged that Mr Hatton used his influence on the two councillors — who chaired influential committees — to swing deals for his close friend Monk , 45 , without proper competition . |
| 20 | A friend of both Charles ( later second Earl ) Grey and Henry Brougham [ qq.v. ] , he used his influence in the northern counties to speed the passing of the Reform Bill . |
| 21 | He was a printer who used his skill for the production of a remarkable flow of opinion-forming pamphlets , and a founding father of the United States . |
| 22 | We can see how he used his knowledge for the chapters on Hannibal in Gaul of Book 3 of his histories ; but Book 24 in which he summarized his findings is lost . |
| 23 | Each used his knowledge of the faction to dismantle it . |
| 24 | Another bogus defector was code-named Fedora , possibly in reality Viktor Lessiovski , who used his work at the United Nations as a cover . |
| 25 | Mr Redwood used his debut at the Welsh Tory Conference in Llangollen at the weekend to ram home this message , which will have special meaning for Welsh-speaking communities in North Wales . |
| 26 | Miles used his connection with the starpod to dim the chamber lights , and the stars sprang into sharp relief . |
| 27 | The Duke , aware that the incumbent armourer was dead , used his interest with the Board of Ordnance , pointing out that ‘ it might serve my interest in the town of Stirling ’ . |
| 28 | In the same year he used his interest with the tenth Baron Petre to secure the parliamentary seat of Thetford ( 31 electors ) with the approval of Petre 's guardian , Charles Howard , eleventh Duke of Norfolk [ q.v . ] . |
| 29 | After Danny de Vito showed his skills as a director in Wars of the Roses he used his leverage with the money-men to bankroll a long-cherished project which has finally come to the screen as Hoffa . |
| 30 | Our opinion , they would have set it up , used your national as the contract man . ’ |