Example sentences of "use [pers pn] [prep] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Beginning in the 1860s , Degas made small wax statuettes of horses and female figures , keeping them in his studio and occasionally using them as models for his two-dimensional work . |
| 2 | At the beginning of the war with England the French crown , denied the use of the ports and coastline of Brittany and Aquitaine , had to witness the English army enjoying access to both , and using them as bastions on the continental mainland from which to launch attacks into territories ruled by the king of France . |
| 3 | We carry out rummage searches of the islands to deter such activities as smuggling , and terrorists from using them as locations for weapon hides . |
| 4 | Ted peeled some sticks pulled from the hedge and used them as markers by which to guide his plough , in order to set his rigs . |
| 5 | They calculated these standardized mortality rates for each cause of death , and then used them as weights in the allocation formula : areas with higher death rates from a particular disease got more money to treat that disease . |
| 6 | They shortened swords and used them like daggers at armpits and neck . |
| 7 | In order to create an individual life in the world , we should use them as colours on an artist 's palette , to paint our own picture . |
| 8 | They can then use them for withdrawals without worrying about having to take all their money at once . |
| 9 | We we 've used it for things like the street clean |
| 10 | Although such summary measures need to be treated with caution ( see Lecture 11 ) , and the coefficient of variation has particular shortcomings ( it is especially sensitive to changes in high incomes ) , we can use it for purposes of illustration . |
| 11 | More important , as armies became more highly organized , more permanent and more self-conscious , the temptation to use them as moulds in which civilian societies might be recast became stronger , at least in the relatively poor and backward States of Eastern and Northern Europe . |
| 12 | It is possible for a man to assemble a large number of these mystical phrases that move the mind and to use them as passports to the transcendent world . |
| 13 | I say ‘ modified ’ because you have to use them as attacks in themselves . |
| 14 | Teachers and schools , however well resourced and staffed , can only do so much to counter the effects of social disadvantage , and it is too easy to use them as scapegoats for the failure of political and economic policy . |
| 15 | Turbin lights and they were for use of coastal command of the RAF first searchlighting for submarines , looking for submarines , the er the Harvards were very much trained as some of them came in from the Navy they were used for training landing of pilots on aircraft carriers , and they had hooks underneath you know the er they were a very good trainer they were still used today , but when we used to go and see films at the pictures they used to use them a lot as Japanese aircraft because they looked alike , and they used to use them as zeros in the American films these Harvard trainers , er and but like as I said they had a experimental department at Helliwells and they used to try out various things to see if they could improve on the structure or the instrumentation things like that |
| 16 | So as far as this meeting 's concerned , erm , most of our meetings are basically business meetings , but we , we have tried and we will try to put in speakers and , and do different things from time to time , we had er , er a woman last time who 'd been to Central America recently and she gave us a very interesting talk on a visit to El Salvador and Guatamala , erm , and we , we 'd like to do that more often , but , but what we do really erm , to begin with any rate , is we go th we go through the , the headings on this sheet , on the , on the minutes , we use them as headings for others and erm , items on the agenda and er some may have more to say than others and there are one or two not on there which we 'll pop in as we go along . |
| 17 | These are delicious by themselves , but if you use them for Devils on Horseback ( see p112 ) your cocktail party will surely be an enormous success . |
| 18 | However , after attention lapses he can retain his insights into another person , and use them in choices of means , without abandoning his long-term egoistic ends for the altruistic goals to which he briefly felt himself drawn ; he can therefore claim to have obeyed ‘ Be aware ’ without ceasing to be an egoist . |
| 19 | Many fishkeepers purchase an external power filter and use it for years with the same media . |
| 20 | We also use it for consultations of use it for Broxstowe and Radford . |
| 21 | Choose from a colourful array of mango , star fruit , kiwi and raspberries , to name but a few and add a sprinkling of Sweetex to bring out the full flavour , or use it in recipes for a sweet taste without the calories . |
| 22 | So a comma we use it in lists of things . |
| 23 | Instructors should read through all the material before using it with students/trainees in order to get a general idea of thinking and direction , and to familiarise themselves with the layout and organisation . |
| 24 | Since we are using it for choices of ends , we can not treat the awareness it prescribes simply as a universal means to our ends whatever they may be , which is what the admonition suggests in ordinary discourse ( with the implication ‘ If you do n't you 'll suffer for it ’ ) . |
| 25 | ‘ We used it for shirting in 1992 and we 're using it in blends with linen for suitings for spring 1993 . ’ |