Example sentences of "use [to-vb] [noun sg] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | the means , which the defendant uses to inflict loss on the plaintiff , may be unlawful because it involves conduct wrongful towards a third party . |
| 2 | Colombian and other diplomats at the Organisation of American States were furious at the legalistic wranglings the US delegation has been using to buy time at the OAS meetings in Washington . |
| 3 | ‘ These will be used to stimulate discussion of the opportunities and problems which face tourism in Wales , and to provide a focus for debating different policy options . ’ |
| 4 | The violence of the language used by the chronicler of St Albans shows his hatred of the Forest system , which was so often used to extort money from the monasteries . |
| 5 | Okun ( 1975 ) characterized this sort of trade-off as a ‘ leaky bucket ’ , which lost some of its contents ( disincentive effects and administration costs ) when used to carry income from the rich to the poor . |
| 6 | The seminars will include an element of skills training , particularly writing and broadcasting , and it is hoped that these skills will also be used to promote awareness in the areas of culture and education , health , and the concerns of women and young people . |
| 7 | Once a unit has been written towards clearly defined aims ( or ‘ intentions ’ in philosopher 's language ) it can be used to promote thought about the relationship between these aims and the behaviour that results in practice . |
| 8 | Television has been used to promote equality between the sexes by showing short features suggesting that sons and daughters should be brought up equally at home and girls not expected to wait on their brothers . |
| 9 | One-half of this was to be sold by auction , and the profits above the official price of $ 42.2 an ounce were then to be used to promote aid to the less developed countries , whereas the other half was to be sold back to members at the prevailing official price . |
| 10 | This can then be used to estimate demand for the product in another country for which statistics are not available . |
| 11 | Chlorine was first used to treat water after the Maidstone epidemic of 1897–8 when hop-pickers contaminated spring water . |
| 12 | Knowledge of these can be used to extract information about the identity and health of the plants in it . |
| 13 | It is these induced voltages which are used to extract energy from the mechanical system and provide electromagnetic damping . |
| 14 | Two basic fieldwork strategies were used to obtain entry to the neighbourhoods . |
| 15 | Funding from OBAT ( Outer Belfast Action Team ) has been used to provide equipment for the centre as a community facility . |
| 16 | At Straiton , however , a combination of the grout injection method and the placing of a heavy-duty geotextile membrane at rockhead level was used to provide support to the road embankment over the limestone and Pentland oil shale workings . |
| 17 | A constructed exchange control index is used to provide support for the hypothesis that financial deregulation has provided a boost to foreign portfolio investment . |
| 18 | Bosnia and Serbia possessed rich forest resources , which were used to provide charcoal for the metal workers ' furnaces as well as timber for the construction of houses . |
| 19 | This could then be used to provide evidence towards the French language modules . |
| 20 | Thus formative evaluation provides information which can be used to improve a course , whereas summative evaluation can be used to provide information about the overall worth of a given course , to help in the decision as to whether or not the course should be continued . |
| 21 | TEXT is used to provide annotation on the map . |
| 22 | * MEDLEARN * is used to provide training in the use of MEDLINE-MEDLARS ( Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System ) online . |
| 23 | Serious composers , such as John Cage , were more influenced by Eastern philosophy which was used to provide authority for the insertion of chance events in the performance of music . |
| 24 | The lawful carrying of something like a car jack which is used to cause injury on the spur of the moment does not necessarily make it an offensive weapon ( R. v. |
| 25 | The England slalom team are collecting points in the Elf Sport In-Gear promotion , the points being used to purchase equipment for the team . |
| 26 | This is the main form of test currently being used to detect handicap in the unborn . |
| 27 | The vibration sensor is used to detect movement of the vehicle . |
| 28 | ( This arrangement is used to simplify access to the trigram array as will be explained . ) |
| 29 | Money raised is used to buy equipment for the playgroup , provide other things we need regularly , and give the children small gifts at Easter and Christmas . |
| 30 | The money was used to buy equipment for the garden . |