Example sentences of "use [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The computer we are using has a precision of six decimal figures . |
| 2 | As a shareware library with monthly deadlines for our advertorial copy we need a reliable Communications package , unfortunately a custom program we used developed a bug and two hours before our copy deadline we were unable to send the data via our modem . |
| 3 | As a shareware library with monthly deadlines for our advertorial copy we need a reliable Communications package , unfortunately a custom program we used developed a bug and two hours before our copy deadline we were unable to send the data via our modem . |
| 4 | And erm they tasted I mean we all used to have a taste of it and it tasted quite nice ! |
| 5 | The problem had arisen because the first plan used had a river running through the property — what no-one had realised was that the course of the river had changed , leaving a piece of land unconveyed . |
| 6 | He also said that two guns used had a history of previous use . |
| 7 | The tests used covered a number of topics and were not specifically related to the curriculum . |
| 8 | So I used to buy erm I used buy a lot of er the Meg and Mogs cos I found that they sort of helped him . |
| 9 | ANNETTE BENING : ‘ I was up for the part of a prostitute in Dangerous Liaisons , the one whose backside John Malkovich uses to write a letter . |
| 10 | From 1947 to 1953 he served as a trustee of the National Gallery , to which he left a fine collection of photographs of paintings which he had often used to stimulate a love of art in undergraduates . |
| 11 | A magic bridle may be used to tame a kelpie temporarily , though this will engender great rage in the creature . |
| 12 | Some of these characters are also present in Dryopithecus , and they have been used to support a relationship of this genus with the living great apes , but their presence in Oreopithecus , which is so highly specialized cranially , must cast some doubt on this interpretation . |
| 13 | With the designation came additional finance which was used to support a number of initiatives including a series of two term temporary posts for McGregor staff to engage in some pilot planning work . |
| 14 | The rural economy has never been completely agricultural , for most villages used to support a number of craftsmen serving local needs . |
| 15 | In a host of well illustrated books and in the displays erected in the great museums , the fossil record was used to support a theory in which evolution worked through a series of progressive episodes , each sending out waves of new and more highly organized creatures to displace their now-stagnant predecessors . |
| 16 | For social workers advocacy is a skill used to support a client appealing against a decision within the welfare system . |
| 17 | This grant was used to support a conference and other media through which general and specific aspects of European integration , convergence and divergence in work and employment systems would be more widely known , and seen as relevant for future research , by British social scientists . |
| 18 | The term was used to signify a right of way between one place and another , rather than a physical entity defined by roadside verges with pavings underfoot . |
| 19 | Used to input a value to select an option , specify a parameter , terminate a pause etc . |
| 20 | The wooden pallet bed is n't needed for rest , and like the rest of the room has been used to mount a display for one of Bremer 's collections . |
| 21 | Because the junction of a pair of roundels produces a triangular interstitial space internally as well as externally , one of two such internal areas was used to accommodate a WC , which is reached from an intermediate landing of the staircase ( Fig 41 and Plate 17 ) . |
| 22 | a private hire vehicle which is being used to carry a passenger for hire ; |
| 23 | And high frequencies must be used to carry a number of TV channels because each is 8 MHz wide and they are ‘ stacked ’ one over the other in the frequency spectrum . |
| 24 | It would be inefficient and uneconomical to avoid such terminology when it can be used to crystallise a concept . |
| 25 | Another TSR , Certify , can be used to compare a file 's checksum as it is opened , with a previous calculated checksum . |
| 26 | The appeal of traditional shopfronts in purely commercial terms is also apparent in new developments , where historic styles are often used to promote a bespoke image . |
| 27 | Mr Jones has criticised Mr Mandelson for announcing his candidature in a newspaper article and said that the spirit of the party 's selection code , which says the media should not be used to promote a candidate , may have been broken . |
| 28 | The AWK programming language has been used to implement a variation of the collocation technique described above . |
| 29 | Thus , mundane objects such as clam-shell axes and fish hooks may be used to objectify a concept of self-development and self-created change which may potentially be a powerful force in the rise of post-colonial states ( Miller 1980 ) . |
| 30 | In Chapter 4 it was demonstrated that spot and debt can be used to replicate a futures contract . |