Example sentences of "use [adj] [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Until more interesting work was available he felt he had no option but to keep the men in his charge fully occupied and if it meant using eight men to undertake a task which could be accomplished in a fraction of the time by a machine , well — the men were n't going anywhere . |
| 2 | Delphy points out that if one jettisoned the idea of the family as unit of stratification , using economic criteria to classify individuals instead , most wives would come out below their husbands . |
| 3 | Though typically economists look at the way in which human beings create and distribute goods and services , often with an eye on issues to do with efficiency according to some rational criteria , this does not prevent them using economic theories to examine , for example , educational provision , the supply of blood donors , voting choice , to name but a few . |
| 4 | Technically sweet and politically acceptable , it avoids accusation of moral hypocrisy by using economic arguments to appeal to self interest . |
| 5 | What irks the Brits , and irks far more their Unionist fellow-citizens in Northern Ireland , is that foreigners — in pursuit of domestic votes , not Irish welfare — are using economic pressure to tell them how to behave . |
| 6 | Apart from using subtle ways to show his disapproval of her , he saw the redundancy exercise initiated by the government of Tanzania as the perfect excuse and a legitimate cover for her dismissal . |
| 7 | Gafyn Blakeway , a PhD student in the Department of Animal Husbandry , is devising methods of encouraging social stability , partly by using imprinting techniques to encourage birds to stay in small subgroups within the larger flock . |
| 8 | But the application of knowledge drives a new learning curve and strong arguments can be made for using regional funds to develop new technologies in the interests of local economic growth where both industry and the university can benefit . |
| 9 | Bell and his colleagues now believe these were caused by head-on fights with opponents , who appeared to lunge at each other in much the same way that present-day crocodiles do , but with more apparent gusto , using strong jaws to tear at each other 's snouts . |
| 10 | Basically it was receiving telephone calls from the public erm and using that information to put on a computer to send officers to incidents various incidents . |
| 11 | Either it 's argued that British life does n't show up well in front of a film camera , or that British filmmakers are n't capable of using that camera to probe behind the surface of things . |
| 12 | Thus , provided the meals industry is in competitive equilibrium , the marginal cost curve for the film industry is simply the extra pounds worth of utility sacrificed by using scarce resources to make another film instead of extra meals . |
| 13 | This involves setting targets for money supply into the future , and then using monetary policy to ensure that these targets are met . |
| 14 | This is a small scale ( 40 households ) qualitative study using extensive interviews to analyse how individuals construct their decisions and how couples negotiate them together ( or not as the case may be ) . |
| 15 | Additional types of data , such as geographic , image , bibliographic and text files , can be held in central data stores and called on as needed using advanced software to write new floristic and monographic works , to examine unpublishable data , and to provide information in other forms to researchers , horticulturalists , students at all levels , and the general public . |
| 16 | In addition , there has also been press criticism that ministers have been using advance knowledge to influence market and media opinion . |
| 17 | This project looks at aspects of the migrants ' housing experience , using aggregate statistics to establish general tenure patterns and interviews to recreate biographical histories . |
| 18 | A policewoman , Marie-Christine Baillet , was run over and killed , allegedly deliberately , in the early hours of June 9 by youths taking part in a " rodeo " ( using stolen cars to raid shops-windows ) . |
| 19 | For , eg , cereals , he wants to cut the EC 's intervention price by 40% , using direct aid to compensate the 4m cereal farms of less than 30 hectares . |
| 20 | ‘ Exploiting customers by levying higher charges than we could justify on grounds of cost or , worse , cheating them by using clandestine methods to raise interest rates on borrowing for reasons other than perceived risk would be the surest way to lose customers in what is , these days , a very competitive industry . |
| 21 | Industry does convert some methane into methanol by first mixing it with water and using high temperatures to turn this mixture into hydrogen and carbon monoxide . |
| 22 | Both the assertion of central authority and the fragmentation of local social structures and economics are integral to the overall desire to use power to restructure social arrangements in such a way that certain interests are favoured over others , to reward supporters , and to maintain these arrangements by using social institutions to entrench an alternative set of ideas , those of the ‘ enterprise culture ’ . |
| 23 | a digitizing device using light sensitivity to translate a picture or typed text into a pattern of dots which can be understood and stored by a computer . |
| 24 | The movement of dolphins around the barrier was observed , using electronic equipment to monitor sonar activity . |
| 25 | Rock groups from Jakutia , another Siberian nation , combine music and shaman rituals , using electronic music to create a meditative trance . |
| 26 | The freedom gained by using electronic means to create the page has already changed those working methods and is , itself , leading to new conventions . |
| 27 | During the 1950 's and 1960 's large firms using specialised technologies to produce standard products in mass rose to dominance in many industrial sectors . |
| 28 | ‘ This is another multi-national using anti-union legislation to try to terrorise the workers into accepting cuts . |
| 29 | A programme called ‘ Puppets Against AIDS ’ is using popular media to break through cultural and racial barriers as an instrument of information . |
| 30 | It was one of the worst examples of the American penchant for using foreign affairs to win elections . |