Example sentences of "use [pers pn] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With synthetic fabrics , it may be sufficient to just stop wearing them and using them as bedding for a while , to see if this is beneficial . |
| 2 | SpreadBase provides users with a means of analysing structured data — as client-server environments have become more widespread , users have begun accessing corporate data on relational database servers , using them as decision support tools . |
| 3 | The fear of being deemed to be trading ( rather than investing ) in futures contracts , and so liable to taxation is thought to have deterred such institutions from using them as part of their investment strategy . |
| 4 | A farmer in Didcot had been using them as fence posts . |
| 5 | Geologists had chiefly looked horizontally where fossils were concerned , using them to date strata rather than following resemblances vertically through time . |
| 6 | Please return them as soon as possible , rather than using them for storage . |
| 7 | Er , Switzerland is one country that has banned the use of animals for research , and I think we ought to be going along these lines that , if animals have rights we ought not to be using them for experimentation . |
| 8 | But , increasingly , their own shops were also a highly successful means of serving this end ; many young couples were buying the lightweight fabrics , because they were so cheap , and using them for furnishing . |
| 9 | Some exercises they perform sitting on chairs or using them for support , but floor exercises have been out of the question . |
| 10 | ‘ Well over half of the clients that approach IMRS for consolidation software are currently using spreadsheets , and have discovered that there are all sorts of horrendous problems associated with using them for consolidation . |
| 11 | We are most interested in the idea of networking , sharing skills such as translation and using them for distance learning . ’ |
| 12 | Candidates using them for project or course work may have an advantage if spelling is one of the skills being tested . |
| 13 | But he had experienced complications when using them for logistics in Vietnam . |
| 14 | My wife is always buying new products , and I find myself happily using them without question . |
| 15 | I dislike using them in conversation , for they can add a measure of artificiality to what should otherwise be casual . |
| 16 | If you 're using them in industry , day in day out all day long , then that is the real importance of wearing protective gear . |
| 17 | So , against Clark , it must be argued that it is misleading to claim that because animals , imbeciles , and normal infants are all weak , defenceless , and at our mercy , to treat any of them in the same way ( say by killing them for food or using them in research ) is ‘ in moral terms , the very same act ’ ( Clark 1978 : 149 ) . |
| 18 | More and more people are choosing to pay off the full amount on their credit cards at the end of each month — using them like charge cards to avoid interest charges . |
| 19 | Did you imagine I 'd stand passively by while you used me for bayonet practice ? ’ |
| 20 | People have worshipped them , made religious sacrifices of them , used them as currency , put them in prison and , once , hanged one for murder . |
| 21 | Y342 billion by the Toyo Shinkin Bank , and used them as loan collateral . |
| 22 | Nomes in the Store used them as sleeping bags . |
| 23 | During the Second World War , trainee fighter pilots used them for target practice , and as recently as 1968 , they were still being hunted for sport . |
| 24 | Although the children at the La Mane Centre were made to use their powers for the wrong reasons , when it came to using their powers when it mattered , both Carrie and Michael used them in order to kill and destroy . |
| 25 | If the problems were not put right , Coun Dixon warned : ‘ We would be very sceptical of any housing association which used them in future . |
| 26 | But even though Lewis used him for target practice with heavy right crosses and upper-cuts , he could not floor the durable American , who took a standing eight count early in the fourth round . |
| 27 | For many years Jack Charlton used him in midfield but McGrath is now expected to play out his international career in the back four . |
| 28 | Used it on gala day . |
| 29 | McClellan 's own authority , Tottenham Public Libraries , used it with success , and in the local government reorganization of Greater London , Haringey adopted the system from them . |
| 30 | As far as I know , she went on to live a long life , enjoyed the notoriety , and used it to advantage in the family business , exploiting rumours of her Evil Eye to scare off creditors , and to get the best out of every bargain . ’ |