Example sentences of "used the [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | First of all you will notice that the erm consumer adviser used the word contract which is an important word to remember . |
| 2 | Hold on a second , she 's used the word homicide |
| 3 | His nose and cheekbones protruded as never before , and he was paler than Helen , so pale that no one could possibly call him a darkie or black bastard , though they might legitimately have used the word bastard . |
| 4 | He had used the word necessity in speaking of his desire for her . |
| 5 | So we 've used the word association . |
| 6 | I have n't used the word poverty I 've used a phrase about lack of financial resources because it relates more obviously and directly to many of the concerns of the Board for example almost certainly the real reason why there was no room in the inn at Bethlehem is that the income of a village carpenter did n't go near the exorbitant prices being charged by mine host when , to use the good Scots phrase , the cow calved and there was this boom over the crows for the census . |
| 7 | To deliberately move away from the idea of the old reporting format that 's why we 've used the word statement to parents . |
| 8 | We have already seen how the courts have used the Wednesbury sense of unreasonableness to invalidate exercises of discretionary power which could not realistically be regarded as absurd , or manifestly irrational . |
| 9 | For the past two years the BVDG has used the Cologne Art Fair as a platform to promote support for particular museums . |
| 10 | ‘ We 've always used the bore water for our soft drinks , like dandelion and burdock and Irn Brew , ’ said Mr Nigel Smith , Shaw 's managing director . |
| 11 | The story is resumed where Little Turtle returns to the tortoise , telling him that he still has some angry feelings , even though he has used the turtle response . |
| 12 | Haguellar had successfully used the Davis Cup carrot to motivate his lower ranked players . |
| 13 | We have already used the vector Xi to describe the position of a point in the material when referred to axes in the undeformed state and considered its transformation to a point xj on deformation . |
| 14 | Addressing a special session of the Cortes ( parliament ) on Feb. 1 , Alfonso Guerra , who at no time condoned his brother 's alleged activities , acknowledged that Juan had used the government office but said that this was because he was helping him as deputy secretary of the PSOE , and he denied that private activities had been carried out in the office in his presence or with his knowledge . |
| 15 | Most governments , too , have used the taxation system in their efforts to influence the growth of the economy — either to control inflation or to encourage consumption . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'm sorry if it did n't provide a job for you , ’ he said , relieved , and looked round for Amanda , who had used the surface tension of the moment to walk away . |
| 17 | If you 've not used the colour changer before , or not used your ribber for more than welts , it is wise to start by using the colour changer just to knit striped plain rib . |
| 18 | Customs have now used the Polysar decision to review the position and have stated that they will deny recovery of input VAT incurred by a holding company in carrying out its basic functions . |
| 19 | Other researchers , concerned with word sense disambiguation for the purposes of thesaurus creation , have also used the overlap technique . |
| 20 | James Zinreich and colleagues at Johns Hopkins Medical Institution in Baltimore have used the sensor arm successfully in five operations to remove deep-seated brain tumours , and they are now adapting the system for sinus surgery . |
| 21 | They must have used the service lift . |
| 22 | Harvey Nichols has used the Advent Calendar in its current magazine advertising campaign — the doors open to show merchandise on each of the store 's floors . |
| 23 | Secondly , it is unrealistic to divide the matters which a tribunal has to decide into preliminary and essential : all elements within the statement , ‘ if X , ’ in some way condition the jurisdiction to proceed to do Y. Thirdly , it is impossible to reconcile the cases which have used the collateral fact doctrine . |
| 24 | We should also note that there are at least two different factors which may lead us to feel that some notion deserves emphasis ; one of course is contrast with another property that might have been expressed ; the second is salience of the notion within the particular situation envisaged ; this would presumably be true for : ( 16 ) Geraldine told us a long story about bee-keepers With these points in mind , we should now compare ( 15 ) with ( 17 ) and ask ourselves how much emphasis of either kind is present in ( 17 ) , provided that it is not " read in " in order to support the hypothesis : ( 17 ) the ideas discussed will be put to our colonel topics suitable could include divorce and bankruptcy buildings adjacent will be closed for three days Since there is no doubt that these sentences might be used in situations where the property of the adjective would not be contrastive , the only candidate which may have any plausibility is the " salient on this occasion " variety , though there does not seem to be very strong reason to believe that in all cases where these sentences could be used the adjective property will be salient ; we return to this later . |
| 25 | Several groups have now used the polymerase chain reaction to try to recover paramyxovirus sequences from pagetic bone . |
| 26 | Certainly , the Turkoman nomads have used the gul motif as a tribal emblem , or standard , for centuries . |
| 27 | So that for instance , er starting with a base population , we 've used the Registrar General 's nineteen ninety one provisional estimates . |
| 28 | It was known as ‘ shotokan ’ , or Shoto 's club ( ‘ kan' means ‘ club ’ ) , because Funakoshi had previously used the name Shoto as a pen name when he wrote poetry . |
| 29 | Until recently , none of Clarks ' designers had used the CAD system . |
| 30 | by whether teachers have actually used the Solihull booklet ; |