Example sentences of "used the [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bernstein has used the idea of ‘ framing ’ and ‘ classification ’ to explain this ; it is an idea that is particularly potent when we discuss gender . |
| 2 | In J. Milroy and L. Milroy ( 1977 ) , we justified this method , somewhat retrospectively , in terms of the social network model ( the fieldworker can be described as a second-order network contact ) , and it is useful methodologically to think of it in this way ( indeed , many other investigators have successfully used the idea of social network as an explicit part of their fieldwork strategy ) . |
| 3 | Raskolnikov uses the blade of his axe on her , whereas he has just used the back of it on the older woman , crushing her skull . |
| 4 | Anyone who has used the technique of showing to a client edited video tape of research in progress on a group of consumers at a presentation , will notice the rapt expression on his face as he looks at real people talking about his product . |
| 5 | So many Britons whose lives were little more than hard unremitting toil would have used the licence of the festival to make fun of these imagined orgies , especially if they occurred in the great houses . |
| 6 | He suspected that they might think he had used the incident of the bad teeth and the convenience of a farming father to bolt from that tough and dirty job . |
| 7 | Molly had a bad moment wondering if her father had somehow used the fate of Giovanna 's parents to blackmail the cleaning lady . |
| 8 | It will be suggested that the problem is compounded , because theorists have not always been consistent , but have used the concept of social representation in both particular and universal senses . |
| 9 | This was an implicit critique of Forbes , but Forbes saw no reason to be apologetic because he had used the concept of botanical provinces in an entirely new way . |
| 10 | For example , it may be a fact that a writer has used the work of others without their permission . |
| 11 | Harper had used the excuse of horse-trading to explain his journey to Isabella , but she knew the real truth of his escapade , It was not horses that fetched Harper to Belgium , but Sharpe . |
| 12 | Other kinds of insects besides butterflies have used the nectar of plants for a livelihood , including bees and some flies . |
| 13 | ACL , together with Hapag Lloyd , has used the Port of Liverpool for a joint North Atlantic container service since 1987 when the two lines reached an agreement to share cargo space on each other 's vessels . |
| 14 | A good many educated women have used the ideology of economic independence , job sharing and role swapping to establish careers which bring satisfaction and economic rewards . |
| 15 | Her mother 's friends , Lizzie Braithwaite and Maria Colclough and Ethel Lord were incensed by it , having used the act of sex all their wedded lives as something to bargain with , employing their very contempt for it as a punishment regularly meted out to husbands who lusted after the nasty performance far too much . |
| 16 | Sir Thomas Gray of Heton said that the peace was not in accordance with the king 's will and that the queen and Mortimer had used the opportunity of the king 's minority to arrange the whole thing . |
| 17 | Has the interviewer used the framework of informality to ‘ load ’ the interviews in a particular way ? |
| 18 | He had simply used the framework of a company which he and his wife controlled to make over the necessary benefit to his children . |
| 19 | ‘ The album was going to be called NO BOLLOCKS ! , ’ laughs Cris Bonacci , ‘ but in the end we decided to call it simply Girlschool , because we realised we 'd never used the name of the band as a title before … ’ |
| 20 | Fishermen have long known of the association , and have traditionally used the presence of dolphins as a cue to finding schools of tuna . |
| 21 | A century earlier , John Ray had used the adaptation of form to function to proclaim the existence of a benevolent God who designed His creatures to enjoy life . |
| 22 | Whichever oil is used the method of application and polishing is the same . |
| 23 | He has used the distraction of the Gulf to strengthen his hold on Lebanon and — to Israeli annoyance — improve relations with America and Britain . |
| 24 | Such great thinkers as Kant and Schopenhauer have used the apparatus of Wissenschaft to demonstrate the limits of Wissenschaft . |
| 25 | Gaunt had used the strength of his position as the representative of the king to break up the opposition and to reassert the authority of the crown . |
| 26 | The previous discussion has used the example of housing to consider whether the three conditions outlined on p. 128 were met . |
| 27 | And Jesus also used the example of the mustard seed to talk about faith . |
| 28 | He noted how Pius IX had used the Feast of the Immaculate Conception , 8 December , to advance the various stages of Vatican I. He used Pentecost in this way because , as he said , ‘ It is from the spirit and doctrine of Pentecost that the great event of the Ecumenical Council draws its substance and its life ’ ( Acta Apostolica Sedis 52 , p. 517 ) . |
| 29 | Many authors have used the distribution of particular carbonates to support particular theories of continental distribution in the past . |
| 30 | RENFE management has also occasionally used the path of collective conflict , particularly to break a stalemate in negotiations . |