Example sentences of "use [pers pn] [prep] [adj] effect " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gestures of this kind were part of the vocabulary of politics ; an astute politician like Philip used them to great effect . |
| 2 | Peter founded the navy out of virtually nothing , recruiting officers and sailors in the same way as for the army , and used it to good effect against the Swedes . |
| 3 | May Roberts Rinehart used it to excellent effect in The Circular Staircase . |
| 4 | We have used them to great effect from boats or for getting baits in under trees or undercut banks where casting has been impossible but the wind has helped to carry the bait into inaccessible areas often inhabited by pike . |
| 5 | She had a strong sense of the dramatic , and could use it to good effect when occasion demanded . |
| 6 | Government orders forbade anyone to show the natives how to use such weapons , yet inevitably they did on occasion obtain them and use them to deadly effect , though their culture might be basically Stone Age . |
| 7 | Then you can concentrate on using it to good effect . |