Example sentences of "the use [prep] [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | In looking for the means to undermine Chomsky 's position , generative semanticists were then attracted to a considerable body of philosophical thought devoted to showing the importance of the uses of language to an understanding of its nature ( work by Austin , Strawson , Grice and Searle in particular ) . |
| 2 | He tried , though perhaps without much success , to restrict the use of chrism to bishops , and , making a further distinction between royal and episcopal consecration , he ordered that kings , like emperors , were to be anointed only on the arms or shoulders and hands , not on the head . |
| 3 | This will result in self-regulation of the use of water to the point where the health of the individual , the family and the public at large , will suffer . |
| 4 | Because of the national shortage of timber in the Stuart period , James I banned the use of wood to fuel glass furnaces , and the need for coal supplies contributed to the rise in importance of glass making in Scotland and the North of England . |
| 5 | This perspective is unduly restrictive of the role of law in its socially instrumental aspects and unduly kind to those who have power over the legislative and judicial functions of states in that to define law in terms of the pursuit of order seems unwarrantably to exclude the use of law to foment disorder when this seems desirable to the politically strong . |
| 6 | This highlights the direct link between the use of electricity to power such energy hungry devices as dishwashers and problems of acid rain and global warming . |
| 7 | In short , instrumentalism ( the use of organisation to personal ends or the ends of close kin ) is the best tactic for self-advancement . |
| 8 | A further consideration that needs to be taken into account is the use of advertising to the retail trade . |
| 9 | Otherwise , it 's sensible to restrict the use of double-glazing to rooms such as living rooms and bathrooms where the benefits are of most use . |
| 10 | You can automate the use of TIME to time an interval within a batch file . |