Example sentences of "[is] to use [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The analytical procedure is to use each theme as an axis around which different elements of empirical data are grouped . |
| 2 | A simple solution is to use small angle brackets which support the tile but are not actually fixed to it . |
| 3 | The general idea of this neighbourhood study interview schedule is to use interlocking modules to simulate the seamless topic-shift structure of normal conversation . |
| 4 | To avoid this problem and to allow the greatest freedom of competition between financial institutions , the alternative is to use monetary base control with no statutory cash ratio . |
| 5 | They are also associated generally with outer-city speech , and data collected by survey methods confirm that the higher the status of the speaker , the more likely he is to use raised variants ( see J. Milroy et al. , 1983 ) . |
| 6 | I hated The Osmonds … but the idea is to use that image to talk about a lot of darker subjects . |
| 7 | ‘ The plan is to use that money as a launching pad for further funds that could eventually result in major building work , ’ he said . |
| 8 | The simplest method is to use standard screw eyes , as shown opposite , or the more professional ‘ D ’ rings , and then , having fixed these screws about one-third of the way down each side of the frame , attach some nylon picture framing cord between the two . |
| 9 | The first way is to use standard quality control techniques at the data input stage , so that the output of coders , data punchers , etc , has a controlled quality level . |
| 10 | The conventional approach to such questions is to use ordinary least squares regression methods , which are often unsatisfactory . |
| 11 | Does he understand yet that the priority of the British people is to use all available resources for health and other essential services ? |
| 12 | One answer , according to two scholars at the University of Illinois , is to use modern data-processing . |
| 13 | Welsh Water is to use modern techniques to scrape , clean and reline 9,000 metres of mains without the need for lengthy excavations . |
| 14 | An alternative technique is to use syntactic categories rather than individual words as the states in the model . |
| 15 | One way of coping with the dilemma of too much or too little bottom-up acoustic information is to use broad , and hopefully robust representation primitives initially to access a number of word hypotheses bottom-up and subsequently use a word verifier for more accurate matching and rating of the hypotheses against the input . |
| 16 | One way is to use two factors , rather in the way that we did for documents , and these two factors will be called ‘ participation ’ and ‘ control ’ . |
| 17 | If further size analysis is to be undertaken the best procedure is to use two identical sub-samples . |
| 18 | The pump should sit on a firm support to keep it clear of the bottom of the pool , and a good idea is to use one of those ornamental concrete blocks that has a recess in its base . |
| 19 | An alternative is to use one channel of an audio mixer as a volume controller , an added advantage being that , depending on the type , it may be used as a means of matching line and microphone-level signal inputs . |
| 20 | An excellent method is to use one of the sponge filters which are operated by an air pump and can easily be regulated — plus the fry can graze upon the minute particles of food and organisms which colonise the sponge . |
| 21 | An alternative method of distribution is to use one of the agencies which specialist in the delivery of media releases . |
| 22 | The traditional approach to statistical analysis is to use one of a range of tools to test for ‘ significance ’ as a means of indicating whether or not an explicitly formulated hypothesis can be upheld ; Fasold ( 1984 , chapter 4 ) discusses the application of this general method in sociolinguistics . |
| 23 | An alternative , where the PC is the source , is to use one of the proprietary conversion routines to change the file into either Word or WordPerfect format before sending it to the Macintosh . |
| 24 | The game can be played in a more limited form in the little bowl-type individual urinals which are more fashionable these days , but Jamie has never tried this himself , being so short that if he is to use one of those he has to stand about a metre back from it and lob his waste water in . |
| 25 | Thus the aim of a two-part tariff is to use fixed charges to pay for fixed costs and then to levy marginal charges to cover marginal costs . |
| 26 | A common escape route is to use superb illustrations to disguise brief but turgid text , thereby creating the ‘ coffee table ’ genre frequently ( and usually rightly ) despised by proper scientists . |
| 27 | An easier way is to use preformed , interlocking , insulating flue blocks . |
| 28 | Computer models show that the best way of coming up with an inflationary universe that shows the same degree of clumpiness as the real one is to use dark matter that is ‘ cold ’ . |
| 29 | An alternative to genetic approaches is to use environmental manipulations of the rate of ageing to study its mechanisms . |
| 30 | The only safe method is to use water-based pastes , despite all their difficulties . |