Example sentences of "of the use of [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | By 1987 , those figures had shot up to 2,870 cases of the use of knives in offences against the person and 4,630 cases where they were used in robberies — a huge increase . |
| 32 | They want to see the elimination of the use of knives in crimes of violence , but their approach is that the law is adequate to deal with the problem and that nothing needs to be changed . |
| 33 | I congratulate the hon. Member for Leyton ( Mr. Cohen ) on his success in securing this debate and thank him for raising the disturbing and important question of the use of knives in crime . |
| 34 | Two as yet unpublished studies from India have highlighted the serious direct and indirect hazards of the use of pesticides to human health , the environment and wildlife . |