Example sentences of "the use of knives [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In response to the remarks and letters that have recently appeared in the magazine concerning the use of knives for digging . |
| 2 | There has been a big increase in the use of knives in crimes of violence . |
| 3 | For example , in 1980 in the Metropolitan police district there were fewer than 2,000 cases of the use of knives in offences of violence against the person and 1,240 cases where knives were used in robberies . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | That drop was a consequence of a campaign against the use of knives in mid-1988 and the effects of section 139 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | It is a multi-strand approach to tackling the use of knives in crime . |
| 9 | The move by the Scottish Office follows widespread and mounting concern over the use of knives in attacks . |