Example sentences of "[prep] be use " in BNC.
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| 1 | It does n't take too much imagination to guess that this means ‘ draw a circle centred at x = 10.5 , y = 24.75 , and of radius 3.9 , in whatever units we happen to be using at the moment ’ . |
| 2 | In a new survey of the industry he said : ‘ Housebuilders appear to be using techniques to remove unsold homes from their balance sheets , including ‘ selling ’ houses to associate companies . |
| 3 | New methods will come , no doubt , with the fruition of that research which the Home Secretary has urged and supported ; but we can not even claim to be using existing methods , when 7,550 prisoners are sleeping tonight three in a cell , and when policies which , but for the war , would have been on the statute book in 1939 , and have already been on the statute book for half a generation , have hardly begun to be carried into effect for lack of premises . |
| 4 | He said : ‘ They seemed to be using us as a last resort . |
| 5 | I was half proud , half ashamed to be using it in this way . |
| 6 | In some magazines they ask men to fill in questionnaires about beauty , and loads of men seem to be using cleansers and having facials . |
| 7 | I use a small piece of putty over the nozzle for speed and short-term storage ; but if I 'm not going to be using it for a while , I take the top off and place a small piece of Clingfilm over the bottle , then screw the top back on again . |
| 8 | Standards in this field issues recently by the International Standards Organisation ( ISO ) appear to be using either spelling , depending upon the origin of the draft . |
| 9 | He must have supposed himself to be using a language absolutely purged of metaphor when he wrote at the grand climax of the Discourse on method |
| 10 | If you are likely to be using the camcorder near the car , it might be worth taking one of the special leads which enable you to feed power from the car battery directly to the camcorder ; however , this is obviously not a practical option for general holiday use . |
| 11 | The largest accounting firms could be on the receiving end of proposed new penalties to prevent abuse of market power including fines of up to 10% of turnover — if they are found to be using predatory pricing . |
| 12 | Just to be using brain and muscles and feelings all together at once , and not failing . |
| 13 | They are much less likely to be using mail order . |
| 14 | Whether you have central heating or individual heating appliances , you are likely to be using one of the four main fuel types — gas ( mains or liquified ) , solid fuel , electricity or oil . |
| 15 | Each vertical square can represent one , two , four , six or eight rows of actual knitting , depending on the knitting technique you are going to be using with the design . |
| 16 | These BSL interpreters appeared to be using only a single register , and this corresponded to a signed version closely tied to the English of the original message . |
| 17 | The former is likely to be using mechanism-based models with people as ancillaries while the ergonomist will be using models of people with mechanisms as ancillaries . |
| 18 | Blasts from weapons went astray or were turned back to their sources so that the warlock seemed to be using his/her assailants as puppets to fight themselves . |
| 19 | He seems , therefore , to be using the evidence as an ingenious updating of the classical safety law argument . |
| 20 | In your article on Britain 's unions ( April 3rd ) you seem to be using the number and size of strikes as a measure of union strength , as if the reason for the unions ' existence was to organise strikes . |
| 21 | We wonder whether this has anything to do with an ‘ upgradeable ’ machine DEC seems to be using where you could yank out the 80486 and substitute a P5 . |
| 22 | Nor did the Flemings feel that he was really supporting them ; he had appeared to be using them for his own ends . |
| 23 | At first , no doubt , it was in the nature of an exercise just to see if he could still write : he was working very closely to the structure of " Burnt Norton " and seemed to be using the earlier poem as a model from which to draw inspiration . |
| 24 | You are unlikely to be using their services for material to send out to the media , though they could be a useful source of illustrations for internal publications , but you may be able to place some of your material with them for use by other organisations . |
| 25 | Since rhetoric involves argumentation , then a basic question should be asked of any political discourse which appears to be using a rhetoric traditionally associated with the critics , rather than supporters , of the discourse : is the speaker or writer actually arguing against their own ideological tradition , or are they using a complex rhetoric to conduct an argument within their own tradition ? |
| 26 | Held : The defendants owed to the plaintiff , as a guest , a duty to take all reasonable care to see that the premises were safe , and their failure to light the passage in a London hotel at 11.20 p.m. , when guests might reasonably be expected to be using the passage was a breach of that duty which had resulted in injury to the plaintiff . |
| 27 | ‘ If you happen to be using animals , this is like a kick in the teeth ’ , says one . |
| 28 | There was considerable discussion upon the interpretation of the term " use of force " It was finally agreed that local commanders appeared to be using their discretion in a satisfactory manner … and that it was unwise to makes any further interpretation . " |
| 29 | It was finally agreed that local commanders appeared to be using their discretion in a satisfactory manner as to the means used to persuade Jugoslavs that they should return to Jugoslavia , and that it was unwise to make any further interpretation . " |
| 30 | Whilst the nationalised industries appear similar to private manufacturing industry , employers in public administration are more likely to be using workers hired on fixed-term contracts . |