Example sentences of "use of [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Smyth ( 1978 ) in Alternatives to Animal Experiments , points out that several of its techniques , such as mass spectrometry , gas chromatography , and the use of isotopes in biomedical research , were developed much earlier in the century on the grounds of simple efficiency .
2 5.12 Use of isotopes in interpreting vibrational spectra
3 However , these are only blips in the stream of things , as are the rise of index investing and increased use of futures to rebalance portfolios ( both of which slice back the brokers ' business ) .
4 The competition judges were impressed by a simple but effective system , good use of resources including home-grown feed , grass use and excellent milk hygiene .
5 well-defined responsibility for making the best use of resources including a critical scrutiny of output and value for money ; and
6 In both cases , political programmes crystallized around the idea of rationalization , cost cutting and improved use of resources on the railways .
7 Individual animals and people are seen as people or animals acting as ‘ survival machines ’ , being largely programmed by their genes towards the expansion of inclusive fitness and the use of resources to that end .
8 On the other hand , the use of subsidiary operating companies to specialise in different services under the supervision of a more global policy pursued by a parent company may be an attractive and concentrated use of resources for the organisation seeking to undertake diverse , highly expensive projects .
9 The final sentence of this book aptly summarises its core message : ‘ The practice of groupwork is an exercise in the co-operative discovery and use of resources for the mutual benefit of all group members . ’
10 What is required now is a strategy for the socialist use of democratic control over the local state which , while never neglecting what efforts are possible at providing services in a socialist ( i. e. humane and effective ) fashion in the foreseeable future , pays a great deal of attention to the use of resources for the mobilization of forces .
11 As Beesley ( 1983 , p. 31 ) emphasizes , reviews rely ‘ heavily on self-examination ’ reflecting the belief ‘ that Ministers and their officials are better equipped than anyone to examine the use of resources for which they are responsible ’ .
12 Efficiency may mean the best use of resources at this moment in time .
13 David Clarke suggested use of resources over a very wide area by the lake village at Glastonbury in the Iron Age , and John Coles suggests that the pattern of land use in the Levels shown by Michael Williams for the medieval period probably has a prehistoric ancestry .
14 It is , in fact , a diversion of resources away from the priorities which existed at the end of 1988 which were to develop the management accounting skills of the NHS : particularly to promote the better use of resources through the RMI .
15 It proposed not a planned economy in which the State would direct resources but a managed one where the State would influence the use of resources through its fiscal policy .
16 the use of resources from outside the school , such as the LEA Training Grants Scheme ( LEATGS ) budget ; and
17 Finally , the reforms aimed to shift the balance of power in determining use of resources from hospital doctors to general practitioners .
18 Age Concern believes that GPs should be encouraged to make rational , efficient , effective and economic use of resources in relation to prescribing , and that the use of drugs for elderly people should be closely monitored .
19 Management skills and systems development to ensure efficient use of resources in a more dispersed service and better targeting of health need
20 Both the enlarged access facility and the supplementary financing facility are available to members of the IMF only in conjunction with the use of resources in the upper credit tranches ( i.e. they are special arrangements when normal credit lines are insufficient ) and are for countries which are facing serious payments imbalances that are large in relation to their quotas .
21 The Chief Executive shall provide the Secretary of State with a full report on the Agency 's performance and use of resources in 1993–94 by the end of June 1994 .
22 In addition , I do not believe that it would necessarily be the most cost-effective use of resources in terms of environmental output to spend such a substantial sum on that project .
23 Chapter 7 shows how the " stock " of a school library can be added to via access to Prestel and how use of Prestel in turn increases the use of resources in the school .
24 Thirdly , the report will be attempting to introduce new approaches to existing curricular work , with implications for the use of resources in the library and in the classroom , for teaching methods presently used in the school and for the skills pupils will use before , during and after they use the microcomputer i.e. information skills .
25 Though there are many disadvantages as well as advantages in the use of microcomputers for information retrieval , the major advantage is that computerized information retrieval can provide a strong link between the school library and the curriculum by increasing pupils ' exposure to new technologies as both a learning and retrieval tool , regardless of subject area , and increase the use of resources in the school .
26 But as he has also said , for longer that any of us care to remember all attempts at rational arguments over the best use of resources in Highfields have been drowned out by noise from the grinding of axes .
27 The second underlying process of kin support which is highlighted by the examination of historical evidence is the process of maximizing and making the best use of resources within the kin group .
28 It is a control which measures , evaluates and reports upon the effectiveness of internal controls , financial and other , as a contribution to the efficient use of resources within an organization .
29 The attack reflected the recent increase in the use of arms in the intifada .
30 Next , Henrietta Gelber of Spencer-Churchill Designs and Ian Henderson-Russell of HRW Antiques will be available to answer questions on the use of antiques in interior design .
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