Example sentences of "use of [noun pl] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Efficiency may mean the best use of resources at this moment in time . |
| 2 | This is done by , among other things , the sharing of stories , exchange of gossip , and a friendly and very sharp banter ( at which policemen are very good ) , during which sergeants sometimes have to struggle to rise above the one-line wit and are often themselves forced to succumb ( on the use of rituals at the beginning of work in American police departments see Niederhoffer 1967 ) . |
| 3 | In 1694 he paid to Rith Young £34 : 0s. : 4d. , and to John Allam 11 and to Mr. Whinforth for " powder " £2 : 5s. : 9d. — this " powder " must surely be gunpowder , and if so , is the first reference to the use of explosives at the Coniston mines , heralding the first departure from the age-old , and honourable , methods of winning ore and breaking rock . |
| 4 | Generally , the law has traditionally played a minimal role in controlling the use of sanctions at school . |
| 5 | Henry 's friends were yesterday being interviewed about the use of drugs at the party , held at the three-storey house he shared with 11 others . |
| 6 | The Commission found that the various vertical practices , including brewers ' imposition of exclusive purchase obligations for a range of products including beer ( the ‘ tied house ’ ) , and connected with this , the use of loans at preferential rates of interest , ‘ prevent , restrict and distort competition from the point of view of both suppliers and consumers ’ ( p. 250 , para 11.21 ) . |
| 7 | ‘ We are trying to minimise pollution and improve quality by keeping the use of pesticides at a minimum . ’ |
| 8 | And you 're not worried that the use of calculators at too early a stage would make a child quite incapable of understanding what addition and multiplication and so forth is |
| 9 | Undergraduate courses in particular match the needs of the professional syllabuses , and the widespread use of computers at this level ensures that graduates have a strong foundation in the use of the modern tools of accountancy . |
| 10 | The research strategy was first to draw stories arising from the use of computers at the workplace , as computers are a common source of organizational narratives , and then move to other stories . |
| 11 | When I carried out a survey of undergraduates and their use of books at Sheffield University I needed a sample of all undergraduates in the university during the academic year of the study.8 It was quite a revelation , talking to the Assistant Registrar in charge of records , to discover how difficult it was to define a ‘ student ’ for my purposes . |
| 12 | The scheme is based primarily on the use of beds at a Nursing Home near Oxford but a number of other Homes have also been used . |