Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] the use of [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The research will concentrate on the use of crops to produce energy and fertilisers ; the development of human and animal vaccines to combat tropical diseases ; the improvement of fermentation techniques and the applications of genetic engineering in agriculture and food processing . |
| 2 | ‘ Paranoia , memory loss , convulsions , internal bleeding and severe weight loss can all result from the use of amphetamines , ’ he said . |
| 3 | The original creative concept did n't depend on the use of computers , but its execution did . |
| 4 | The idea that information about identifiable individuals must be handled with care is not new ; it does not arise from the use of computers to process such information , though the rapid development of computer technology in the 1950s and 1960s brought the issue into sharp relief . |
| 5 | But the Scottish Office remained unsure how the board could proceed without the use of juniors , and asked how it could continue once the exemption ended . |
| 6 | While the Mental Health ( Scotland ) Act 1984 is undoubtedly superior to the English legislation in regard to the use of extensions of the leave of absence provisions , this seems to me to be a less than satisfactory way of addressing the problem for a number of reasons , both practical and philosophical . |
| 7 | The ladies of the village would retaliate with the use of buckets of ‘ slops ’ , kept for such a purpose and the wary traveller , having had his joke , had to ‘ … plead his heels the faster ’ . |
| 8 | Chapter 4 will deal with the use of dialogues . |