Example sentences of "[vb pp] to [art] use of " in BNC.
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| 1 | If Richmond bureau , which is seriously committed to the use of computers for the purpose , can extract only partial data from clients , bureaux that are less convinced of its value are likely to obtain a very sparse picture of their clients using this method . |
| 2 | Often , the people most committed to the use of charismatic gifts are those most inept in evangelism . |
| 3 | Held , that , in the opinion of the court , in section 1(1) ( a ) of the Act of 1990 the words ‘ causes a computer to perform any function with intent to secure access to any program or data held in any computer , ’ in their plain and ordinary meaning , were not confined to the use of one computer with intent to secure access into another computer ; so that section 1(1) was contravened where a person caused a computer to perform a function with intent to secure unauthorised access to any program or data held in the same computer ( post , pp. 437A–B , C–D , 438A , E–F ) . |
| 4 | A Greek boy strongly objected to the use of the word ‘ alien ’ . ) |
| 5 | Environmental groups such as the Countryside Council for Wales , English Nature and the World Wide Fund for Nature ( WWF ) have objected to the use of orimulsion in Britain . |
| 6 | Swordfish in the Georges Bank fishing grounds in the north west Atlantic Ocean have traditionally been taken by harpoon , but heavy fishing pressure has driven stocks to an all-time low , and some boats have turned to the use of drift-nets . |
| 7 | Leapor devotes a greater part of her poetry to the description of agriculture and to questions related to the use of land than she does to domestic service . |
| 8 | Timoney ( 1987 ) reports on a study undertaken to examine the current control of infection practices in a community unit of management , and makes some recommendations regarding improved communication with hospital staff , use of protective clothing , wound care , practices related to the use of catheters and drainage systems , disposal of equipment and so on . |
| 9 | These functions fall into two main types : signs related to direction finding and signs related to the use of library resources . |
| 10 | Every year there are 500 times as many alcohol- and tobacco-related deaths as there are deaths related to the use of illegal drugs . |
| 11 | We describe two cases of fulminant hepatitis related to the use of piroxicam . |
| 12 | While such programs are valuable for school librarians and teachers , in that most spelling errors are , in fact typing errors , they may be less useful for some pupils , as the act of checking for errors may be a way of improving their spelling , perhaps related to the use of dictionaries , and their use of language . |
| 13 | Rather , in this context the word ‘ I ’ is idle , superfluous ; it is used only because Descartes is habituated to the use of ‘ I ’ in expressing his thoughts and feelings to other people . |
| 14 | There is no disputing what my hon. Friend has put on the record — the Government , who have a huge majority , have increasingly resorted to the use of the guillotine . |
| 15 | The use of ‘ I ’ in soliloquy may be compared to the use of ‘ here ’ in soliloquy . |
| 16 | of Distillers MG explains how it has been shown to be more cost-effective compared to the use of dry ice slices . |
| 17 | The combination of the narrator 's voice with features associated with the characters ' thought patterns may be compared to the use of free indirect thought in fictions in which the " voices ' of narrator and characters are blended , sometimes almost inextricably . |
| 18 | On the other hand , an easement for the benefit of the property in question may be limited as to its use : it could be expensive to discover after subdividing a house into flats that the private drive is restricted to the use of a single dwelling . |
| 19 | Sorting is not , of course , restricted to the use of ‘ sorting toys ’ . |
| 20 | It is restricted to the use of children under 14 and in my opinion would not be suitable for large numbers of bikes or support vehicles . |
| 21 | There is no limit to the effects which can be created using this method , except that it is restricted to the use of plain carpet . |
| 22 | The Moors depended more on starvation tactics and in sheer weight of numbers ; they scarcely ever adapted to the use of siege towers or other engines of war , until the widespread use of cannon and gunpowder several centuries later . |
| 23 | She went on to write educational books for children , including The Life of Carlo , the Famous Dog of Drury Lane Theatre ( 1804 ) , a ‘ little pantomimic book ’ about the Forty Thieves ( 1806 ) ; The Class Book ; or , Three Hundred and Sixty Five Reading Lessons Adapted to the Use of Schools ( 1806 ) , under the name Revd David Blair ; and Lessons for Children ( 1811 ) . |
| 24 | The common law is not well adapted to the use of standard terms because their use is inconsistent with a freely negotiated bargain . |
| 25 | Then when he became a supporter of the organic movement — ironically through sitting on the Select Committee on agriculture that held an enquiry into the effects on people 's health linked to the use of pesticides — it was all too much for the farming press and his local party workers . |
| 26 | The earlier draft referred to the treaty constituting a break with the past , but the wording was now strengthened to specify " a definitive break with the totalitarian past linked to the use of force against Czechoslovakia " . |
| 27 | The first step is simple : ( 46 ) is ungrammatical because how ? is linked to the use of a predicate qualifier while suppose requires the clausal construction . |
| 28 | Skills such as skimming , scanning and note taking are important here and it will be useful in planning the project and in the report , if these information skills are clearly linked to the use of the microcomputer . |
| 29 | The use of COMMUNITEL as a package linked to the use of Prestel and the development of information skills is well documented in the Houghton Regis School project and has been used by Prestel Education as publicity material The potential uses of such packages can be seen by examining the different ways in which school librarians and pupils can effectively present information in a novel and professional way . |
| 30 | The Holgate school is a split-site Comprehensive in Hucknall , Nottinghamshire Information skills curricula have been developed for pupils throughout the school and are closely linked to the use of new technology . |