Example sentences of "use [prep] [det] way " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Philip Warner has said in The Special Air Service , the official history re-issued in an expanded edition in 1983 , the regiment ‘ has often been criticised for the high proportion of officers and N.C.O.s , as well as first-class men , which it absorbed , and the answer must invariably be that used in this way they caused far more damage to the enemy than they would have done if they had been with other units . |
| 2 | He has two or three bidets in his house in Beverly Hills , but he has never seen them used in this way , with gusto . |
| 3 | The taunt ‘ What are you , a fag ? ' ’ is used in many ways to encourage certain types of male behaviour and to define the limits of ‘ ‘ acceptable' ’ masculinity . ’ |
| 4 | Smaller amounts of money were used in many ways to improve the well-being , especially , of long stay children or elderly people . |
| 5 | This neat little gadget replaces the old cotton reel studded with nails and is a quick and easy way to produce knitted cords and braids , which can them be combined and used in many ways , such as trimmings , toys appliqué and jewellery . |
| 6 | The symbol is here to help you , and it can be used in many ways . |
| 7 | The alternation of something familiar and something new , of ‘ statement and change ’ , can be used in many ways , to build small paragraphs , longer sections , or lengthy movements . |
| 8 | If not , then it is not defective just because it is dangerous when used in that way . |
| 9 | The Local Government ( Miscellaneous Provisions ) Act 1976 is not designed for that purpose and it is dubious whether it could be used in that way . |
| 10 | To be used in any way they see fit , even to the point of humiliation . |
| 11 | Swords , spears and shields are taken to be weapons of warfare , defensive and offensive , and there is nothing to suggest that they were used in any way other than conventional modes ( Alcock 1978 ; Davidson 1962 ; Swanton 1973 ) . |
| 12 | No one can prevent a word from being used in any way the user wishes , and there need be no confusion provided the user makes clear what ( s ) he means by the term . |
| 13 | They are able to argue this because they believe that the state in capitalist society is neutral and can be used in any way that the people desire . |
| 14 | The design can be used in several ways . |
| 15 | This conceded something to the Americans , though if Nato were seriously pressed it was evident that — short of surrender — nuclear weapons would have to be used in some way or other . |
| 16 | However , used in this way , and in the sociology of policing generally , the term ‘ routine ’ tends to have a dual meaning . |
| 17 | That is , it implies that part of the reason for his authority is that it be used in this way . |
| 18 | Why is it that women readers , whether of the romance , the soap or girls ' magazines , are so often used in this way ? |
| 19 | They can become a rigid system for controlling students and teachers , but they need not be used in this way . |
| 20 | Used in this way , a chart would probably be more effective because it may be larger and more easily seen at the back of the class . |
| 21 | Patterns of colours used in this way are called ‘ aposematic ’ ( the root words apo sema meaning , literally , ‘ away-signal ’ ) . |
| 22 | These could actually be used as two separate windings driving separate supply circuits , but it would be very unusual for a transformer to be used in this way . |
| 23 | On the face of it the statement ‘ God is Truth ’ seems to imply that Truth is an attribute or description of God , and in the first instance Gandhi was content to allow the phrase to be used in this way although it did not accurately reflect his position . |
| 24 | Any substance can be converted into a homoeopathic remedy and used in this way . |
| 25 | I have heard it suggested that there is some danger that prospective buyers might be put off by the idea that their units have been used in this way . |
| 26 | She looked at him coolly , unsure if she wanted to be used in this way . |
| 27 | The applied maps were computer generated and then colour printed , using information from a number of databases processed through a Geographic Information System New computer methods were developed during the project to enable these various databases , which included digitised geological linework and mine plans , raster-scanned topography and computer-coded borehole and geotechnical data , to be used in this way . |
| 28 | The word dependant will not be used in this way as a noun . |
| 29 | If the dialogue is used in this way , then instructors playing parent roles are advised to throw in as many red herrings as they can . |
| 30 | Since they accept that some types of nuclear weapons can be used in this way , the argument is designed to legitimise the development and deployment of tactical or ‘ counterforce ’ nuclear weapons and other weaponry associated with a shift away from Mutual Assured Destruction towards Nuclear Utilisation Target Selection ( MAD versus NUTS : see Keeny and Panofsky , 1981 ) . |