Example sentences of "use [prep] [noun] [adv] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps one of the most remarkable uses of tools either of us has ever witnessed was the result of a remarkable piece of thinking — we use the word deliberately — by a Japanese macaque . |
| 2 | They are questions about the procedural advantages which could be derived from the extraordinary procedure , and which might have influenced the use of trusts instead of the parallel institutions of the civil law . |
| 3 | ‘ No-till ’ farming ( known as minimum cultivation in Britain ) , for example , relies on heavy use of herbicides instead of annual tilling . |
| 4 | Perhaps the most telling argument for the use of handwriting instead of speech as a natural communication medium is the current state of the commercially available systems based on speech and writing . |
| 5 | Because they saw the Pope as the Antichrist of the Book of Revelation and the Roman Catholics as apostates , they fiercely attacked all Church of England rites and ceremonies which followed those of Rome , including its set prayers , its administration of the Sacraments , the use of altars instead of tables , its celebrations of saints ' days , its music and its vestments . |
| 6 | Witness for instance the use in car manufacture of self-tapping screws rather than nuts and bolts , the use of circlips instead of nuts to secure bolts , or plastic body sections and panels to reduce both body weight and manufacturing costs . |
| 7 | The use of saw instead of see for the past tense indicates British English or JE rather than JC [ G4 ] . |
| 8 | Provincial authorities have been ordered to urge the use of coal instead of wood and charcoal , particularly in brick and pottery works . |