Example sentences of "the [noun] of using [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Inevitably we are moved in the direction of using proxies which can not properly be validated .
2 Fakes of even better quality , however , were coming out of Iran , where forgers had the advantage of using presses sold originally to Shah Reza Pahlevi 's government by the US Mint .
3 It also includes the skills of using books , such as using the contents and the index to track down the topics required .
4 And if you have experienced nothing but a television culture and failed to learn the skills of using books effectively , you will not be able to browse and are unlikely to find the written word sufficiently engaging to hold your attention .
5 It is enough that a project satisfy the purpose of ‘ the advancement of knowledge in biological or behavioural sciences , ( section 5.3(d) ) , although the applicant must then justify the necessity of using animals at all ( 5.5 ) , and in specific terms if the use of larger mammals is proposed ( 5.6 ) .
6 The reduction in tracheal area , compared with a previous report was due to the necessity of using animals as small as 5g .
7 To determine the feasibility of using microorganisms , degradability tests must be done .
8 In addition , this project will consider the feasibility of using organs of the UN , such as the Security Council , for an expanded role in environmental diplomacy .
9 But many of the advantages of using brochures can be achieved only if two types are produced , a general brochure conveying basic information and general argument and specialist brochures targeted at particular groups , e.g. parents , parent-governors , governors , local employers and of course potential students .
10 The advantages of using microbes for the early stages of such studies were well known and their biochemistry provided a convenient starting point for several investigators , especially in America .
11 The advantages of using networks are chiefly :
12 The advantages of using games
13 One of the advantages of using stripes for a garment is that only a small amount of each yarn is needed and the width of the stripes can also be varied , depending on the amount of each yarn which is available .
14 Not only does this approach have the benefit of using skills already present , it also starts to build a link between the word processor and the full-blown desktop publishing applications .
15 In many instances social workers picked up practical points such as those mentioned above , and dealt with them immediately : arrangements were hastily made to provide counselling for those young people who were unaware of the dangers of AIDS and the importance of using contraceptives .
16 Design factors included the ease of using zips , whether the pockets took a 1:50,000 OS map , hood visibility , ease of adjustment of toggles , number and placement of pockets and general cut .
17 The use of these somewhat esoteric labels may obviate the difficulties of using terms which have a common and often imprecise meaning for a precise purpose — a problem which has afflicted the understanding of Hirst 's work — but it has also limited their circulation , and outside the rather enclosed world of curriculum theory , Phenix 's work is largely unknown .
18 One of the difficulties of using politicians ' or military leaders ' diaries is that they are always likely to be personal justifications of their own actions at the time , and of course they give the impression that the whole of history consists of political intrigue or war .
19 There is , in fact , no reason why attention to a particular cause of defective vision should reduce the teacher 's appreciation of the child 's total needs and , moreover , relevant information can be helpful in offering precise and effective solutions to some of the problems of using materials and developing learning strategies that are likely to give difficulty to visually handicapped pupils .
20 The conditions were ideal for showing off the practicalities of using markers .
21 I was n't keen on the deep-fried banana served with many fish dishes , and the habit of using photos of food instead of a menu .
22 The techniques of field work in local history and geography , the techniques of using books , reference guides and libraries , the ability to " read " pictures and to assess critically film and television material , as well as to use creatively the various facilities and pieces of equipment that now exist , are valuable facets of the educated individual , and each type of activity offers a possible key to individual confidence and interest in learning .
23 One way of achieving this is the means of using nurses ' personal and life experience in the learning situation .
24 Mr Johnson , of Coningsby Drive , Kidderminster , claimed the company had boasted of the success of using saleswomen and never had any intention of offering him a job because he was a man .
25 Looked at from the other side , it should be realized that blandly-flavoured foods reduced the strong and exotic taste of many herbs , and this is where the secret of using herbs in cooking lies — to use herbs in such quantities that the strength of their flavours balances the strength and flavour of the food to which they are added .
26 We are not suggesting that the good alignment we observed between the results of using equations ( 1 ) and ( 2 ) and the analysis of amplitude histograms means that release probabilities are identical at all sites or that n is always invariant .
27 The propriety of using animals in scientific education and research is , however , dominated by esoteric debate to the extent that the average reader is easily overawed into thinking that there is no room for non-specialist opinion which is other than rattle-brained ( of which there is no lack ) .
28 The idea of using roads for local distribution and the railways for the long-distance trunk haul is as old as the railways themselves .
29 Scientists examining alternative approaches are attracted to the idea of using molecules that are chemicals designed to assemble themselves into a film .
30 Elsewhere Jesus avoids such claims , and in the story of the temptation Jesus resisted the idea of using miracles to prove who he was , or what he had come to do .
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