Sentence examples for chief use of from inspiring English sources
Summarizing his position at the end of the Passions, Descartes avers that "the chief use of wisdom lies in its teaching us to be masters of our passions and to control them with such skill that the evils which they cause are quite bearable, and even become a source of joy" (art. 212; CSM I 404).
After weapons and tools, the chief use of metal was for ornamentation.
His chief use of his position was to enjoy his newfound importance and the convivial companionship of his colleagues, admirals Sir William Batten and Sir William Penn.
The chief use of sardines is for human consumption, but fish meal made from sardines is used as animal feed, while sardine oil has many uses, including the manufacture of paint, varnish, linoleum, and, in Europe, margarine.
The chief use of palladium, however, is in automobile catalytic converters (often in combination with rhodium); the palladium serves as a catalyst to convert polluting hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide, and nitrogen oxide in the exhaust to water, carbon dioxide, and nitrogen.
In an inversion of Eastlake's argument (discussed in Chapter 1) that physiognomy protected unfairly targeted strangers, Galton argued that 'in civilized lands and in peaceable times, the chief use of a sure means of identification is to benefit society by deflecting rogues, rather than to establish the identity of men who are honest.
The chief uses of carbon disulfide are for the manufacture of rayon and for regenerated cellulose film.
One of the chief uses of chromium is in ferrous alloys, for which the pure metal is not required.
As soon as the hero had finished the trial of his strength with his opponent, he returned to his chariot, one of the chief uses of which was to rescue him from danger.
Oil obtained from the seed is the chief modern use of the plant.
Indeed, for a writer who proposes on-line community activism as the chief worthy use of communications technologies, Doheny-Farina has a curiously passive view of human nature.
