Sentence examples for had of using from inspiring English sources

The upshot is that any hopes that banks may have had of using models for credit risk have been dashed for the foreseeable future.

But any hope he had of using the meeting to avoid an appearance before the committee ended when the chairman, Iain Wright, said the businessman would still be invited to answer questions publicly in Westminster.

The announcement also precludes hopes that astronomers had of using the Hubble in tandem with the James Webb Space Telescope, scheduled for launching in 2011 and which is being designed for infrared wavelengths, to study galaxies at the far reaches of time.

The result came at the end of a long night that put Mr. Romney that much farther ahead in the race for the nomination, but dashed any hopes he had of using the day to assert himself as the inevitable nominee.

It's unclear what innocence would have meant in this case and any hopes her lawyer may have had of using coercion as a defence were undermined by Guess's repeated insistence that what she felt for Gill was "love" or it's near synonym, "obsession".

I bet he could have of used some Xanax then.

"He has experience of using messages other than price to drive sales," says Roberts.

She'd had delusions of using this man because he somehow deserved it.

The principals have spoken of using recycled construction materials and including features like vegetation-covered roofs.

Obama has written of using pot and cocaine while in high school and college.

I too have first-hand experience of using such tactics.