Example sentences of "by [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Under that system an entrepreneur would pay the state to utilize the labour of the prisoners , normally by contracting them out to local farms . |
| 2 | But in recognizing the authority of ‘ Be aware ’ as absolute we run up against that imbalance of the organism in the direction of what pleases it , by which it spontaneously expands awareness in one direction by contracting it in others . |
| 3 | All this is set to change if the Government agrees to plans by Oftel , the telecommunications industry regulator , to centralise the 999 emergency service by contracting it out to a private Call Handling Agency . |
| 4 | He felt that he knew the English character and , although he would n't hurt Ludovico by articulating it , he was sure that the sort of English girl who would get off a train and move in with a stranger would very soon be travelling on . |
| 5 | What about your taking responsibility for cleaning the room once a week and looking after your clothes by hanging them up ? ’ |
| 6 | A HOSPITAL technician killed his heavily pregnant wife by hanging her from a garage roof beam , it was alleged in court yesterday . |
| 7 | When Count Philip of Flanders suspected that his wife had committed adultery with Gautier de Fontaines he had the young man killed by hanging him upside down in a cess-pit . |
| 8 | This lining can be fitted to the outer curtain by hanging it from the same curtain hooks ( fig. 26a ) , or from the base of the glider on a track with combined hook/gliders ( fig. 26b ) . |
| 9 | Measure the space for the final length of cladding , then cut to fit by sawing it lengthwise |
| 10 | As well as a means of ensuring that interoperability and compatibility between different vendors ' Tuxedo-based products , USL wants the club to clearly identify these products by stamping them with the Tuxedo brand . |
| 11 | You use this both to anchor the sledge during a trip , by stamping it into the snow , and at the start of each day to hold the sledge , by clunking it on to a tree trunk . |
| 12 | A bank dishonours a cheque by stamping it ‘ RD ’ which means ‘ refer to drawer ’ . |
| 13 | Silas gritted , leaping from the bed and straightening his shirt by tucking it into his trousers . |
| 14 | The ceiling had the creamy colour of a pub and everything in the place smelled ; it was always a simple matter to discover which files had passed through James 's hands , just by sniffing them . |
| 15 | Some researchers have attempted to capture the core meaning of words by decomposing them into a small set of ’ building blocks ’ known as semantic primitives [ Wilks 1973 ] . |
| 16 | ‘ A merry old soul ’ , he ‘ loved us kids ’ , even though the children stole his cocoa and his stick , and he would reply by singing them ‘ quaint ditties . ’ |
| 17 | If you make a joke , pause before the punch line — and let the audience know that humour is about to enliven the proceedings by enjoying it yourself beforehand . |
| 18 | I do n't think anyone will make a fortune by patenting them as a method of space travel , but they have become a very exciting area of research . |
| 19 | Crocodiles are being preserved in some parts of the world by farming them , because that means that it is not so worthwhile to go out and kill the wild ones . |
| 20 | So now in America his two friends had to rescue him from certain death by yanking him back , as he meditated and was about to walk in front of a fast street-car . |
| 21 | During the Second World War , for example , a number of government initiatives stimulated thinking about the resettlement of disabled people into open employment by channelling them through a period of ‘ industrial rehabilitation ’ . |
| 22 | The commission 's role was to ensure that land allocated for development was in fact developed , by channelling it to those who would develop it . |
| 23 | It has to respond to the emerging consciousness of the black community , gay people , feminists by marginalising them and delegitimating their claims . |
| 24 | Our aim is to reduce the number of new HIV infections by giving young people the facts about AIDS and by encouraging them to think about their future . |
| 25 | I once complained to Help The Aged about the way they got kids to compete for ‘ badges ’ by encouraging them to collect a target number of sponsors — and thus to pester neighbours . |
| 26 | A council in rural Hampshire , where the uniform business rate averages £1,250 , is hoping to save village shops and sub post-offices by encouraging them to claim rebates of up to 80 per cent . |
| 27 | Help your children to make the most of their leisure time by encouraging them to take up a sport or join a local youth club |
| 28 | Encourage regular visits to the lavatory , help the person take their mind off their depression by encouraging them to take part in the activities of the Home . |
| 29 | The University seeks to include in its courses activities which promote enterprising qualities in its students by encouraging them to take more responsibility for their own learning , setting their own goals and targets through personal assessment and career planning . |
| 30 | Hypnosis may also occasionally help someone remember by encouraging them to imagine how they felt or what they were doing at the time of the event . |