Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] [pers pn] by [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm I 've mentioned accessibility , I would raise that again , I 'm a non-driver erm it 's easy to hop in a car and get from here to Chelmsford , if you want to do it by public transport it is a nightmare erm the meeting here on , on Monday which was very poorly attended , and I understand that 's been the pattern right across the area , and I do n't think the health authority is that interested in finding out what people have thought to be honest ! |
| 2 | It is simply that the Irish government want to achieve it by peaceful means , and the IRA otherwise . ’ |
| 3 | He added that attempts were being made to snare them by hanging nets between trees . |
| 4 | Let us imagine that I have the misfortune to be born or to have settled in Portugal ; being an enlightened philosopher I dislike the institutions there ; should I try to change them by political subversion ? |
| 5 | At a given signal the egg is passed by sleight-of-hand to one of the members of the triad , who endeavours to move it by bodily force across the white lines of winter … |
| 6 | But they are being forced to do it by fragrant Virginia , who 's actually trying to reduce the ability of dentists to perform in the National Health Service as they want to do , and as they always have done . |
| 7 | We tried to profit by our mistakes but were not always allowed to forget them by fellow crewmates . |
| 8 | IF YOU INTEND TO CONTINUE PAYING VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS FOR AT LEAST A FURTHER YEAR FROM APRIL 1989 , WE WOULD PREFER TO COLLECT THEM BY DIRECT DEBIT , MONTHLY . |
| 9 | We will continue to help them by simplifying rules and regulations on business and through the DTI Enterprise Initiative and a range of other schemes . |
| 10 | Although he failed to endorse ZOPFAN , from the Soviet perspective this tour' confirmed once again the Soviet Union 's readiness to treat any proposal prompted by the concern for peace and security in Asia with all attention , and to strive to ensure them by joint efforts ’ . |
| 11 | For others , however , it will be plain that they made their asylum claim to extend their stay here only when they had failed to prolong it by other means . |