Example sentences of "[noun] than by [verb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Apart from becoming highly energetic and making the body burn up many more calories daily — a possible but usually very slow method of shedding weight — there is no other way of losing weight than by depriving the body of calories . |
| 2 | There can be no better way to ensure a successful personal injury ( PI ) practice than by doing the work well ; there is no better source of advertising than a satisfied client . |
| 3 | In America 26 of the 50 states have published ‘ shield ’ laws allowing journalists to protect their sources , with certain exceptions which generally apply only if the information is relevant , can not be obtained in any other way , and public interest is better served by disclosure than by keeping the source confidential . |
| 4 | But what better way of fooling the enemy when your Prime Minister was going to one place than by having a double suggest he was somewhere else altogether ? |
| 5 | It is much easier to improve ‘ performance ’ on such measures by decreasing the denominator than by increasing the numerator , which can take a long time , involves risk and has to be discounted for taxation . |
| 6 | What better way to get it off the ground than by leading an armada of rafts up river , parading before the assembled crowd of onlookers ? |
| 7 | There is , after all , no surer way of influencing the power of local government than by varying the range of services for which it is responsible . |