Example sentences of "[verb] by [verb] [pron] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | But until we have found out why the generalisation holds by complementing it with an account of the actions and attitudes of individuals , we will not have explained what is going on . |
| 2 | What if the intention is to protect the older person , say by locking them in a room ? |
| 3 | This too is a useful design tool : a dazzling , disquieting pair , or duality , can be resolved by discharging them into a line . |
| 4 | These criticisms were ignored ( although delivered by persons of world-wide reputation such as Carl Sauer ) , received a hostile and defensive reaction , or were absorbed by transforming them into a technical issue — rather than facing them as a social and political one . |
| 5 | The world is not altogether reformed by cheap tours , nor is the inherent vulgarity of the British Philistine going to be eradicated by sending him with a through ticket and a bundle of hotel coupons to Egypt and the Holy Land … |
| 6 | It is relatively brief , as can be seen by comparing it with a more recent competitor for the same market , H. W. Janson 's A History of Art , which is more than twice the length and has more illustrations ( 928 in 1962 ) . |
| 7 | Most EQ units have line inputs which are not suitable for direct microphone inputs , but these low level signals can be matched by feeding them via an amplification stage , a facility which is provided on some mixers . |
| 8 | Their village post office has helped by providing them with a window display of Wild Thing models . |
| 9 | The public interest is better served by encouraging newspapers to publish unorthodox points of view in letters columns — an objective which is not helped by depriving them of a " fair comment " defence when they publish letters with which they do not agree . |
| 10 | The party aims to win by portraying itself as a pro-free-market , pro-Hindu and anti-corruption alternative to Congress . |
| 11 | This view can be best understood by approaching it from a ( very slight ) knowledge of the probability calculus . |
| 12 | When they returned to Cochinchina the French began by treating it as a restored colony and with Cedile , the French Commissioner in the South , and Moutet in Paris both anticipating , or frustrating , the results of the promised referendum there were increasing prospects that it would be retained for French economic interests in the form of a nominally autonomous government . |
| 13 | Zollner 's illusion makes parallel lines seem to diverge by placing them on a zigzag striped background . |
| 14 | There is no choice about the way through ; if you enter you can only earn the right to emerge by submitting yourself to a series of confrontations with the work . |
| 15 | Unlike the screen control codes , the printer control codes can not be strung together or explicitly set by preceding them with a " + " or " - " . |
| 16 | Mrs Molina , who won 55% of the vote in the run-off , triumphed by painting herself as an outsider and a reformer . |
| 17 | Notice that effectively the spectrum of the unit step function has been derived by multiplying it by a factor which makes the Fourier integral converge . |
| 18 | ‘ a vehicle namely a … ’ 'Vehicle' is proved by describing it in a prosecution witness 's statement . |
| 19 | Vehicle is proved by describing it in a witness 's statement . |
| 20 | ‘ of a certain vehicle , namely a … ’ 'Vehicle' is proved by describing it in a prosecution witness 's statement . |
| 21 | ‘ of a vehicle , namely a … ’ 'Vehicle' is proved by describing it in a prosecution witness statement . |
| 22 | If the craving returned , I could cope by contemplating it for an hour or two , until it went away . |
| 23 | The County Council has assisted by providing me with a telephone and a personal computer linked to the main frame at County Hall . |
| 24 | Internal labels are defined by preceding them with a full stop . |
| 25 | In this section the operation of ambiguity tests will be illustrated by applying them to a selection of difficult cases . |
| 26 | However , the approach to such analysis will now be set out and the method illustrated by applying it to a trivial case for which the solution is already known from section 4.4 . |
| 27 | This problem can be overcome by subjecting them to an external force , strong enough to alter their spatial distribution by a significant amount in a short time . |
| 28 | They have a very distinctive taste and are not to be wasted by offering them to an indifferent chef to prepare . ’ |
| 29 | She understood now what Mr Stanforth had meant by describing him as a man who had deliberately evaded certain responsibilities and involvements , and even kept his affairs in scrupulous order mainly to avoid being badgered , or giving anyone a hold on him . |
| 30 | What is meant by treating you as a whole person ? |