Example sentences of "[verb] by [verb] the [noun pl] [unc] " in BNC.

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1 This brief pairing of parts in a loose form of imitation or counterpoint is best done by pairing the women 's voices as one unit and the men 's voices as the other .
2 The PFA acted by paying the players ' wages and bonuses for winning promotion to the second division .
3 I begin by examining the antiracists ' notion of racism as a form of irrationalism .
4 Most of these claims will be offset by counter-claims , so that only the net indebtedness has to be settled by using the banks ' balances at the central bank .
5 We will also launch a new programme to invest £60 million in the modernisation of Britain 's cancer services , using the resources we will save by scrapping the Conservatives ' tax handout on private medical insurance .
6 All I had to do was stand around pretending to pull on one end of a tug-of war rope while a load of peers pulled on the other , as Jerry stood by attracting the tabloids ' photographers .
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