Example sentences of "[verb] by [v-ing] the [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | The PFA acted by paying the players ' wages and bonuses for winning promotion to the second division . |
| 2 | I begin by examining the antiracists ' notion of racism as a form of irrationalism . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |