Example sentences of "[prep] it by [verb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 I managed to avoid a lot of it by having some tasks of my own .
2 If you deviate from it , and it 's terribly easy to deviate from it by rejecting certain thoughts , oh that 's silly , that 's not relevant , that 's too obvious , that 's objectionable , erm , that 's too Freudian , you know , if you say that kind of thing to yourself you get nowhere .
3 It seems too that analogizing is so deeply involved not only in thinking but in perception that there is no hope of escaping from it by isolating pure observations from which induction can start .
4 Once you have decided on your core force you can elaborate upon it by adding more troops , war machines , and monsters .
5 Whether she responds to it by producing special kinds of eggs destined to be soldiers or whether the workers treat the existing larvae in a special way is not certain .
6 It may be that meaning is only a complication and that social science can allow for it by regarding human affairs as simply more complex than the other workings of nature .
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