Example sentences of "[conj] by [verb] [pron] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Drug smuggling by swallowing packages of drugs or by concealing them in the rectum or vagina has recently received much publicity after several couriers have died following rupture of these parcels . |
| 2 | The reactions will generally not recur if 90% of the white cells are removed , and this can be achieved either by using a filter at the bedside or by removing them in the laboratory . |
| 3 | Temporary mains-voltage lighting ( and the transformer for low-voltage lighting ) can be protected either by plugging it into an adaptor RCD , which goes into the socket outlet first , or by plugging it into an RCD socket , which can easily be fitted to replace a normal socket outlet . |
| 4 | Teachers showed a great deal of skill in dealing with the many interruptions of the classroom day , generally managing to neutralize them either by simply refusing to be distracted by them , or by transmuting them into a part of the teaching session . |
| 5 | One collects them by climbing the tree or by poking them with a long stick . |
| 6 | Bury cuttings to half their depth , either by pushing them into the soil or by lining them along the side of a slit cut in the soil with a spade ( in heavy soil , sprinkle a layer of sand at the base of the slit ) . |
| 7 | Even if an ineffective treatment does not in itself cause damage it may harm patients by raising false expectations or by deflecting them from a better treatment , so this criterion would leave virtually all unproved treatment open to investigation . |
| 8 | Something between 60 and 100 MPs are eager to clip Mrs Thatcher 's wings by staging a show of disaffection or by forcing her into a second round when the first round votes are cast , on December 5 under the most likely timetable . |
| 9 | However , it is an emotion that leads many of us to play games — either by denying we feel angry , or by squashing it in an effort to be seen as reasonable , easygoing and likeable , or from fear of being rejected . |
| 10 | She could control that by reminding herself of the terrible consequences it had led to the first time . |
| 11 | Although the title will take only two pages of advertising , Davidson hopes that by branding it like a full-colour weekly , it will escape the image of the rather staid specialised ‘ puzzler ’ magazines . |
| 12 | In Chapter 2 I argued in a similar vein that the concept of an ontological existent involves the idea of non-arbitrariness , in the sense that by positing something as an ontological existent , i.e. as existing in its own right and not merely as an object of someone 's thought , we are by implication positing this something as a potential subject of a nun-arbitrary subset of predicates from among an indefinite number of meaningful predicates . |
| 13 | Even when all intended partners of the new firm have indicated assent it will still be necessary to establish some order of seniority and to select the first senior partner : though joint senior partners are not unknown , the better arrangement may be for some restriction to be put upon the time that office is held by any one individual so that by rotating it between the participating firms a reasonable balance is achieved . |
| 14 | It seeks only to open up the lines of enquiry sketched out here ; and it does so in the hope that by bringing them into the debate , it may contribute towards a fuller and more objective assessment of Mary 's reign — and Mary 's misfortunes . |
| 15 | Similarly , he feels that by offering it as a no-cost option , the company invalidates the criticism that users will tie themselves into a non-standard technology : since V.32terbo is downwardly compatible with V.32bis , he points out that users are not losing anything by giving themselves the option of faster transmission with V.32terbo . |
| 16 | She added that the festival had been attended by more people than ever before , and that by celebrating it in a smaller town , away from the more sophisticated attractions of Bogotá , the festival had a more genuine , grassroots character . |
| 17 | After a hard day chasing rabbits and catching sticks , what better way to relax than by treating yourself to an aromatherapy massage . |
| 18 | But you can not sense radiation in any other way than by measuring it with a sensitive instrument . |
| 19 | The importance of locational specifications in general can be gauged from the fact that there seem to be two basic ways of referring to objects — by describing or naming them on the one hand , and by locating them on the other ( Lyons , 1977a : 648 ) . |
| 20 | In the eighteenth century the princes of continental Europe had become absolute by gaining direct control of the armed forces and by allying themselves with the landowning nobility . |
| 21 | ( viii ) Pupils should be taught to help the reader by leaving a space between words and by ending sentences with a full stop or question mark and by beginning them with a capital letter . |
| 22 | If he then requires bailiff service the bailiff serves the summons by delivering it at the said address and by delivering it to the person having , or appearing to have , control or management there alternatively to a partner personally . |
| 23 | ‘ The first stage must be to strengthen and safeguard freedom of speech and expression by a Freedom of Information Act and by entrenching them in a Bill of Rights . ’ |
| 24 | But if you 're prepared to learn how to do the wiring and to do the ‘ building ’ work ( and redecorating ) involved , it 's not difficult to improve the lighting arrangements in your home by fitting new permanent lights , and by doing something about the switching set-up . |
| 25 | Psychometric testers have no doubt that they can construct a profile of your personality and aptitudes by asking 1,000 questions during a four-hour session , and by following them with an intensive two-hour interview with an occupational psychologist . |
| 26 | The purpose of the exhibition is to take the works out of their conventional contexts within the museum 's main galleries or store and by placing them in a new , thematic context to raise different issues and ideas . |
| 27 | In my right hand was a small tray , and by tilting it in the breeze I found that I could obtain enough lift to get up to any height I wanted , and was soon soaring into the air , travelling at will . |
| 28 | Religion keeps people in an infantile state , but by drawing them into a mass delusion , it succeeds in sparing many people an individual neurosis . |
| 29 | Notes towards the Definition of Culture supplements Arnold 's definition not by abandoning it , but by setting it beside a wider , basically anthropological definition of culture . |
| 30 | In cases falling within this protected class , equity would hold the security given by the surety to be unenforceable by the creditor if : ( i ) the relationship between the debtor and the surety and the consequent likelihood of influence and reliance was known to the creditor ; and ( ii ) the surety 's consent to the transaction was procured by undue influence or material misrepresentation on the part of the debtor or the surety lacked an adequate understanding of the nature and effect of the transaction ; and ( iii ) the creditor , whether by leaving it to the debtor to deal with the surety or otherwise , had failed to take reasonable steps to try and ensure that the surety entered into the transaction with an adequate understanding of the nature and effect of the transaction and that the surety 's consent to the transaction was a true and informed one . |