Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] by [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some doubts may arise by considering the following problem . |
| 2 | A particular feature of such a view of what is just is that any attempt to translate it into practice must begin by favouring the weakest and the least advantaged , since these are the people least likely to have the opportunity to enjoy an equal share of what we have , and are thus most in need of help . |
| 3 | That a movement beginning as a breakaway group within Judaism should end by capturing the imperial palace could hardly have been foreseen by the Emperors Tiberius or Nero . |
| 4 | The father came before the judge on an ex parte application designed to return the boy , A. , to the family , to protect the other three children and to preserve the status quo pending a decision by the judge as to where the children should live by making the appropriate applications for a residence order and so on . |
| 5 | You can only carry out remedial action one step at a time , so you must start by removing the primary cause of the trouble , and that is the polluted water . |
| 6 | After playing through figs 2–5 you should continue by applying the same approach to as many different chord types/voicings as you can . |
| 7 | If biologists wanted to know how an organism such as the human body worked , they might begin by examining the various parts such as the brain , lungs , heart and liver . |
| 8 | There are no easy answers to these questions , but businesses could benefit by considering the following issues : |
| 9 | If you are in a quandary , however , as to which to choose , and are unsure of the different kinds of work available in both sectors , you could begin by reading the classified advertisements in either Nursing Times or Nursing Standard . |
| 10 | But the remaining 43 were to be elected by local and national politicians on a vocational basis : that is , they had to be elected to five panels for which they would qualify by having the requisite vocational expertise — administrative , cultural — educational , labour , industrial and commercial , and agricultural . |
| 11 | The implications of these determinants of the balance of power are that before negotiations ( and , indeed , during them ) a salesperson will benefit by assessing the relative strength of his power base . |
| 12 | We will begin by illustrating the simplest form of melodic construction , where the melody is formed entirely by repetitions of a small rhythmic cell ( Example 11 ) : Example 11 is the first half of the melody , modulating from E minor to G. Notice how the melody , though apparently continuous , falls into four phrases , forming two main sentences . |
| 13 | We do n't think poverty will end by ending the poor . ’ |
| 14 | We will start by finding the optimal solution for all values of θ when the objective function of P1 is changed to . |
| 15 | Within this price range , a six-foot tank is out , so let's start by getting the biggest tank possible ready . |
| 16 | Social workers can help by understanding the demanding nature of residential care , and by building bridges in ways that will be explained . |