Example sentences of "by [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | By accumulating the expected numbers of cases of leukaemia and non-Hodgkin 's lymphoma below age 15 we then created three categories with ( as far as possible ) similar expected numbers . |
| 2 | Eventually when one has had enough , he signals submission by contracting the pigment in one set of cells and expanding that in another so that his flank patterns change and he hoists the flag of surrender . |
| 3 | He did it in the classic manner , by pitching the ball well up and bowling very , very quickly , and the fact that he needed help from his colleagues for only two of those wickets shows just how accurate he was . |
| 4 | By pitching the ball up and bowling in the channel he makes his opponent hit back along the line of the approaching delivery and play the ball into the ‘ V ’ — the arc of the field which lies between extra cover on the off side and a straightish mid-wicket on the leg side . |
| 5 | Wild angelica 's close relative angelica archangelica is made into candy by crystallising the stalks . |
| 6 | Second , flows would be changed by downgrading the western section of the ring road , with through traffic passing through the area via the eastern leg only . |
| 7 | By articulating the fictional through the ‘ scientific ’ , the novels question the authority of the latter and reassert the specificity of the former as a discourse which has as its function to mimic and to question . |
| 8 | Grey and brown are obtained either by using undyed wool or by dyeing the yarns with extracts from nutshells and oak bark . |
| 9 | Quite simply , the peaks and troughs can be evened out by forecasting the number that can be permitted to be away in each grade at any given week which is a simple mathematical exercise . |
| 10 | This principal character is a " " poure scoler " " ( 3190 ) , a " " clerk " " ( 3199 ) , liable , therefore , to be living by his wits , including , it is hinted ( 3191 – 6 ) , by forecasting the weather on the strength of his astrology . |
| 11 | You can do it by scrubbing the Navy . |
| 12 | You cook the moules as for marinière : moules marinières is prepared by scrubbing the mussels , rejecting any that do not close when knocked against the sink , whilst allowing the finely chopped onion and garlic to thoroughly soften in the wine in a large pan for which you have a close-fitting lid . |
| 13 | A central part of my argument , then , is that a major step can be made simply by relocating the issue of child abuse into the mainstream of child care research , policy and practice . |
| 14 | Now the Americans have fired a warning shot over Europe by tripling the duty on some EC imports . |
| 15 | But in his first public comments after the March 18th triumph the chancellor carefully began by praising the western allies , especially America , for making a united , democratic Germany possible . |
| 16 | Many skippers over-simplify the role of a captain by praising the role of their team-mates and coaching staff . |
| 17 | But in 1921 the King 's personal physician , Lord Dawson , stunned his profession alike and delighted the press by praising the morality of family limitation and warning Church leaders that they risked losing a whole generation by their unrealistic pronouncements ; an example followed in 1925 when the next King 's physician , Sir H. Rolliston , Regius Professor of Physick at Cambridge , became president of a new family-planning clinic . |
| 18 | Some grasshoppers produce their whirring trills by sawing the notched edge of their hind legs against a prominent strengthened vein of the wing . |
| 19 | And he 'd bounce me on my bed and make a ‘ little nest ’ by tucking the ends of the eiderdown under my pillow until all but my face was cocooned . |
| 20 | There is no fire in the grate ; the King economizes on napkins by tucking the table cloth around his neck . |
| 21 | Getting the government ‘ off the backs of the people ’ by offsetting the incentives to leisure and evasion would offer something for everyone . |
| 22 | They can even distinguish the scent of other human beings by sniffing the ground where they may have walked . |
| 23 | The initiations are encouraged by sniffing the fruit or by being shown a colour sample of red . |
| 24 | Like mammals , birds have taste buds only on their tongues , and smell by sniffing the air . |
| 25 | By sniffing the air , a dog can tell the sexual condition of any bitch in the neighbourhood and , if let loose , will follow the scent lure of a female on heat . |
| 26 | Anomalies should therefore be checked by panning the soils to see if the resistates are fresh and angular ( eluvial ) or smooth and rounded ( alluvial ) . |
| 27 | We further demonstrate our human uniqueness by cooking the meat . |
| 28 | ENGLAND 'S players will be denied the chance of pumping themselves up by singing the national anthem on the pitch before Saturday 's Test against South Africa at Twickenham . |
| 29 | There is no guarantee that by singing the words of a hymn we have participated any more fully than by giving silent attention to someone else doing so . |
| 30 | We concluded by singing the carol O Come all ye Faithful and I gave them a blessing . |