Example sentences of "by [v-ing] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thompson in turn deliberately recalled the days of an integrated and successful movement by praising Sturge 's work a generation earlier with Wilberforce and Clarkson . |
| 2 | A PRISONER on the run was arrested after winning a karaoke contest — by singing Elvis Presley 's Jailhouse Rock . |
| 3 | Gilbert responded to this paternal advice by decking Mayer , who fell heavily , hitting his head on a tile . |
| 4 | Morceli says he is ‘ 80 per cent ’ confident of providing himself with the perfect 23rd birthday present by eclipsing Eamonn Coghlan 's ten-year-old mile mark of 3min 49.78sec but Norman believes other records will also tumble , with Colin Jackson in the 60m hurdles and Murray providing the British challenge . |
| 5 | The elegant Gower had rediscovered his appetite to be both combative and successful in the Test arena and had celebrated his return after nearly 20 months ' absence by eclipsing Geoff Boycott 's long standing English Test runs aggregate . |
| 6 | After breakfast he had flattered his ego by assisting Patricia with her homework . |
| 7 | ANDY ROXBURGH has decided to restore order to the chaotic build-up to tomorrow night 's World Cup qualifying tie with Malta by naming Aberdeen 's Alex McLeish as Scotland 's captain — two years after he last played an international . |
| 8 | Quotation three , for example , explicitly announces its mode by naming Nietzsche as the source of the proposition . |
| 9 | The view for which Katib Celebi 's list forms the basis thus differs , broadly , in two important respects from the traditional account based on Mustakimzade : first , on the question of the origins of the office , by naming Hizir Bey , in Istanbul , as the first Mufti and by implication denying the Muftiliks of Molla Fenari , Molla Yegan and Fahreddin Acemi ( though d'Ohsson does make some attempt , if an inaccurate and and unpersuasive one , to take account of the tradition of an earlier Muftilik ) ; and second , on the question of how and when Molla Husrev became Mufti , this question involving also the circumstances of the Muftiliks of Abdulkerim and Molla Arab . |
| 10 | Pound saw him doing it , and chuckled indulgently ; it was what he meant by dubbing Eliot ‘ the Possum ’ ( opossum , the creature that escapes danger by shamming dead ) . |
| 11 | His Foreign Minister , Michio Watanabe , had caused outrage in 1988 by attributing America 's difficulties to what he called the irresponsibility of its black population . |
| 12 | He joined the Chinese Society at the University having been ‘ knocked out ’ by seeing Antonioni 's cult film ‘ Shanghai ’ . |
| 13 | But Ladbrokes reacted by easing Miinnehoma to 14-1 ( from 10s ) in their Gold Cup betting . |
| 14 | Mark ‘ Zippy ’ Pretty has finally got over his mid-life crisis by red-pointing Mecca at Raven Tor , and has been celebrating continuously for the last six weeks . |
| 15 | Molby , 30 , can move nearer his ambition of an international recall by impressing Denmark manager Richard Moeller Nielsen during Liverpool 's televised Anfield clash with Blackburn Rovers . |
| 16 | Molby , 30 , can move nearer his ambition of an international recall by impressing Denmark manager Richard Moeller Nielsen during Liverpool 's televised Anfield clash with Blackburn Rovers . |
| 17 | Lewis was a mainstream Anglican who had angered Tolkien , on his conversion , by preferring Canterbury to Rome ; but his title Mere Christianity ( 1952 ) summed up his disdain for all denominational differences , and he never accepted the charge of belonging to any one wing of the Church . |
| 18 | The importance of E-cadherin in LC-KC binding was confirmed by quantifying LC attachment to KC in the presence of antibody known to inhibit E-cadherin-dependent interactions and antibodies reactive with unrelated adhesion molecules . |
| 19 | The prosecution then formally offered no evidence against Hewitt on a charge of obtaining pecuniary advantage by deception by helping Turpin fake a CV to get a job with Europarks and a not guilty verdict was recorded . |
| 20 | Beresford , too , aims to prove a point by letting Liverpool and Wednesday see just what they missed — by helping Newcastle into the Premier league . |
| 21 | Meanwhile , former Newcastle midfielder Phil Mason , 21 , aims to crown his fightback from a life-threatening car crash two years ago by helping Blyth Spartans into the second round at Southport 's expense . |
| 22 | Pip has found contentment also by helping Herbert with is life by find and paying for him to start a job . |
| 23 | In the sciences it is a commonplace , not at first sight disturbing , that physics began by simulating Euclid 's demonstrations in geometry , and that the inverse square law of gravitation became the model for another in electro-magnetism , that ‘ waves ’ of sound or light are suggested by waves on water , and the genetic ‘ code ’ by language . |
| 24 | Even by accepting Laura Danby 's kind invitation , Meredith 's own fiercely maintained independence could be said to have been undermined . |
| 25 | But sufficient purgatorial time was deemed to have passed , and as far as Barbarossa was concerned , it was politically essential to state the unity of the empire and church by accepting Charlemagne into the body of saints at this time . |
| 26 | He had made that mistake already , by accepting Vincente Minnelli 's offer and he knew , at the end of the day , it was not right ; that Sixties way of thinking that rejected anything that had the stamp of establishment on it was also his philosophy . |
| 27 | Traditional typesetter like Linotype , Compugraphic and Monotype have moved to accommodate output from the low-cost software , generally by accepting PostScript instructions as an input , while the professional packages from companies such as Magna , GB Techniques among others now pay more than passing attention to facilities like soft preview and laser proofing . |
| 28 | Antony firstly seeked the political side , he now appeals to their greed by producing Caesar 's will and saying that he is n't going to read it . |
| 29 | THE South African selectors , having dumped their previous three captains , relented slightly by including Peter Kirsten in their final World Cup squad of 14 , but there were still no places for prolific opener Jimmy Cook , 38 , and 42-year-old Clive Rice . |
| 30 | Apart from the return of Dave McPherson , Rangers have given their youngsters a boost by including Gary McSwegan , Neil Murray and David Hagen in today 's squad . |