Example sentences of "[not/n't] [vb infin] [noun] by [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " Policemen , " once wrote the author Michael Gilbert , whose police procedurals you would do well to read as well as his other crime stories , " did not catch murderers by taking thought . |
| 2 | he would not commit conversion by making jam of strawberries if that were the only mode of preserving them . |
| 3 | Unlike the investment trust , the unit trust can not raise capital by selling debt , its capital rises ( falls ) with the sale ( redemption ) of units to the public . |
| 4 | Choose your ornaments carefully , making sure you do n't mix cultures by placing Renaissance fountain ornaments next to Japanese stone lanterns . |
| 5 | While teachers are underpaid , schools are crying out for repair and children for books , Ministers ' standard answer is to say , ’ You ca n't solve problems by throwing money at them . ’ |