Example sentences of "and by doing [adv] " in BNC.

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1 If the British system of policing is a social construction geared to the maintenance of élitist power and is primarily concerned to keep control over a materially disadvantaged underclass , then these same ‘ dangerous classes ’ seem to have willingly entered into this game of power-relations with their masters ; and by doing so they have deflected attention away from their own lack of privilege and power .
2 The invitations to foreign races started coming in after he ran ‘ about 162 miles ’ in a 24-race in Chorley , and Zarei has made the most of them , often running ultra races consecutively and by doing so he has more than proved a point about his approach to running .
3 There were so many ways in which she could help , and by doing so she might mitigate the fears which crowded upon her when dusk fell .
4 They also give expression to their feelings about situations which worry them and by doing so provide some relief from anxiety .
5 ONe of these was the notion of compiling human knowledge as sets of ‘ rules ’ that could be manipulated and controlled by an ‘ inference engine ’ , the purpose being to combine human type reasoning with the processing speed of the computer and by doing so to provide output that was similar to that of a human expert .
6 It was important to initially construct a system whose outputs could be evaluated and understood by ATE experts and by doing so gain their confidence and support .
7 However it ought to be possible to bring the reasons for it out into the light , and by doing so to show that whatever may be said of Tolkien 's view of reality , it was neither escapist nor thoughtless .
8 But Salome had placed it all perfectly in context , and by doing so had made Erich an unwitting ally to the theme .
9 Kurt continually espouses the former , dismisses alternative accounts not easily available to us without adequately representing them ( I would be fascinated , for example , to read Willi Bauer 's account of the events of early August 1986 ) , and by doing so stimulates in the sceptical reader nagging doubts about the designs of the text upon us , about the egocentricities of its other emotional pleadings .
10 But anyone can date many rocks in a relative way by simple logic and by doing so put into order the major events of fossil history .
11 Why should they make this journey of three and a half thousand miles , just to lay their eggs and by doing so commit their young to make a similar journey in reverse to find their feeding grounds ?
12 The difficulty was that he could not enjoy this camaraderie without also falling in love with one of the boys , and by doing so he once again cast himself in an outsider position .
13 ‘ Another and I think more important objective is to credit people for skill and knowledge they currently have and by doing so we will be helping to update the system of qualifications in this country . ’
14 It is clearly necessary to find a unified and consistent explanation of all these phenomena and by doing so to find ways of doing better in the future on all three points .
15 Objective : to liberalize world trade and by doing so to raise standards of living , to ensure full employment , to expand the production and exchange of goods , and to promote economic development .
16 And by doing so , The Accused rejects the assumptions of the other films , saying in effect that if this can not be said of this woman then it can never be said of any women in any situation .
17 For example , if labour is in short supply this constraint could be relieved by the firm offering overtime to its present workforce ; if the internal opportunity cost of labour is £5 the firm could offer an overtime premium up to this amount and by doing so generate a positive contribution .
18 The bishop , Maroveus , refused to install the relic , and by doing so placed the nunnery in a difficult position with regard to the canons .
19 The private and public sectors have combined under the umbrella of the Scottish Council and by doing so , financial budgets have been increased and the project has been professionally delivered .
20 Megaw LJ said that each of the parties desired to avoid the possibility that the other might challenge the opinion of the valuer because the parties had stipulated that the auditors should act as experts , and by doing so they had showed that they wanted a measure of certainty , accepting the risk , which applied either way , that the expert might err .
21 It is rather sad that due to the subsequent rather narrow defeat of the motion that we find that such a large complement of Northern Labour MPs absented themselves from such a vital environmental vote due to prior engagements and by doing so thus failed to support their Labour colleague Kevin McNamara , the sponsor of the Bill , and failed to contribute to ending once and forever this sickening , depraved social pastime .
22 The resulting contract was contingent upon the society 's decision to proceed with obtaining a valuation , and by doing so they purified the contract .
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