Example sentences of "by taking [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They can also advise about the side effects of medicines and how to minimise them — for instance , by taking certain tablets after food . |
| 2 | By taking certain courses common to the MA ( in the Faculty of Arts ) and the BD degree , it is possible to attain the combined MA/BD degree in five years . |
| 3 | In an effort to understand the psychological bases of these cycles , we can begin by taking each stage separately . |
| 4 | By taking great care to minimize the disturbance level , experimenters have maintained laminar flow up to values of of around 1·0 × 105 . |
| 5 | Coun Walsh said he did not believe the bypass would hit the Guisborough economy by taking passing trade away from shops and garages . |
| 6 | By taking four years within our period , each half a century apart , one sees them glaringly clearly . |
| 7 | The ‘ B ’ complex can be obtained by taking desiccated liver and yeast tablets , or by taking a special ‘ B ’ complex capsule . |
| 8 | you can not recover loss that you could have avoided suffering by taking reasonable steps ; |
| 9 | Not in all cases , but in ‘ appropriate cases ’ , an occupier may discharge his or her duty by taking reasonable steps to warn of the danger , or taking steps to discourage people from incurring the risk ( see s. 1(5) OLA 1984 ) . |
| 10 | ‘ 2(1) A person 's appropriation of property belonging to another is not to be regarded as dishonest — ( a ) if he appropriates the property in the belief that he has in law the right to deprive the other of it , on behalf of himself or of a third person ; or ( b ) if he appropriates the property in the belief that he would have the other 's consent if the other knew of the appropriation and the circumstances of it ; or ( c ) ( except where the property came to him as trustee or personal representative ) if he appropriates the property in the belief that the person to whom the property belongs can not be discovered by taking reasonable steps . |
| 11 | Paragraph 21 exposes a gap , pointing out that an innocent acquisition followed by a dishonest decision to keep or dispose of the property was in general not larceny and that larceny by finding was committed only where at the time of the finding the finder believed that the owner could be discovered by taking reasonable steps . |
| 12 | Far from getting any title against him , the finder , if he appropriates the chattel , not only commits the tort of conversion , but is also guilty of the crime of theft unless he appropriates the chattel in the belief that the owner can not be discovered by taking reasonable steps . |
| 13 | It stayed with me and I keep it under control by taking eight tablets a day — and , of course , avoiding all the lovely cream cakes I used to enjoy . |
| 14 | By rejecting the stance of positivist criminology and by taking criminal motivations as given , postclassical criminology shifts the question from what causes crime to what influences people in the direction of conformity . |
| 15 | Born in 1927 , Denis Serjeant qualified as an architect the hard way , by taking external examinations whilst articled to an Oxford architect . |
| 16 | PREMIER John Major is to humiliate his chancellor by taking effective control of the Spring Budget . |
| 17 | They tested the model by taking high-speed films of runners on a range of surfaces , from thick pole-vaulter 's pillows to concrete , in order to measure the speed of their bounce . |
| 18 | Union leaders at the pit say they 'll challenge the closure by taking legal action . |
| 19 | Union leaders there say they 'll challenge the procedure by taking legal action . |
| 20 | Union leaders at the pit say they 'll challenge the closure by taking legal action . |
| 21 | By taking that action , the right hon. Gentleman would be conforming with the United Nations nuclear non-proliferation treaty for the first time . |
| 22 | There is much that each of us can do to help ourselves — by not smoking , by eating sensibly , by taking regular exercise , and by not drinking too much . |
| 23 | There is much that each of us can do to help ourselves — by not smoking , by eating sensibly , by taking regular exercise , and by not drinking too much . |
| 24 | ‘ We promptly went out and proved a point by taking six wickets with a new one . |
| 25 | By taking sole control of the capital 's most popular daily papers , the party committee deprived the city soviet of its principal media voice . |
| 26 | By taking diamond-shaped sections and alternating the colours he gave Elaine 's hair depth and shine and increased the ‘ textured ’ effect of the cut . |
| 27 | She helps the local sanctuary by taking vulnerable tiggywinkles in over winter . |
| 28 | The point here is that the first purchaser can safeguard himself by taking immediate delivery and not leaving the goods or documents of title with the seller . |
| 29 | The observed price of the object can then be decomposed and thought of as a weighted sum of the prices of each characteristic ; since one does not observe all the attributes , a part of the price of each drawing will remain unexplained , and contain the influence of time ( the trend , if any ) , as well as random elements ; this is the ‘ characteristic free ’ ( i.e. corrected for quality ) price of a drawing ; these prices can now be added and by taking annual averages , one obtains the ‘ average price of the year ’ . |
| 30 | GREEDY garages in Britain are taking advantage of the new legislation on seat belts in cars by taking anxious parents for a ride . |