Example sentences of "[noun sg] by [verb] [pron] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Please spare my copies in future by sending them in a pale pink envelope with flowers on . |
| 2 | enhance pupils ' motivation and self-esteem by providing them with an achievable goal ; |
| 3 | Yes there are far too many overlapping institutions that self regulation has n't worked , it ha has no adequate on the annualt we welcomed 21 effective against fraud by replacing it by an independent statutory statutory based regulator which has the power to strike and strike hard rather than everything er by the the the plethora of regulations we now deal with in the financial er in the financial sector and in the respect of what 's proposed today , you ca n't rely er on auditors to be the effective police force that they 've been required to be by these er regulations . |
| 4 | It is fun to create a pretty effect by sowing them in a narrow band , weaving between the brassicas like ribbon . |
| 5 | Remove stubborn caramelised turkey grease from the roasting tray by filling it with a solution of biological washing powder . |
| 6 | Brin Weare fooled the enemy by disguising himself as a priest . |
| 7 | Brin Weare fooled the enemy by disguising himself as a priest . |
| 8 | The Movement came to her aid by sending her on a secretarial course and finding her a part-time job with a City accountant . |
| 9 | Valerie cut short further interior monologue by gracing him with a smile and saying , ‘ I just brought Lesley-Jane some home-made soup for the interval . |
| 10 | Right : Protect your outdoor pool from the rigours of winter by enclosing it in a Norwegian log chalet . |
| 11 | I do not try and cosset these over winter by placing them into a separate tank in the garage , reasoning that the survivors will be the toughest of the bunch and more likely to make up into sturdy adult fish : come spring , they are distributed to friends . |
| 12 | In both cases these are intellectuals talking about their own work by linking it with a process continually taking place at a popular level and in everyday life . |
| 13 | There , the missing gene will be added to the marrow by infecting it with a genetically altered virus . |
| 14 | In several respects , though , the fate of Black Fury had confirmed basic Warner Bros notions and they continued to pick up ideas for movies from the daily papers , they went on believing that social melodrama could be profitable , and they had been given further evidence that Muni could win acclaim by projecting himself as a hard-done-by but eventually triumphant saint . |
| 15 | Teachers can help to develop the ideas of any child by providing them with a new range of experiences . |
| 16 | The plant can be anchored to the bottom by tying it to a piece of wood , roots or rock . |
| 17 | Never make a hole in the ice by hitting it with a blunt instrument as this will kill or concuss the fish . |
| 18 | The body responds to an alumina implant by surrounding it with a fibrous capsule which can be several micrometres thick . |
| 19 | Discs has also sponsored a women 's football team by supplying them with a kit partly drawn from Billy Bragg 's Red Star Belgrade promotional shirts . |
| 20 | He degrades the nobility of the place by turning it into a weekend retreat ; the human beings firmly under his sway — the Damsels , and the Artist — do not question his purpose , and he announces that his achievement will last for ever : |
| 21 | To take but one other example from an experimental approach common in the late 1960s and early 1970s , suppose one trains a mouse by putting it onto a small shelf in the wall of a cage with a grid flour which can be electrified . |
| 22 | That June , Duran clamped Leonard 's artistry by drawing him into a slugging match in Montreal and inflicting on the American what was to be his only defeat in 37 contests . |
| 23 | There he examined the insect 's every move by prodding it with a twig . |
| 24 | Positive form can be introduced into any polygon or polyhedron by regarding it as a closed skin subjected to internal expansion . |
| 25 | He it was who first , among moderns at all events , conceived this method of organizing the infinite complexity of appearance by referring it to a geometrical scaffolding . |
| 26 | After the revolution , Andrei 's starlet wife loyally tried to defend her husband by portraying him as an opponent of the Comrade and the victim of persecution , but this unoriginal line of defence is not borne out by the facts , except insofar as all the members of the ruling group lived precariously . |
| 27 | Which reminds me that some bright sparks got the five ducks which our Mess has acquired very drunk the other day by feeding them on a pap of bread and over-ripe grapes . |
| 28 | The Romano-British potters , especially those at Colchester and in the Nene Valley , produced their figures by the barbotine method of applying thick slip to the surface of the vessel by squeezing it from a funnel , very similar to the modern technique of decorating and icing a cake . |
| 29 | It serves as a dual purpose : it performs a musicological service by presenting us with an intelligently planned selection of the kind of harpsichord music current in the Germany in which the young Bach grew up , and it also lets us hear several composers of outstanding merit in their own right . |
| 30 | Inevitably , since there are only twelve tissue salt preparations , an attempt was made with varying degrees of success to enlarge their scope by mixing them in an effort to cover other symptomatologies . |