Example sentences of "[noun sg] by [verb] to the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Latter-day Cobdenites faced the future by returning to the subversive roots of their creed . |
| 2 | Aerospace officials , however , are hoping to change the government 's mind by pointing to the new activist policies of and by citing evidence that the US government is spending considerably more than the three per cent of turnover accepted as a limit under a trade agreement signed with the European Commission last July . |
| 3 | ‘ I do n't see fit to compound this tragedy by adding to the deep distress that the incident must already have caused to you , the deceased 's relatives and others , ’ he said . |
| 4 | The Annales school attempts to deal with this issue by appealing to the third category identified by Braudel — that of événements ; but to say quite what événements are is no easy task . |
| 5 | The stream proves precocious , soon again switching allegiance by departing to the next cave down the field , Diccan Cave : bereft of its water , Lower Long Churn continues with increasing difficulties and enters Alum Pot on its north side . |
| 6 | Defeated election candidate Paul Rayner has honoured a pledge he made during the campaign to members of Middlesbrough 's Muslim community by writing to the new Home Secretary with details of long delays experienced by would-be immigrants . |
| 7 | The Government took the first step to outlawing the station by writing to the European Commission and to Red Hot Television , which broadcasts from Denmark , reporting the ban . |
| 8 | After evidence came to light that some members of the Society had committed suicide by following methods described in the booklet , the Attorney-General sought to dissuade the Society from further dissemination of the Guide by applying to the High Court for a declaration that its publication amounted to the crime of aiding and abetting suicide . |
| 9 | ‘ This cheapens the value of human life by pandering to the gruesome , ’ says Californian sociology professor Tod Griffin . |
| 10 | Lawyers acting for Operation Rescue challenged Kelly 's jurisdiction by appealing to the 10th US Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver . |
| 11 | We can demonstrate this backward projection of the idea of the standard by referring to the influential work of E. J. Dobson on EModE pronunciation . |
| 12 | Remember the desirable qualities of a transfer price : it should promote goal congruence by leading to the proper economic decisions ; every division should have some profit so that they are all well-motivated ; the transfer price should lead to a fair measurement of divisional performance ; interference with a division 's decisions should be kept to a minimum . |
| 13 | Its March 1992 bulletin , though , took a surprisingly simplistic approach to ethnicity and religion , justifying the setting up of the Muslim Parliament by pointing to the racist press coverage it had received . |
| 14 | He must attempt his diagnosis by returning to the relevant scientific and technological principles . |
| 15 | The Foreign Secretary opened his speech by referring to the monumental events that now surround us . |