Example sentences of "[noun sg] by [v-ing] [pron] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this poem Coleridge is clearly better able to understand his own mind by putting it in such a context , and , as in ‘ This lime tree Bower my Prison ’ such intimate understanding of his surroundings enables him to produce incredibly vivid Wordsworthian description of scene . |
| 2 | This legislation is designed not only to counteract the violence by harsh , emergency measures , but also to undermine the political nature of the violence by characterising it as mere criminality ; the hope being that it will diminish the level of public support for those involved . |
| 3 | However , Aglen 's appointment as inspector-general coincided with the anti-Manchu revolution of 1911–12 which resulted in the breakdown of the administrative arrangements of the Chinese , and faced by these unprecedented difficulties , Aglen made arrangements for the safety and integrity of customs revenue by placing it in foreign banks in his own name . |
| 4 | Iran has , after all , infringed British sovereignty by forcing it into massive protection for one of its own citizens . |
| 5 | The great Frankish king and emperor Charlemagne ( d. 814 ) convoked synods and gave their decisions the force of law by issuing them as royal capitularies . |
| 6 | They make the organizational labyrinth less treacherous , make it easier to find the other team members , help groom the baton before passing it along , assist management by providing them with mature ideas for review and generally increase the odds of getting a hearing for ideas within the organization . |
| 7 | This constitutes a penalty to the deserting management by depriving them of any uplift in the market value , and gives comfort to the investors about the level of commitment of the managers . |
| 8 | ended Ushaw recent good run by defeating them by 63 runs . |
| 9 | It is because grammar has the effect of refining the relatively raw conceptual material of lexis by systematizing it in this way that it is considered as the primary determinant . |
| 10 | But before turning to Buid relations with neighbouring lowlanders , I will bring out the specificity of Buid attitudes toward violence and aggression by comparing them with other Philippine groups who have a less negative attitude toward these phenomena . |
| 11 | Using a skewer , make two holes in the carrot by pushing it in one side and out through the other . |
| 12 | Despite his desire to secure the dominance of holism by equating it with social scientific explanation , Miller 's argument only sustains a weaker claim ; for his distinction between holism and individualism suggests that there is a place for both types of explanation . |
| 13 | ICI has introduced a new way of recycling toxic waste by processing it through seven reed beds planted next to one of Europe 's largest chemical plants at Billingham , Teeside . |
| 14 | Following toasts to the University , to Convocation and to our Guests , Mr Orme rounded off the evening by regaling us with some reminiscences of his early days in Parliament , where he has served for Salford West from 1964–1983 and Salford East since 1983 during which time he has held several posts in Government and on the Opposition front bench , and going on to more recent experiences whilst visiting Eastern Europe as the moves towards democracy gathered strength . |
| 15 | The unguarded nature of the latter , which was never worked over by Thomas , provides occasional glimpses of the youth who left St. Paul 's after his seventeenth birthday in order to achieve a twofold purpose : ostensibly to please his father by attending a few practical evening classes and in the day by preparing himself for some form of Civil Service clerical post , while privately , he sought the freedom of a young nature-writer who was determined to collect his papers into a book . |
| 16 | TENDERISE tough meat by marinating it in any kind of citrus juice or by spooning juice over the meat after piercing it with a fork . |
| 17 | If this occurs , try to contain such behaviour by discouraging anyone from sexual activity or from exposing themselves in public . |
| 18 | ‘ Confidentiality ’ may mean my right ( or wish ) that you do not pass on what I have told you ( or do n't identify me as the informant ) , or it may mean my wish ( or right ) that you do not pass on information about me , or , with ‘ professional ’ prefixed , it may mean that our group will support each other by saying nothing about each other 's judgements , competencies or foibles . |
| 19 | Such passages did little damage , however , compared with those in which again and again he would use these occasions to exalt the status of the King by equating it with that of the kings of Israel . |
| 20 | But much more of it is due to consumer-goods firms having encouraged shoppers to buy on price by bombarding them with special offers . |
| 21 | Laser beams consist of photons which , though small by atomic standards , have a cumulative inertial effect , Dr Carl Wieman of the University of Colorado , who heads one research group , says that cooling an atom with a laser beam is like trying to slow down movement of a heavy object by bombarding it with ping-pong balls . |
| 22 | It is easy to ridicule such an argument by pushing it to absurd limits . |
| 23 | Her picture on the cover of Elle magazine , when she was still a schoolgirl of fifteen from a strict bourgeois family , led her to Roger Vadim , who let her out of her birdcage by marrying her in 1952 despite parental reluctance . |
| 24 | SFA 's rules relating to futures follow this tenet by application of the relevant rules only to circumstances where they are required , for example by limiting them to private investors , to contingent liability transactions or to margined transactions . |
| 25 | Brave attempts were made to give some of the schools a particular flavour by linking them to particular emphases , or even particular careers . |
| 26 | An animal acquires the behaviour pattern by imitating it from another . |
| 27 | A piece of upholstered furniture is one of the most expensive items to replace — so freshen up a tired sofa by draping it with interesting fabric . |
| 28 | The Hungarian Democratic Union of Romania ( HDUR ) , alleging that the census form was designed to weaken the Hungarian minority by dividing it into four or five ethnic groups , condemned the census , and called on Jan. 14 for an alternative census of the Hungarian population to be carried out . |
| 29 | She had just slammed the car door by hooking it with one foot , when Mrs Frizzell , with a similar brown-paper bag of groceries , came round the nearest corner on foot , having been to the local store . |
| 30 | What we have done to ourselves is to destroy the adventure of life by rooting ourselves to one spot in the physical sense , and demoralising ourselves by forcing the mind to spend its time on nuts and bolts and the rest of our shoddy interests , when it is thirsting for the trackless regions of the nomads . |