Example sentences of "[noun pl] by [verb] it [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But in ‘ Kantian Constructivism in Moral Theory ’ the Kantian insight is used to defend his theory against various criticisms by providing it with an epistemological foundation . |
| 2 | Anthony Perkins , the star of Psycho , had grown his own cannabis back home in Los Angeles and had thought to avoid being busted by customs by posting it to the hotel in Wales where he was due to stay in June 1989 . |
| 3 | ‘ I have sometimes thought that more might be done than is commonly attempted in education to familiarise the idea of death to the minds of children by representing it as the grand event for which they were born ; and thus making a future state the object of their chief interest and ambition . |
| 4 | The escape , made possible in part by the chemical explosion in Quinn of the Fury , is followed by a series of independent forays in which Quinn seizes a French sloop carrying hides by following it into a secret harbour and pretending he and his men are drunken sailors returning on board , rescues Royalist prisoners from a castle by skulking and climbing , seizes another French ship by disguising the prize vessel under his command as French , and outwits a pirate ship by means of a collision ( rescuing , by the way , a young Contessa who adds a romantic touch to the story ) . |
| 5 | ‘ Property ’ is proved in most cases by describing it in the statement of the person to whom it belongs or in the police officer 's statement . |