Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [verb] [noun] [noun sg] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the US , where the legal age of drinking has been raised to 21 , some would argue that the banning of alcohol on college campuses only serves to promote alcohol abuse by removing supervision and normal social controls . |
| 2 | The likes of Microsoft and Sun will soon learn to exploit object technology by developing new generations of products that could price small object players out of the market . |
| 3 | I 'd also look to trim RAM consumption by ditching things like SHARE and ANSI.SYS . |
| 4 | The biologist often likes to measure plant growth by dry weight . |
| 5 | Relate ( formerly Marriage Guidance ) , is a voluntary organization with a national council , coordinating the activities of local councils , which aims to promote successful marriage and parenthood and thereby helps to maintain family welfare by improving marital relationships . |
| 6 | Leaked " think-tank " proposals in 1982 show that the first Thatcher government at least contemplated replacing tax funding by some form of continental health insurance . |
| 7 | Certainly smoking stimulates mucin secretion by the respiratory tract mucosa , probably by a direct irritant effect . |