Example sentences of "[vb pp] by [v-ing] [pers pn] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For social scientists trained in empirical inquiry this means that the whole theory is invalid because it can never be invalidated by exposing it to analysis in the ‘ real ’ world . |
| 2 | ‘ They besieged the record company to get it re-released and they feel proud that the public has responded by buying it in droves . ’ |
| 3 | A passing cart rolled by splattering him with mud and Corbett quietly cursed Burnell for sending him here . |
| 4 | This is done by presenting them with programmes designed for native speakers and setting tasks which assume a high level of comprehension of the video material . |
| 5 | Since jade can not be flaked , like flint and obsidian , it could only be shaped by grinding it with sand on a piece of wood for weeks or months . |
| 6 | ‘ The tea itself , ’ I reflect aloud , ‘ is transformed by bleaching it with milk , so it no way resembles the complexions of those swarthy people , least of all the inhabitants of a tea-producing Indian subcontinent . |
| 7 | Alternatively the whole could be whitened by flooding it with alkali and the design etched on , probably with a solution of copper nitrate . |
| 8 | Time series such as that shown in the second column of figure 9.1 are displayed by plotting them against time , as shown in figure 9.2 . |
| 9 | But their details are often still controversial and their meaning can only be appreciated by placing them in context . |
| 10 | Plastic gutters are easily fixed by clipping them into brackets screwed to the fascia board . |
| 11 | Various techniques to promote reflux while imaging have been attempted , such as abdominal cuffing , in which a binder is placed over the abdomen and the pressure is increased by inflating it with air . |
| 12 | An unknown capacitance can be determined by connecting it across YZ and finding the change in C s needed to return to resonance . |
| 13 | We believe that the argument is strengthened by linking it to Melossi 's ‘ discursive chain of discourse ’ and by showing how this discourse changed in the 1970s . |
| 14 | For example , the deployment of explosive rats where they would do the most good , or harm ( in wartime the two may be synonymous ) was aided by accompanying them by leaflets saying that the British were delivering rats infected with bubonic plague and the best thing to do with them , if found , was to throw them into a furnace . |
| 15 | LEFT The dates obtained through radiocarbon dating can often be refined by calibrating them with dates obtained by other means . |
| 16 | In all cases , the principle is the same : the child 's errors are collected and analysed by grouping them into families . |
| 17 | If the ascription of organizational goals to collectivities is rejected as metaphorical or metaphysical , then the language of goals can only be maintained by ascribing them to individuals or groups within the organization . |
| 18 | Unfortunately it may conceivably cause liver disease if taken over a long period , and this is to be tested by administering it to pigs . |
| 19 | In fact the early mechanical clocks were adjusted by comparing them with sundials . |