Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv prt] by [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Very chronic problems can be speeded up by applying the same solution as that taken by mouth , externally to the back , thighs and lower legs . |
| 2 | The calibration is carried out by mounting the magnetometer core centrally in the coils and adjusting the peak-to-peak output while reversing the coil current , set to a constant value appropriate to the range being calibrated . |
| 3 | The CLO test ( Delta-West Ltd , Bentley , Western Australia ) was carried out by placing the antral biopsy specimen into the gel pellet , and reviewing the slide for the positive red colour at 3 and 24 hours . |
| 4 | Most of human progress seems to have come about by making the contrary assumption that nature can be improved upon by artifice of one kind or another . |
| 5 | An image , an acoustic picture is built up by scanning the focal dot over the specimen 's surface . |
| 6 | The coloured transparent stones could all be shown off by using the old technique of rubbing and polishing . |
| 7 | This wastage can be shown up by comparing the theoretical mass balance with the actual mass balance . |
| 8 | They derive from molecular rotation of CH 3 X , and can be worked out by representing the local motion by arrows curved round the M-P bonds . |