Example sentences of "[vb mod] be [vb pp] by [v-ing] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | improved value for money should be obtained by cutting down on unnecessary procedures , ( e.g. committals , remand hearings ) , strengthening controls on the progress of legally aided proceeding , changing listing practices , and restricting legal aid to solicitors who have demonstrated competence by membership of an appropriate panel ; |
| 2 | Small cracks should be enlarged by chipping out more concrete to make a V-shaped channel . |
| 3 | The paper concludes with one view of how a workable integration practice might be achieved by going back to the drawing-board and examining the aims and objectives of educational integration . |
| 4 | Public accountability and transparency might be assisted by opening up the negotiation process between Central and Local government to participation by disinterested , knowledgeable parties and to non-expert advisors who could seek to ensure transparency , which is manifestly lacking in current procedures , particularly for the assessment of Grant Related Expenditure . |
| 5 | It became clear to the teachers that many of the objectives of the research model identified above could be achieved by building up skills of co-observation and self-evaluation within and between teachers . |
| 6 | On the assumption of a two-firm market and that a rival would not enter the market if it faced zero NPV , NPVs were calculated for investment by the price-setting firm based on the limit prices needed to prevent the rival from entering the market and the cost levels that could be achieved by moving down the experience curve . |
| 7 | Much of this , however , could be achieved by closing down and/or modernizing the grossly-polluting industries of eastern Germany . |
| 8 | With most of the Russian plutonium in weapons , either ready for service or held in reserve , control of materials could be maintained by locking up bombs . |
| 9 | We saw that the combinatorial explosion of hypotheses produced by breadth-first search could be limited by cutting down the depth or the branching factor of the search space , and we described two general methods of doing this : — |
| 10 | ‘ Reports are being prepared which suggest cash could be raised by selling off various plots of land . |
| 11 | This could be done by beating down , as in the assertion of dominance over local authorities . |
| 12 | This seems to be a rather narrow and limiting definition , and it could be refuted by pointing out that both subject knowledge and research methodology could equally well be tested by examination , without going to the additional effort of writing a thesis . |
| 13 | The economy introduced by the suffix notation may be illustrated by writing out in full as follows Now the direction of dS in the coordinate axes ( 1 , 2 , 3 ) is given by the direction cosines . |
| 14 | Checking of word structure may be achieved by looking up each of the possible character combinations in a list of words . |
| 15 | Some employees believe that the trauma of uprooting their families and homes outweighs any benefits that may be gained by taking up a new position ( possibly a promotion ) somewhere else in the country . |
| 16 | If a car has been left at the chapel , a more direct way to it may be made by turning down into the valley from Outrake Foot . |
| 17 | However , a carry back of ACT may be generated by paying up dividends outside the group income election ( as discussed earlier ) . |
| 18 | A visit to a historical site may be enhanced by carrying out artwork or creative writing or drama work . |
| 19 | Thin sections of carbonate rocks in particular require a high contrast , and this may be obtained by stopping down the substage iris somewhat . |
| 20 | ‘ Modest good may be done by signing on ; much damage would be done if we do not , ’ he argues . |
| 21 | Tunnels will also be popular with many of the species and some , like the Ancistrus , will use them for breeding homes ( they may be sexed by checking out the bristles — the male will sport the longest ) . |
| 22 | This may be helped by finding out more about your community . |
| 23 | Noise near the origin may be reduced by filtering out the low-frequency components of equations ( 6 ) ( P.H. and D.A.K. , unpublished results ) . |
| 24 | This position is of course and the differential dXi is given by as may be verified by writing out in full the expression in square brackets . |
| 25 | Mr Bernard , on the other hand , would be destroyed by branching out into another career . |
| 26 | a more advantageous realization of the company 's assets than would be achieved by winding up . |
| 27 | This would be done by bringing in metal tanks , flooding them and adding filtration and ventilation . |
| 28 | Author A N Wilson has detailed the benefits that would be gained by handing over the royal palaces to a republican government . |
| 29 | If the vineyard is still fertile a new mother vine will be created by bending back one or two of its two-year-old vines before grubbing up commences . |
| 30 | However , if the tooth is knocked out completely , little additional damage can be done by fighting on . |