Example sentences of "by [verb] [pron] [noun pl] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It starts by stamping its feet on the ground and arching its back . |
| 2 | Amid signs of increasing desperation , Bush appeared to adopt a two-pronged strategy , using his powers as President to take actions calculated to improve his popularity , while his campaign staff increased the negative content of the campaign by intensifying their attacks on the character of Clinton , particularly in regard to his attempts as a student to avoid being drafted to Vietnam . |
| 3 | Both arms plunged down into the water , but she was able to steady herself by pressing her hands on the stony bed . |
| 4 | I would like to expand on the same topic by expressing my thoughts on the structures that exist , or fail to exist , in this country to help promising junior players become accomplished professionals . |
| 5 | But Mr Arafat 's critics accuse him of acting like a dictator by forcing his wishes on the Palestinian movement . |
| 6 | By stating her views on the way out she could not be accused of empire building on her own behalf . |
| 7 | This situation may best be illustrated , so far as Anselm is concerned , by examining his interventions on the subject of monastic vows . |
| 8 | The charter S 950 is a grant to him from 1018 , and so is S 952 , which alleges that Cnut gave Christ Church freedom , and may be connected with the report ( S 985 ) that he confirmed their liberties by placing their charters on the altar . |
| 9 | The aim of LCA is to draw up an environmental balance sheet for a product or process by identifying its effects on the environment , from the winning of raw materials through to final disposal . |
| 10 | Count Geoffrey , by concentrating his forces on the conquest of Normandy , was able to recover the continental part of his wife 's inheritance by 1144 , and in 1150 he passed it on to his eldest son Henry Plantagenet , now twenty years old . |
| 11 | Help her by arranging her clothes on the bed in the order she should put them on , and facing the right way . |