Example sentences of "by [v-ing] [pron] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To motivate students by allowing them to share a common experience . |
| 2 | It is also wise to make the most of any planned concessions by using them to achieve a notable reduction in tension , thereby making it more likely that the seller will reciprocate . |
| 3 | Now Mr Heseltine 's plan promises to boost their earnings by getting them to burn an extra 8 million tonnes of subsidised coal by not running down stocks rapidly and by displacing imported coal . |
| 4 | In a number of overseas countries the role of actuaries has been enhanced by requiring them to fulfil a statutory role . |
| 5 | Temple could write with perfect confidence in his audience that though he would not ‘ strain the reader 's capacity by asking him to imagine a native Governor of a Colony or Protectorate ’ or even a native Colonial Secretary of Nigeria — a proposal which ‘ does not come within the bounds of practical politics ’ — he counted it an advantage of Indirect Rule that under it ‘ the native can and does fill not only positions of great responsibility but the highest positions , positions which place him on the social scale on an equality with the King 's representative himself ’ . |
| 6 | By shaving they have an aerodynamic advantage because the absence of hair helps them to go faster . |
| 7 | In this way , we 're starting to get away from the dangers associated with monopolistic suppliers and purchasers , because it 's less easy for large organisations to circumscribe their trading partners by making them use a particular EDI network . |