Example sentences of "by [v-ing] [adv] on the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not satisfactory or acceptable , especially in a modern glider , to fly onto the ground by easing forwards on the stick . |
| 2 | Not only did he treat everyone in sight but also led nightly singsongs by thumping away on the pub piano . |
| 3 | By knocking continually on the door of his cell , the Doctor had finally managed to attract the attention of the guard outside . |
| 4 | The stool was built into the set and was triggered by pressing down on the foot-rest . |
| 5 | Often in such circumstances , it may have been that the dog was teased in the past , by a stranger who encouraged it to bark by tapping repeatedly on the window , for example . |
| 6 | With the front foot on the pedal , the track is moved forwards by pushing downwards on the boom and backwards by pulling on the boom . |
| 7 | So , with this result , I decided to try the opposite by pushing down on the boom through the turn . |
| 8 | By pushing down on the boom I was keeping the rig more upright , hence providing more power whilst also keeping the board more level and stopping the back of the board digging in too much . |
| 9 | You can feel the grip more and you can control the bike a lot better by forcing down on the peg when the rear steps out . ’ |
| 10 | In my gybe , it seemed that by pulling up on the boom I was committing a lot of weight to the back which , although turning the board initially , caused it to lose speed through the turn . |
| 11 | She began by waking up on the tail-end of absorbing conversations with the white-robed monk who sat on the chair beside her , and it was n't long before the discussions became a full-time activity . |
| 12 | The withdrawal of privileges is a very popular response by parents to non-compliance — for example : ‘ You 've been cheeky so I wo n't let you go out ’ ; ‘ You disobeyed me by going out on the road so you ca n't have that ice-cream . ’ |
| 13 | Some teaching unions have expressed worries that governors may want to reduce staff costs by cutting down on the number of teachers or allowances , or delaying filling a vacancy , or employing less well qualified staff . |
| 14 | This has the effect of reducing the entropy of the definitions , by cutting down on the randomness with which their constituent words are chosen . |
| 15 | Brooke-Rose reverses this familiar postmodernist trope by focusing instead on the relation between the characters and their readers . |
| 16 | But this interplay between coercion and consent has been underemphasized in pluralist analysis by focusing only on the inadequacy of the coercive dimension . |
| 17 | Mr. Lloyd , counsel for the defendant , has attacked this part of the judgment by relying heavily on the proposition that Mrs. Steed did not know anything about the power of attorney and her status thereunder . |
| 18 | Similarly on glaciers , the impact on a crevasse fall is greatly lessened by the friction of the rope cutting into the crevasse edge , and the load is easily held by sitting down on the surface and digging in the heels . |
| 19 | It might just be that the best way forward in Africa is by falling back on the spirit of silif , and building on it . |
| 20 | This can only be achieved by working prospectively on the child 's future environment and by deciding which new experiences may be introduced to compensate for those which , in the past , have proved to be inadequate for language development . |