Example sentences of "by [adv] [v-ing] [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 People 's view of building is often somewhat different , and many feel savings can be made by not expending money on architect 's fees .
2 So it 's usually made by stoichiometrically adding water to ethylene over an acid catalyst .
3 The energy could then be used either to generate electricity ( eg in a photoelectrochemical cell equipped with a light-sensitive semiconducting electrode ) or chemicals ( eg by photochemically splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen ) .
4 A widespread myth among personal , personnel managers is that they can change terms and conditions by simply giving notice of intent .
5 The 1944 Education Act had avoided the issue of curriculum control by ambiguously dividing control of school curriculum between local authorities and governing bodies and ( reflecting the strength of the church lobby ) listing only religious education as a curriculum issue worthy of legislation .
6 The payment system has been oriented primarily to improving overall organization performance , by tightly coupling length of service to frequent promotion up a ladder of many small gradations .
7 Also in 1818 Coffey , by then acting inspector-general of excise , published his Observations on Chichester 's pamphlet , in which he restated the official policy but did not produce any very convincing arguments or evidence in its justification .
8 Where courses are offered at only one teaching centre , it would be possible to make significant progress by initially devolving responsibility for assessment only to the college , while maintaining for the time being central control of the course content .
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