Example sentences of "by [verb] [prep] the [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | By sticking to the same route , your dog will become familiar with its surroundings , and will be far less likely to end up lost even if it strays away from you . |
2 | He ignored her words by reverting to the former subject . |
3 | The tail aids stability by acting in the same way as a drogue which will keep the kite heading into wind , and its weight ensures that the centre of gravity is well behind the line attachment . |
4 | He had a calculator to help , but tried to keep his temper , his blood this side of boiling point and a little , at least , of social grace by listening at the same time to a Schubert piano sonata on a portable radio alongside . |
5 | Pointer starts to move L or R. Follow this by turning in the same direction a maximum amount — at any one time — of 5°. 6 . |
6 | Yeah but you see by going to the same supplier , we 've got a lot of the film we can use that er there 's been several days filming |
7 | The light on the moor answered by moving in the same way . |
8 | Apart from their ‘ vertical ’ obligations individuals were tied together by belonging to the same group . |
9 | You have been to a tournament and an auto-da-fé already , and if you had not embarrassed my son by fainting at the latter event you would have been presented to King Sebastian himself . " |
10 | Focusing more particularly on forgiveness , Jesus defended the woman who had poured myrrh over his feet by pointing to the same reason : ‘ Her great love proves that her many sins have been forgiven ; where little has been forgiven , little love is shown . ’ |
11 | Local bus or VL buses are designed to overcome this problem by running at the same speed as the processor . |
12 | The Prince and Princess put on a show by travelling in the same car as Harry starts at his new school . |
13 | ‘ She 's mine , ’ proclaims the stallion 's urine sprinkled over his mare 's dung ; ‘ I 'm ready , ’ states the oestrous mare 's urine ; ‘ we are we , ’ the members of a band affirm by rolling in the same spot . |
14 | They may have been corrupted by the atrocities committed against their people but , by stooping to the same level of conduct , they were corrupting their own cause . |
15 | Several Passifloraceae present pollen and nectar at different times of day and share the same pollinators , while certain nectar-less Bignoniaceous lianes mimic nectar producers , by flowering at the same time as , or just after , those that are pollinated . |
16 | Added to that , from an author 's point of view , it really does make sense to by published by the same house for hardback and paperback — partly because of straight-through royalties , but also because the publisher can plan the promotional campaigns properly , and co-ordinate the publications dates . |