Example sentences of "by [verb] [pron] [noun] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | After 1400 , it has been noted , lawyers in the Parlement of Paris consistently tried to show the respectability of their soldier-clients by underlining their service to the king and the public good : ‘ … a longuement servy le roy ’ ; ‘ … tient frontier contre les enemis ’ ; ‘ … il a esté grevé car lui estant en expedicion pour la chose publique ’ are phrases which , when used regularly , tell us something of the values of the society in which they are uttered , and of the soldier 's role in it . |
| 2 | Deafened at the age of three months as a result of a fall from his nurse 's arms , he took full advantage of his independent means by devoting his life to the service of his fellow-deaf as an honourary missioner in his native city of Liverpool and as a licensed lay reader excelling in the conduct of religious services for the deaf . |
| 3 | He should begin by drawing her attention to the dividend yield of Barclays Bank . |
| 4 | In other words , he need n't have told Pooh that there was honey , he could have shown him that there was — for example , by drawing his attention to the pot of honey on the sideboard . |
| 5 | The University of Nottingham is meeting these challenges by maintaining its commitment to the highest quality teaching and research . |
| 6 | A male settles close to a female and identifies himself by vibrating his wings to the rhythm of his love song . |
| 7 | Heston , who had director , script and cast approval , bought Peckinpah extra filming time by returning his salary to the studio , convinced they would n't accept it . |
| 8 | Crossing the humpy floor , I looked out of a doorless doorway and saw , half hidden in the grass , the red tiles of the porch where the young Harvey-Beaumonts had sat , celebrating St George 's Day by tapping their feet to the brassy music of the band of the Black and Tans . |
| 9 | Can I conclude Madam Deputy Speaker , once again , by expressing my gratitude to the auditing practices board and the many other professional bodies who 've been involved in considering this legislation . |
| 10 | To count as a banker 's acceptance a bank must add its own credit to that of the drawer by adding its name to the bill or ‘ endorsing ’ it . |
| 11 | Nisbet ( 1978 ) and Kogan ( 1978 ) responded to the problem by turning their attention to the procedures which might be employed to meet accountability demands . |
| 12 | WE encounter a difficulty at the beginning of this part of the book by directing our attention to the solution of ‘ legal ’ problems . |
| 13 | But in the meantime Louis had taken a step back by withdrawing his consent to the betrothal of Richard and Alice . |
| 14 | Anything Crabb 's fiancée , Mrs Rose , might claim would be quietly denigrated by a smear campaign alleging she was hysterical , mentally disturbed , or anxious to make money out of the affair by selling her story to the press . |
| 15 | So addicted were they to this practice , which relieved their frugal existence by exporting their products to the more populous dales , that they earned a reputation as ‘ the terrible knitters of Dent ’ : terrible not because their handiwork was slipshod but because of their complete dedication to the craft . |
| 16 | A variety of witches faced us across the TV studio and encouraged us by supporting our warning to the public to avoid playing around with the ouija board . |
| 17 | Mr Patten spelled out his direction even more explicitly in a BBC radio interview , by linking his line to the Disraeli tradition of Toryism . |
| 18 | In line with his overall political goal of proving that Labour was ‘ fit to govern ’ , Macdonald abandoned the visions of democratic diplomacy which had so excited him in 1917 and proceeded to adjust to the reality of a balance of power mediated through the League , helping to resolve the Ruhr crisis by lending his support to the rescheduling , rather than the abolition , of German reparations payments . |
| 19 | ‘ Players like myself and skipper Alan McDonald can play our part by lending our experience to the young players coming through to form the next World Cup side . |
| 20 | ‘ By taking your stock to the market or to the shows you can compare your stock with others around you . ’ |
| 21 | " I have , of course , contributed to the difficulty by taking my suspicions to the police — I ca n't blame you for wanting to get to the bottom of things . |
| 22 | Improve mobility by swinging your foot to the front , to the sides and to the back . |
| 23 | Thus , it was rather ironic that in this , his best series , he bowled hardly any ; instead , he took his wickets by adapting his bowling to the slow conditions of a rainy summer , reducing his pace a fraction and making the ball move around more . |
| 24 | Then , by putting my ear to the handle , I hear sounds that tell me whether or not the blade is close to either rabbit or ferret . |
| 25 | Resistance was prolonged from December to February 1947 when at length Sukarno secured approval for the change by putting his position to the test : if they refused , they must find a new president . |
| 26 | But we were concerned now to keep our barge arrangements secret from the Friends of the Tourists , for they could easily thwart us , if they chose to , by denouncing our plans to the authorities . |
| 27 | DERBYSHIRE police discriminated against a woman officer by blocking her transfer to the criminal investigation department , the Chief Constable said yesterday . |
| 28 | In these rites women strengthen their social and familial position by underscoring their closeness to the paradoxical Goddess who is universally worshipped by Hindus . |
| 29 | The impersonal and durable character of these rights was highlighted during the last years of Louis VII 's reign , in the use in charters of the phrase corona regni ( the crown of the kingdom ) , a phrase which marked out royal rights from princely by asserting their value to the kingdom as a whole . |
| 30 | It would take someone who was very much intent on a punishment of biography to think of pointing the way to Difficulties with girls by mentioning its proximity to The Waste Land . |