Example sentences of "by [verb] [pers pn] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some researchers have attempted to capture the core meaning of words by decomposing them into a small set of ’ building blocks ’ known as semantic primitives [ Wilks 1973 ] . |
| 2 | The temptation to say the coin caused the bar to come out can be explained by seeing it for the ordinary cause that it was , and of what event it was the cause , and of what nearby event it was not the cause . |
| 3 | Attach the first fabric panel by centring it between the outside edge of the first vertical batten and the middle of the second one . |
| 4 | Where in his character-drawing O'Brian touches the reader 's imagination by the unexpected , Forester satisfied his readers by helping them to a complete acquaintance with his officers and men . |
| 5 | • Put out any burning clothes by smothering them with a thick cloth or rug , but not something synthetic which would melt in the heat . |
| 6 | The department was now hoping to integrate relevant library skills worksheets fully into the lower-school course structure by including them within the science-course booklets , and supplementing them with " home-grown " activities where necessary . |
| 7 | Give hands an overnight treat by coating them with a rich conditioner and then donning a pair of lightweight vinyl gloves ( such as HandiMates , £1.09 for a box of 10 ) . |
| 8 | An old , glazed porcelain sink can be transformed into a water garden by coating it with an artificial stone mixture . |
| 9 | But it means , too , transforming these traditions , by imbuing them with the woman-centered values of nurturance and intimacy , as necessary and legitimate goals of political life . |
| 10 | Even when all intended partners of the new firm have indicated assent it will still be necessary to establish some order of seniority and to select the first senior partner : though joint senior partners are not unknown , the better arrangement may be for some restriction to be put upon the time that office is held by any one individual so that by rotating it between the participating firms a reasonable balance is achieved . |
| 11 | Some skip the tight fantastic by using them as a jumping rope , others wear them as a scarf or string them up in the garden as a washing line . |
| 12 | Diana has helped Charles by bringing him into the modern era , teasing him and leavening his spirits , and keeping him young and abreast of young people 's thinking . |
| 13 | In this instance , you must finish off the raw edge of the hem either by overcasting or , for a really professional finish , by binding it with a fine bias binding . |
| 14 | These criticisms were ignored ( although delivered by persons of world-wide reputation such as Carl Sauer ) , received a hostile and defensive reaction , or were absorbed by transforming them into a technical issue — rather than facing them as a social and political one . |
| 15 | Religion keeps people in an infantile state , but by drawing them into a mass delusion , it succeeds in sparing many people an individual neurosis . |
| 16 | That June , Duran clamped Leonard 's artistry by drawing him into a slugging match in Montreal and inflicting on the American what was to be his only defeat in 37 contests . |
| 17 | The Exchange Rate Mechanism ( ERM ) aims to stabilise currencies by keeping them within an agreed band . |
| 18 | Individuals from any one country were now able to obtain any other currency for trade purposes simply by purchasing it via the foreign exchange markets . |
| 19 | Employing the naively biographical paradigm of Gay Authorship , Brief Encounter shows Noel Coward displacing his own fears , anxieties and pessimism about the possibility of a fulfilled sexual relationship within an oppressively homophobic culture by transposing them into a heterosexual context . |
| 20 | However , the approach to such analysis will now be set out and the method illustrated by applying it to a trivial case for which the solution is already known from section 4.4 . |
| 21 | Nevertheless , it looks very much as if he was able to help young Ben out a bit : probably by employing him as a commercial traveller in his own drapery business . |
| 22 | The rationale was simple : if arsenic could be made into a better drug by incorporating it into an organic compound , why not mercury ? |
| 23 | ‘ I have sometimes thought that more might be done than is commonly attempted in education to familiarise the idea of death to the minds of children by representing it as the grand event for which they were born ; and thus making a future state the object of their chief interest and ambition . |
| 24 | Cheer up dull-looking cabinets by painting them in a high gloss or eggshell finish . |
| 25 | Despite , realistically , plenty of opportunity , there is no illicit sex between Nicholas and Alison until the pleasure of their union can be enhanced by Nicholas truly having replaced John by tricking him into a contrived " absence " . |
| 26 | We want to lay emphasis on the concept of community education : it represents a whole attitude to education which makes science , maths and all the other subjects students learn , meaningful by relating them to the real experiences of life outside school . |
| 27 | Within this context of greater freedom for all schools , we will end the two-tier system created by Grant Maintained Schools and City Technology Colleges by returning them to the strategic planning framework of the local elected education authority . |
| 28 | Pioneered by National Children 's Home and co-funded in partnership with Cambridgeshire council , the scheme homes to deter children as young as five from crime by alerting them to the long-term consequences to their victims and the effect of crime on their own future . |
| 29 | In conformity with the conventional treatment , where the cross-section narrows from a church with a central nave and side aisles at the lower levels to a narrow , lofty nave only at upper levels , optimum use is made of this space by filling it with a single range of dwellings . |
| 30 | The roundness of the pleat is improved by filling it with a little wadding or a tube of curtain buckram . |