Example sentences of "by [adv] [verb] it [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 Furthermore , if the problem is seen to be women taking men 's jobs , making them unemployed , the problem is one of macroeconomic policy , and is not to be solved by effectively concentrating it in a disguised fashion among non-working wives .
2 By further describing it as a ritual , the author might be taken to suggest that it was also part of an ongoing practice governed by unalterable rules .
3 As we shall show in greater detail later , Descartes justified his principle of linear inertia by ostensibly deducing it from the immutability of God — a God who conserved the simplest kind of motion in the world .
4 Two huntsmen have been cleared of ill-treating a horse by repeatedly striking it with a whip .
5 using a level , the drip channel is installed at the bottom of the run by simply nailing it to the battens
6 The bream pick up a bait by simply sucking it to the edge of their lips , and then move away from the main shoal to consume it .
7 The bronze weather-vane can be removed by simply unscrewing it from the metal assemblage holding it , which takes 2 rounds .
8 The family had finished their supper when she got home , but her temper was soothed by her reception : Herr Nordern coming from the bedroom to greet her , Omi fussing , Erika getting her meal , even Paul helping her off with her coat , although he rather spoiled his effect by then chucking it over the back of a chair instead of hanging it up .
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