Example sentences of "by [adv] [v-ing] to [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A DRC theologian had caused a sensation the previous day by openly confessing to a sense of sin and guilt over the church 's support for apartheid . |
| 2 | It would involve the abandonment of rigid conceptualism : the rejection , in other words , of a formal mechanical set of criteria adding up to the concept of adultery which allows hard problems to be solved with apparent ease by simply referring to a formula without examining the deeper issues of justice involved in the case . |
| 3 | He is not impressed by the idea of suggestion as the basis of crowd behaviour , for no explanation is given by simply referring to the suggestibility of people as the reason for crowds being influenced by leaders . |
| 4 | By simply writing to the Mailing Preference Service , you can have your name deleted from almost all the lists being used by direct mail companies . |
| 5 | Carried away by his success young Thomas Borrow had knocked down the officer , then aggravated his offence by twice striking to the ground his master , Mr. Hambly . |