Example sentences of "by [v-ing] [noun] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Retrieval of documents on a search topic , by using terms for a broader or narrower concept , relies heavily both on the searcher 's ingenuity and on any additional relationships that the database indexer might have added to link the natural language index terms . |
| 2 | Adapt any other slimming diet by using substitutes for the four zero foods . |
| 3 | As one commentator noted wryly , there are more companies announcing Pentium-based machines then there are actual processors : a couple of dozen manufacturers spread their wares and Intel topped the whole thing off by announcing prices for the first time , and they are not cheap — 60MHz Pentiums cost $878 , while the 66MHz chip is $965 in quantities of 1,000 . |
| 4 | AN antiques dealer , who banks with Knutsford Branch , has set a British auction record by paying £26,800 for an English long case clock with a painted dial . |
| 5 | Donor states are aware that by providing support for the armed forces of one superpower their territory could become a target in the military operational planning of the other superpower . |
| 6 | He or she will glance ostentatiously at his watch , as if to indicate that an expected arrival is late for an appointment and if he happens to meet the glance of a passer-by , he will more often than not look once again at his watch and cast a long-suffering glance at heaven ; as if by recruiting sympathy for a familiar predicament he will pre-empt any suspicion of more suspect motives . |
| 7 | We could try harder and do better by specifying certain electrical facts , an ignition temperature for a material , and so on-in general by giving conditions for the particular chemical reaction of combustion that occurred-but there is no need . |
| 8 | But he said it would not be remotely simple to achieve this by retaining zero-rating for a particular section of the community . |
| 9 | They were loath to attract adverse publicity by criticising headhunters for an unsuitable or even disastrous appointment , or felt it might be a reflection on them if they chose an unsuitable firm . |
| 10 | Flatter that tan by swapping blusher for a bronzing powder . |
| 11 | Returning to London , Crawford supplemented his income by working as a waiter at Lyons ' Corner House , in Westminster , showing his athleticism by taking responsibility for a whole floor , a task normally given to four waiters . |
| 12 | The shadow Scottish secretary , Tom Clarke , aims to set out Labour 's stall by outlining proposals for a revamped Scottish Constitutional Convention in a speech tomorrow . |
| 13 | This was a formal process which focused on staff development by setting goals for the coming year . |
| 14 | It may be possible to combine these functions by re-editing material for the sell-through market and using the same company , thus making the whole exercise more cost-effective . |