Example sentences of "by [v-ing] [prep] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 This study overcomes these problems by collaborating on a reciprocal basis with people who are inside the system .
2 This stronger sense of learning also carries with it the idea that ultimately the student is able to evaluate it for him or herself , and form a personal view about its validity ( by reading the relevant articles , by listening to the different views of the authorities on the topic , and perhaps by assisting in a clinical trial ) .
3 In 1957 , Paisley and Wylie were charged with causing a disturbance in Donaghadee by preaching through a loud hailer .
4 Canes can be made more secure by fastening to a horizontal wire .
5 In these hot summer months prudent Japanese girls suppress the potential faux pas of erect nipples that could spring up from a cool blast of the air-conditioner by sticking on a handy pair of ‘ Nipples ’ .
6 By sticking to a small range of products , they simplify distribution .
7 As expected formation of the low mobility complex was inhibited by the addition of antibody to Oct-1 confirming that it contains Oct-1 whereas the antibody had no effect on the formation of the high mobility complex indicating that it is formed by binding of a cervical protein distinct from Oct-1 ( Figure 3 ) .
8 Alternatively , neuropeptide Y may have produced its choleretic effect by binding at a hypothelamic level , where neuropeptide Y receptors are also plentiful .
9 To increase the definition I finished off by drawing with a fine line , using a ZIG Artist Sketching Pen .
10 ‘ Companies would benefit by drawing from a wider pool of talent and ability than is currently considered , ’ he writes , ‘ and it would enable them to appoint more women .
11 He said he battled against the bottle by checking into a private clinic but started drinking as soon as he came out .
12 However , a branch of statistics called ‘ sampling theory ’ can be applied , which will allow conclusions about the entire collection to be inferred ( to within a known degree of certainty ) by checking on a small percentage of it .
13 After all , was n't that the very reason why Tyler himself was here … to expand his own business by bidding for a valuable piece of land which was shortly being offered here in Liverpool ?
14 Every month almost two thirds of the British population participate in some kind of sales promotion , either by trading in a money-off coupon , entering a competition or sending away for a free gift .
15 The little Third Division side caused a sensation at Anfield a fortnight ago by storming into a 3-0 lead in the first leg of their Coca-Cola Cup tie .
16 The river was in flood and tradition maintains that Coilus was able to cross only by leaping onto a large rock in mid-stream and from it to the farther bank .
17 An ordinary member of parliament who attempted to gratify constituents by pressing for a senior appointment was likely to be put firmly in his place by the Treasury , for this happened even to the well-connected David Scott , when representing the Dundee burghs in 1796 .
18 As with the loop , your first roll should be performed by climbing to a safe height , putting on lots of forward speed ( it helps to do it downwind ) and holding the lateral cyclic hard over until the roll is complete .
19 The pleasures of art tend to be diminished by returning to a complete absence of hot bath water .
20 Bradman says it was Fingleton , Fingleton said it was Bradman , and Leo O'Brien ( the 12th man ) further confused the issue by revealing in a recent interview with Wisden Cricket Monthly that neither Bradman nor Fingleton was in the room at the time of the exchange , but ( former Australian Test players ) Ryder and Kippax , who were both reporting the matches in one way or another , were . ’
21 Suppose , for example , a group is given a task that is tightly defined and where the group has previous experience of similar talks , it is likely to succeed by operating at a formal stage level .
22 Also there are the problems of disintermediation , as customers switch their borrowing away from those banks short of liquidity , and the problem of banks resisting the squeeze on liquidity by operating with a lower liquidity ratio .
23 If , instead of persuading B to break his contract or causing him to do so by direct unlawful action against him , A brings about the breach of the contract between B and C by operating through a third party , X , A may still be liable to C , provided unlawful means are used .
24 I knew I was n't attractive and I did n't help myself by dressing like a young fogey in tweed sportsjackets , flannel trousers and open-necked check shirts .
25 Would n't it be wonderful if you could melt away the flab simply by smoothing in a special cream , or break down fat by rubbing away at your wobbly bits ?
26 Mr Clarke and Mr Hunt told MPs the decision to break the law by dispensing with a 90-day consultation period was taken because of ‘ special circumstances ’ and in order to help the miners by giving them the best redundancy terms .
27 A cartridge pleat heading is made up in the same way as pinch pleats ( page 22 ) , but the bases of the small tubes ( pleats ) are not pinched up but left rounded by filling with a soft stuffing such as wadding .
28 Another had kept a continual eye on the grain trade by serving in a Red Army supply regiment and then managing a state grain-collecting centre .
29 The Aboriginal Initiates communicate intuitively with the Dreamtime — the time of their creation — by tapping into a universal reservoir of information containing their racial memory .
30 By writing for a national radio network , I would enjoy the best of both worlds .
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