Example sentences of "by [v-ing] [pron] [adv] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The president had silenced the vociferous strike-leader by bringing him on to the ruling body . |
| 2 | Perhaps the best way to familiarise yourself with the sound of specific intervals is by relating them back to the major scale based on the root of the given chord . |
| 3 | Madigan 's Millions was held back from release until American International Pictures decided to take advantage of the success of Midnight Cowboy by foisting it on to the public in 1969 in a double bill with Jon Voight 's early indiscretion , Fearless Frank , also made in 1967 . |
| 4 | The goods always cost more than the mere monetary price ; and it is the object of the system to externalise these costs , by passing them on to the poor or to the impaired resource-base of the earth , and by inviting even the rich to live in collusive dissociation from the costs they , too , must pay . |
| 5 | It is a common fallacy that the wind does all the work in a water start by pulling you on to the board . |
| 6 | Finish off the sides by turning them in to the wrong side on the creaselines , with the interlining . |
| 7 | Having registered , he set about ordering his life as he saw it developing , by giving himself over to the muse , by associating with those whose lives found proper space for literary reflection and endeavour , by getting close to that bohemian existence which he loved and from which all modern art seemed to spring . |
| 8 | Stanley 's family helped initially by taking him out to the pub , but he was worse on his return . |
| 9 | She hid the cutting in the cocktail cabinet in the prop-room — if she took it home Uncle Vernon might get his hands on it and embarrass her by reading it out to the commercial travellers . |
| 10 | Judith blended it over the lids and showed Helen how to give the illusion of larger eyes by outlining them close to the lashes with a dark pencil ( see Beauty News for recommendations ) . |
| 11 | However , the policy vacuum which was allowed to develop in this way was inadequately filled by leaving it up to the courts to formulate their own sentencing policy . |