Example sentences of "by [v-ing] [prep] the [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now , by analysing a sample of customer addresses by ACORN he or she can set sales targets for each ACORN type ; and by allowing for the population in each type in each sales territory , he or she can set quotas which relate directly to the potential for business in each area . |
| 2 | If someone has a judgment summons filed against them , but subsequently pays the debt , they can get a Certificate of satisfaction by applying to the court in which judgment was given originally , and paying 50p . |
| 3 | As the impossible dream drew closer , Allison began to bait rival fans by walking along the touchline in his fedora and making outrageous Muhammad Ali-style pre-match predictions . |
| 4 | When she had chosen the least remarkable and staggered downstairs in a pair of high-heeled purple boots the others got their revenge by wheezing about the room in hysterics once more . |
| 5 | What this entailed for civil liberties may be gleaned by looking at the way in which Dicey dealt with traditional freedoms in the body of his work . |
| 6 | A good way of starting to do this is to either join an already-existent writing class ( you can find one by looking on the noticeboard in your local library , telephoning the local Further , Adult or Higher Education Centre or contacting the nearest Workers ' Educational Association ) or , if there is n't one of these in your area , by forming your own writing group . |
| 7 | Giardia infection can be diagnosed by looking for the parasite in the stools . |
| 8 | She feigned nervousness by fidgeting with the handbag in her lap . |
| 9 | It focuses on the wider community context by going beyond the school in order to explore relationships outside it in which parents themselves have a high profile . |
| 10 | Vincent , in Catholic Belgium , although emulating his father once again was also mocking him , by going to the limit in a way that passed judgement on his parents ' safe Christianity , while putting himself beyond criticism . |
| 11 | The hover-fly only betrays its true identity , to the casual glance , by moving through the air in the jerky fashion that is characteristic of its family . |
| 12 | All this was to be achieved by heading straight for Kuwait City and pinning down the Iraqis there ; and then by moving from the west in substantial force , enveloping and destroying Iraq 's elite reserve , the Republican Guard , with its T-72 tanks , described by French sources as ‘ the priority target . |
| 13 | An arsenal of political treacheries was employed to impede our progress , from the medium-range one of accusing us of lacking the right political perspective , to the more insidious long-range ones of accusing us of divisiveness , bringing men into feminism by speaking about the war in Ireland and , even on one occasion , attempting to show an exhibition — the famous , ‘ Bin Lids and Barricades ’ . |
| 14 | She was directly responsible ( by speaking on the subject in Glasgow and Edinburgh ) for the introduction of the idea to Scotland , and indirectly for its application on a large scale ( as the men 's union , the Scottish Typographical Association never forgot : thirty-five years later , in a scathing obituary of Emily Faithfull entitled " A Pseudo-Philanthropist " , its journal challenged the view that " having introduced female compositors to the printing trade " could in any sense be regarded as philanthropy " ) . |
| 15 | Mr Karimov justifies his hard line by pointing to the chaos in neighbouring Tajikistan , where a war between rival clans has left about 20,000 dead and displaced some 600,000 people from their homes . |
| 16 | A second way in which the Spirit inspires prayer is by giving to the man in question the gift of tongues . |
| 17 | In spatial coordinates it is given by This may be found easily ( in this case ) by substituting for the Xi in the material expression above or , somewhat laboriously , by evaluating . |
| 18 | By dealing with the crisis in prisons by a Bill of this sort rather than dealing first and fundamentally with the overcrowding situation , the Home Secretary is attacking the symptoms , not the causes . |
| 19 | They did n't really need it , of course , since it was a lovely warm summer 's day , but the twins clearly thought it a great adventure , busily insisting on helping Ross by scampering about the bay in search of small pieces of wood to add to the bonfire . |
| 20 | The most unfortunate aspect of this use of the term ‘ competition ’ is of course that , by referring to the situation in which no room remains for further steps in the competitive market process , the word has come to be understood as the very opposite of the kind of activity of which that process consists . |
| 21 | He did not criticise Wright but there is no doubt that his Test chances suffered by hooking with the Scot in three matches . |
| 22 | To the north of the area isolated tracts of limestone intrude among the peaty gritstones of the Pennines , adding a sparkle to the sombre landscapes by erupting on the surface in natural features and formations that demand attention : some are easily accessible and are popular objectives attracting many visitors , while others are little known and reached only by walking over rough ground . |
| 23 | Financially Changez was supported by Jamila , who paid for everything by working in the shop in the evenings . |
| 24 | This appeared to Barth inevitably doomed to dilute the concentration of theology on its proper task by compromising between the revelation in Jesus and other sources and authorities . |