Example sentences of "by [v-ing] [art] [noun pl] [unc] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | Most of these claims will be offset by counter-claims , so that only the net indebtedness has to be settled by using the banks ' balances at the central bank . |
2 | The PFA acted by paying the players ' wages and bonuses for winning promotion to the second division . |
3 | The first should consist of short courses for teachers brought about by expanding the teachers ' centres set up for the Nuffield mathematics and science projects , and should include a one-term secondment in every seven years . |
4 | It was some time before the police learnt to react to these invasions by stealing the skins ' bootlaces and in some cases their braces . |
5 | She specialises in linking and helping to solve violent crimes by comparing the perpetrators ' methods . |
6 | The Act aimed to reinforce rather than to diminish parental responsibility by requiring the presence of parents in court and by increasing the courts ' powers to require parents to pay fines for their children 's offences . |
7 | RIGHT AND TOP OF THIS PAGE By studying the typology of lamps , and also by studying the manufacturers ' stamps and the type of clay , the original provenance and date of the lamps can be established . |
8 | All I had to do was stand around pretending to pull on one end of a tug-of war rope while a load of peers pulled on the other , as Jerry stood by attracting the tabloids ' photographers . |
9 | This brief pairing of parts in a loose form of imitation or counterpoint is best done by pairing the women 's voices as one unit and the men 's voices as the other . |