Example sentences of "by [v-ing] [noun prp] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Quotation three , for example , explicitly announces its mode by naming Nietzsche as the source of the proposition . |
| 2 | But sufficient purgatorial time was deemed to have passed , and as far as Barbarossa was concerned , it was politically essential to state the unity of the empire and church by accepting Charlemagne into the body of saints at this time . |
| 3 | Having offended officers by omitting Jacques Soustelle , the most well-known Gaullist advocate of French Algeria , from his first government , de Gaulle appeased them by bringing Soustelle into the government in July . |
| 4 | In May Jim rounded off his season by representing Scotland in the World Championships . |
| 5 | Therefore , by dismissing Peres at the time he did , Shamir made certain that he would retain the premiership whatever the outcome of the Knesset vote . |
| 6 | The Labour MP for Falkirk East , Michael Connarty , accused both SE and LiS of ‘ abusing their roles by pushing Rosyth at the expense of existing East coast ports , including Grangemouth in my constituency ’ . |
| 7 | Allan had scratched , annoying the team management by informing ITN of the fact before he informed them . |
| 8 | By measuring CRP in the plasma , the clinician has access to direct evidence that the body has started to mobilise its non-specific defences . |
| 9 | Finally we reached Porto that afternoon , by flying VFR through the valley route to the coast as the bases rose in the afternoon , and then up the coast at 1,000 feet , just below the base of the broken cumulus , with spectacular views of Porto , before nipping inland to the field to park next to the German aircraft — which we were relieved to see had landed safely . |
| 10 | Chaplin invited Mayer to land one on him , and L B promptly obliged by punching Chaplin in the face , sending him sprawling over a potted plant . |
| 11 | By providing Japan with the opportunity to save face and make an orderly withdrawal from drift-net fishing , the UN Second Committee bound them into a commitment to cease drift-net operations in the near future — an astonishing achievement for a campaign which had only really gathered momentum 10 months earlier , with the sinking of the Sankichi Maru . |
| 12 | He had distracted attention from the incident by crediting Joseph with the killing of the fawn arid therefore the capture of the expedition 's first prize , since the senator had decided they should collect a group of muntjac . |
| 13 | BMP extension ) and by selecting WORDCNT.SSM from the list of macros so that it appears in the Run Macro box and the summary of what it does appears in the Description box . |
| 14 | A change of scene both from lakeside and historic town is to be had by leaving Schwyz on the road which ascends southward into the valley of the Muota ( the river which enters the lake just west of Brunnen ) . |
| 15 | The under-21s are more even highly-fancied to retain the national title , which they won last year for the first time by beating Nottinghamshire in the final . |
| 16 | By raising Prussia from the position of a second-rate State to that of at least a kind of great power , and by achieving this with very limited physical resources , he provided the supreme illustration of what might be accomplished by an intelligent and dedicated ruler inspired by enlightened ideas . |
| 17 | For many abolitionists emancipation was celebrated by raising Buxton to the pantheon of heroes . |
| 18 | After the way Mark Robins has exposed Alex Ferguson 's lack of judgment by shooting Norwich to the top of the Premier League , the Old Trafford boss will never dare risk a repeat with Webb . |
| 19 | It originated early in this century by crossing Simmentals with the fawn or red dairy-type Fémeline of the Sâone valley ( its name reflects its more refined , ‘ feminine ’ appearance in contrast to the bullish Tourache ) and also with the yellow Bressane of Ain . |