Example sentences of "by [v-ing] [to-vb] [pron] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Similar regulations and procedures have delayed both the promotion and dismissal of staff and have hampered the ZBS by failing to provide it with adequate transport when needed at short notice . |
| 2 | He sees what is nowadays called , I think , ‘ inter-personal relations ’ as being largely predicated on the need for people to convince themselves that they have a wholeness and a separateness and an individuality and a defined self , and they do this by trying to define themselves against those other shifting , evanescent erm personalities that they call their friends , enemies , wives , children and so on . |
| 3 | So a stallion may respond to punishment from us by trying to kick us with greater determination instead . |
| 4 | Instead of joining in with my group in recognising this success and congratulating the managers , the party opposite showed its usual churlishness by trying to congratulate themselves for some reason or other . |
| 5 | However , when the courts are considering new situations , they will not be constrained by trying to fit them into existing categories . |