Example sentences of "by [v-ing] and [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | It aims to soothe the reader by articulating and appropriating any objection . |
2 | It yields these returns mainly by targeting and serving profitable customers . |
3 | A common characteristic of social life in the modern village is thus the attempt by newcomers to create an ersatz sense of community by founding and running local organizations — branches of the WEA , amateur dramatics societies , art clubs , etc. — and even building a new ‘ community centre ’ in which to house them . |
4 | The Rough Wooing was to continue , not this time as a series of devastating raids , but by seizing and garrisoning Scottish fortresses as the basis for English control , and by Somerset 's own comprehensive victory over the Scots at Pinkie in September 1547 . |
5 | Then she started to earn her living by designing and sculpting many items of distinction and merit , earning gold medals at exhibitions at the Royal Academy , Manchester Art Gallery and Liverpool 's Walker Art Gallery . |
6 | ‘ And I thought I could make mine by designing and making better products , and selling them to the world , ’ said Mark . |
7 | Both make up for the lack of nutrients in the soil by trapping and digesting small insects . |
8 | By remixing and adding new parts to certain sections they have successfully managed to reinvent themselves . |
9 | First of all , find the centre of the room by measuring and snapping chalked stringlines on the floor . |
10 | The radically different results obtained by considering and applying such relationships or by totally ignoring them are well illustrated in two of the currently available recordings of the work . |
11 | So at a minimum government needs to arrange for broadcasting to be undertaken by allocating and enforcing private sector property rights in these frequencies . |
12 | By buying and selling foreign currencies on the foreign exchange market , the Bank of England can affect the exchange rate . |
13 | In the workshop , theory and practice are more easily linked by displaying and making available material and practical work , side by side , each depending upon the other for full understanding . |
14 | By executing and keeping such documents outside the United Kingdom the purchaser can significantly reduce the stamp duty it must pay . |
15 | Before 1962 he had attempted to modify it through at least five distinct initiatives : by sponsoring a political confederation of Western European states ; by proposing a restructuring of NATO ; by fostering a special relationship with the Federal Republic of Germany ; by decolonizing and establishing new connections with Third World nations ; and by pushing ahead with the development of France 's nuclear weapons programme . |
16 | We must start by collating and documenting all cases , all changes , where imposed affecting G M B members . |
17 | ( ii ) By reading and discussing good examples , pupils should come to understand the functions of the impersonal style of writing used in much academic — and particularly scientific — writing and to recognise the linguistic features , eg the passive , subordination , that characterise it . |
18 | She may regret this change , but colludes with it by making and selling ethnic jewellery of her own . |
19 | Similarly , if prices accurately reflect long-term prospects , a fund manager required to improve short-term performance can do so only by identifying and buying under-valued shares , and identifying and selling over-valued ones , which in turn depends on a balanced evaluation of both the company 's short- and long-term position . |
20 | The purpose of the present chapter is to review approaches to the interrelationship between politics and organization by identifying and sketching two types of interpretation . |
21 | Internal administrative routines and power relationships affect local policy processes by modifying and mediating external influences , and they can also provide an independent dynamic of their own . |
22 | In the Belfast research , we wished , like Cohen , to approach an explanation for ‘ the complex differentiation within ’ communities , by exploring and analysing in-group patterns and functions of differentiation ; in the event , we showed that a great deal of variation has in-group functions that are not readily accessible to outsiders , and we shall review this in chapter 4 . |
23 | Windows can be moved to different positions by clicking and dragging the top coloured bar or re-sized by clicking and dragging any corner of the box . |
24 | During the battle five Troll Slayers distinguished themselves by attacking and destroying three Trolls which were perilously close to crushing Duregar himself . |
25 | The final stage was to resolve the ambiguity , by formulating and asking appropriate questions in order to secure the missing information . |
26 | Its leaders were local magnates who co-operated with each other by exchanging and transporting stolen cattle . |