Example sentences of "by [v-ing] a [noun sg] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Leobert de Boer has rectified this deficiency , following a workshop in Rotterdam in October 1979 , by editing a volume comprising eight chapters on biochemistry and physiology , five on maintenance and behaviour in captivity and four on ecology , behaviour and conservation in the wild . |
| 2 | PI facilitates ‘ single module ’ and ‘ bulk module ’ entry to be performed within LIFESPAN , by allowing a user to enter all or part of a complete package structure into LIFESPAN from a specified directory . |
| 3 | By allowing an intent to cause grievous bodily harm to suffice for a murder conviction , the law is violating a general principle , turning the most serious of its offences into a constructive crime . |
| 4 | Now , the cheats amongst us ( like me ) will discover that you can import graphics into the Cel editor , and will quickly come to the conclusion that very lifelike images can be formed by using a scanner to scan individual frames from a film , and then pick out the bits they want and place them on cels to form a small animated sequence . |
| 5 | DARREN ANDERTON has given Tottenham 's walking wounded a boost by launching a bid to join next week 's Coca-Cola Cup crusade at Nottingham Forest . |
| 6 | It refers to an ability to identify patterns or relationships in information and events ( inductive reasoning ) and to convey the meaning by developing a framework using appropriate metaphors and analogies . |
| 7 | ‘ ( 2 ) A person secures access to any program or data held in a computer if by causing a computer to perform any function he — ( a ) alters or erases the program or data ; ( b ) copies or moves it to any storage medium other than that in which it is held or to a different location in the storage medium in which it is held ; ( c ) uses it ; or ( d ) has it output from the computer in which it is held ( whether by having it displayed or in any other manner ) ; and references to access to a program or data ( and to an intent to secure such access ) shall be read accordingly . |
| 8 | Secondly , there are offences intended to prevent anyone wrongly claiming to have supplied goods to the Queen ( or to anyone else ) or wrongly claiming royal approval , e.g. by displaying an emblem resembling that of the Queen 's Award to Industry . |
| 9 | It measures the extent of an individual 's receptive vocabulary by requiring a subject to select one picture from a set of four in response to a verbal stimulus . |
| 10 | Therefore , a purchaser would avoid automatically assuming liabilities by requiring a vendor to dismiss all or some employees prior to completion . |
| 11 | How this could be done for , say , general medicine , other than by letting a contract to provide all services required by a defined population , is difficult to envisage . |
| 12 | I do not think that anything would be gained by having an ombudsman to handle those problems . |
| 13 | He did this by undertaking a tour giving literary lectures and talks on elocution and in 1909 he published " A Literary Tour of the Highlands & Islands of Scotland . " |
| 14 | Depressed and anxious patients who sought refuge from their troubles by taking an overdose remained unconscious for a time but did not die of respiratory failure or asphyxiation , as happened only too readily after an overdose of barbiturate . |
| 15 | COMPLACENCY is almost a sacking offence at Hunslet Transportation Projects , the Birmingham-based firm which in June 1990 startled railway experts by winning a contract to supply 37 electric passenger trains to Regional Railways . |
| 16 | COMPLACENCY is almost a sacking offence at Hunslet Transportation Projects , the Birmingham-based firm which in June 1990 startled railway experts by winning a contract to supply 37 electric passenger trains to Regional Railways . |
| 17 | Nor can the horse hear so much when stabled , although some people try and overcome this deficiency by leaving a radio playing all day in the stable for the horse 's benefit . |
| 18 | Male great tits sing in order to warn other males away , as can be shown by leaving a loudspeaker playing great tit song in an unoccupied territory ; more complex songs are more effective warnings . |
| 19 | In Whitby Way vandals unsuccessfully tried to set a car ablaze by throwing a jar containing flammable liquid and lighted rag at it . |
| 20 | It concerns an informal training scheme developed by a voluntary youth work agency , which decided to build on its existing contacts with a group of long-term unemployed young people by offering a course combining social skills with basic business skills . |