Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [noun] by [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | McDermott takes off the top of a zombie 's head with a shovel — done with a trick shovel by reversing the action , then using a dummy in long shot . |
| 2 | A modern patio with a large glazed area is the ideal way of opening up a living room by leading the eye out into the garden . |
| 3 | The West German government has occasionally ‘ neutralised ’ the effect of a dollar surplus by using the market . |
| 4 | This method of making compost in the field is known as sheet composting , a variation of which may be achieved after a cereal crop by chopping the straw and stubble ( using a forage harvester with delivery spout removed ) behind the combine , spreading slurry , and then rotovating the mixture into the top soil . |
| 5 | It now urged immediate action to bring about a price increase by abandoning the production ceiling increases programmed for the rest of that year . |
| 6 | Second only to the family , his chief love was for the North of Scotland and in the mid-fifties he realised a life-time ambition by becoming the owner of a 26,000-acre estate in Sutherland and , typical of the man , here he turned this unit into a sound agricultural business as well as a sporting estate . |
| 7 | ‘ You can disarm people who use sympathy as a control tactic by emphasising the positive and again analysing your position . |
| 8 | Pacing and gesticulating , the others were debating whether or not the flat patch by the road could be widened to accommodate a drill rig by blasting the cliff . |
| 9 | Spread all the remaining green royal icing over the cake drum around the stable , and stipple it to create a grass effect by placing the flat side of a palette knife on to the icing and drawing it upwards in little strokes . |
| 10 | It is sometimes said by government officials — I have heard it said by leading members of the administrations of Tanzania , Nigeria , Sierra Leone and Zambia — that African journalists are not sufficiently experienced to tell when an interested party in a dispute may be attempting to put over a particular point of view or discredit a government policy by using the press or radio . |
| 11 | Having sparked a cheat mystery by confiscating the match-ball , the ICC-appointed match referee Deryck Murray refused to explain exactly why he did it . |
| 12 | A couple have backed a housing partnership by opening the door to top officials from the scheme . |
| 13 | He can start in Scotland on December 13 by going back to his world title roots with a defence against rugged American Doug DeWitt , against whom Nigel first became a world champion by winning the WBO middleweight crown back in April 1990 . |
| 14 | followed by It is possible to change the print control variable ( @% ) within a print list by using the function : Functions have to return an answer , but the value returned by this function is a null string . |
| 15 | A currency union by eliminating the political business cycle can be said to possess anti-inflation properties which are not necessarily present in an exchange rate union . |
| 16 | Was the poor relief paid to able-bodied workers over-generous to the extent that it not only created a dependency culture by reducing the incentive to work , but put a premium on early marriage and on childbirth ? |
| 17 | Should , for any reason , a sheet become damaged in service it is simple to replace a Rockwell sheet by unscrewing the damaged sheet and replacing it with a new one . |