Example sentences of "[vb base] by [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A zebra , or antelope , could easily outrun a lion , and lions must therefore rely on stealth and the surprise attack ; carnivorous dogs , by contrast , hunt by running down their prey . |
| 2 | Do you see the Aldershot method there you list then expand on each one saying why and then just summarise by listing again . |
| 3 | TYROSINE kinase receptors ( such as PDGF , EGF ) generate InsP 3 and DAG by interacting directly with PLC- γ1 , one of the PLC family members ( see below ) . |
| 4 | You would have thought this would be enough to keep him in bread and circus animals for the foreseeable future , but there are rumours that he intends to watch the money grow by buying out Jobete Music , publishers of the Motown catalogue — a snip at $175 million . |
| 5 | We only learn and grow by trying out new experiences , new ways of being , by reaching for the future — yet many of us are terrified of getting it wrong . |
| 6 | The opponent launches a front kick , which you evade by stepping back . |
| 7 | Bankers retaliate by pointing out that accountants ' advice is invariably based on historic record rather than future possibility , and that it is impossible for them to give impartial advice if they have been auditing their clients ' books over the past years . |
| 8 | Some positively conflict by setting off a train of thought which is quite at variance with the message the audio track carries . |
| 9 | Glue , lighter fuel , gasoline , nail varnish and aerosols : these act by cutting down the amount of oxygen in the brain . |
| 10 | You are all alone ; no one will interfere ; in a college no one helps your studies ( although your best friend may do the opposite and interfere by dropping in for a chat ) . |
| 11 | They provide similar network and printer management functions through JetAdmin and JetPrint by plugging directly into the printer 's parallel port but they support a single selectable protocol . |
| 12 | Finish by slowing back down to normal training pace again for the last 16 to 17 minutes . |
| 13 | Finish by recapping exactly what it is you are going to do as a result of the telephone conversation . |
| 14 | And you said multiply by did n't you . |
| 15 | He says : ‘ It is hard coping with such a large family , but we manage by pulling together . |
| 16 | He says : ‘ It is hard coping with such a large family , but we manage by pulling together . |
| 17 | But we begin by looking more closely at the problem of externalities . |
| 18 | Begin by setting exceptionally high standards in everything you do . |
| 19 | If you are asked to discuss , say , Nordenfelt 's case , begin by setting out the facts and decision — do not start in the Middle Ages . |
| 20 | We begin by stating explicitly the famous Little Theorem of Fermat announced ( but not proved ) in a letter dated 1640 . |
| 21 | Begin by exercising moderately for 5–10 minutes per day , and build up gradually over a period of a month . |
| 22 | Begin by listening carefully to how the bereaved speak about their loss . |
| 23 | Begin by getting up out of that armchair and , with pencil and paper , find yourself a nice clear desk and a comfortable but upright seat . |
| 24 | Robinson begin by rattling off a handful of saccharine songs that sound like little more than fast-paced lift music . |
| 25 | We begin by drawing up a huge ‘ A ’ list of all the stars that everybody recognizes , and that would always include the Royal family and such people as Paul Newman , Robert Redford , Jackie Onassis , and so on . |
| 26 | Accounts of the problems of this region usually begin by pointing out that after the 1914 War the overheated heavy industries of the North East were severely affected by a change in market demand away from their products , that these problems were exacerbated by central government 's exchange policies , and that in consequence the integrated economic structure — the organized capitalism — of the pre-war and war years collapsed . |
| 27 | So begin by dreaming up at least three possibilities . |
| 28 | They begin by explaining how the spectrum keyboard works . |
| 29 | Begin by working very simple shapes . |
| 30 | DAY 1 — Begin by walking aerobically ( 3.5 — 4.0 m.p.h. ) for 20 minutes around the route you have measured out . |