Example sentences of "[subord] by [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An example was cited where by cutting back on BSB claims and by adjusting his grain acreage slightly downwards , a farmer could gain very substantially by making his farm eligible for extensification premia through having a lower stocking rate . |
| 2 | There are no exact equivalents for li and ch'i among our concepts , and there is no way of approaching them except by breaking out from or awakening to one analogy after another . |
| 3 | We had crowd-flow blockages , insufficient refreshment facilities , no VIP entrance , no security check until people were in the main auditorium , and no way to get backstage except by walking right through the main meeting , up the stairs onto the stage and out through the back — with everybody watching ! |
| 4 | Since they are default and not authorised , the user can not regain them , except by logging in again , in which case they are again Captive . |
| 5 | Er and erm it 's difficult for people to maintain er not only as I say , but in their lifestyle over a particular period of time , so you could be more likely to get at the truth by this method , than by sending out questionnaires . |
| 6 | Word meanings are especially liable to change because people learn them by hearing them in context rather than by looking up the ‘ standard ’ definition , and the inferences they draw can vary . |
| 7 | Indeed , it seems to be a general rule that organisms acquire new capacities by modifying existing structures rather than by inventing wholly new ones . |
| 8 | We believe that by sharing sovereignty and pooling power , Britain and its partners will be better able to achieve common goals for the economy , the environment , society and security than by acting alone . |
| 9 | Someone once said more people are cheated by believing nothing than by believing too much . |
| 10 | In the long run the West could help Russia and Eastern Europe more by opening its markets to their produce than by handing over cash — and would immediately make itself a lot better off in the process ( see page 50 ) . |
| 11 | So the changes appear to be , from what you are saying , first of all towards integrating children with special needs in the educational system , rather than by separating off perhaps just a very small number , a recognition perhaps that special needs extend on a broader base |
| 12 | Whatever changes may occur , it is for you , the buyer or seller , to protect your interests , and there is no better way than by carrying out your own survey , whether you have a professional/mortgage survey or not . |
| 13 | The modern tournament is now won by a side carefully garnering its resources for two or three vital games — witness Italy in 1982 — rather than by going all out for emphatic victories in each match . |
| 14 | In the first place , actual possession is evidence of ownership , and , except in cases where ownership is based on a system of public registration , it is hard to see how any ownership can be proved , otherwise than by going back to some prior possession . |
| 15 | However the theory behind it is sound : there is greater scope for improving performance by concentrating on the average producer than by focusing exclusively on a few " bad apples " ( Berwick 1989 ) . |
| 16 | One 's overall sense of The Possessed absolutely refuses to confirm any such duality , and one can pay the novel no simpler or fuller tribute than by saying so . |
| 17 | For what better way to sever an unwanted tie than by disappearing off on business for a couple of weeks ? |
| 18 | Moreover it was widely and probably correctly felt that good diplomats were formed by experience rather than by study , by mixing in good society and watching negotiations in progress rather than by poring over documents in archives . |
| 19 | In contrast , if by grouping together animals can resist a predator altogether , as a herd of musk ox can drive off wolves , we can reasonably speak of mutual benefit . |
| 20 | The best way to practise your tiling skills if you 've never done any before if by covering just a small area such as a washbasin splashback , where setting out the tiles so they are centred on the area concerned is a simple job , and you have the minimum of tile cutting to do . |
| 21 | It is as if by doing so a woman offers herself , ritually cleansed , to be entirely controlled by her husband . |
| 22 | She bowed her head and shook it , as if by doing so she might rid herself of what she had to say . |
| 23 | She 'd no idea why Ace should have broken his date with Dara to spend the evening with her , but it certainly looked as if by doing so he 'd stirred up some pretty powerful emotions . |
| 24 | And if by doing so it was to ensure that people who are already resident in this area are driven , this would be a totally inadequate response to the needs of the people of North Yorkshire . |
| 25 | She closed her eyes , as if by doing so she could shut him out of her mind . |
| 26 | This echoes the statement in their second encounter that he , Porfiry , has no intention of making an immediate arrest because by doing so he would give the murderer somebody to be : ‘ I 'd give him , so to say , a definite position , I 'd give him psychological definition and peace . ’ |
| 27 | In addition the chargee is not obliged to refrain from exercising his rights merely because by doing so he could avoid loss to the company nor does failure to exercise them when the security is declining in value constitute a breach of any duty that he may owe to the company . |
| 28 | On the other hand , legal strategies have been employed by the peace movement to challenge the authority of state agencies , whether by setting up Nuclear Free Zones , challenging the sale of National Trust land to the Ministry of Defence , or the siting of a shooting range in Berlin ( Guelen , 1985 ) 1 and suing the President of the United States of America for breaches of International Law.2 In other contexts , law has provided a forum in which the rights of individuals in the peace movement and the demands of the state have been adjudicated , for example in deciding on the validity of withholding tax contributions for military spending . |
| 29 | Of course we knew he was a celebrated painter , everyone did , and I think the neighbourhood felt quite disappointed when by moving down here he became less celebrated . |
| 30 | In one respect it is superior , as by staying lower down you will be constantly amazed by the ever changing scenery — higher up the views give you a good idea of the terrain you 'll be walking through the next day . |