Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pn reflx] by [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have to say though , that when we the Council advise other charities on the investment powers that they should take when they 're established and when they draft their Memorandum of Association , erm , we advise them to take wider powers er , than these , and we advise them that they should not seek to constrain themselves by the Trustee Investment Act nineteen sixty-one , as our own flexibility is constrained . |
| 2 | Dr Neil tried to calm himself by a grave examination of the doll , as though it were one of his patients , holding the tiny wrist to take the pulse , only to see the laughter on her face , and for that to provoke him to further inward excesses . |
| 3 | And without doubt , many birds as well as pigeons , are able to guide themselves by the earth 's magnetism . |
| 4 | In any event most sellers prefer , as a commercial issue , not to discuss such questions with their buyers , and , instead to protect themselves by the use of appropriate credit vetting procedures , or else , where possible , by requiring payment upon delivery , or even in advance of delivery . |
| 5 | Some such groups would become more permanent , establish certain physical and academic territories , begin to call themselves by a common title , and start to defend these against ‘ outsiders ’ with vigour and cunning . |
| 6 | Her mode of transport means she will arrive drenched at the door of a farmhouse to beg shelter and ask leave to dry herself by the fire . |