Example sentences of "[noun] by [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Political opponents such as Mr Chihana take great risks by returning to the country ; Dr Banda recently said that if they did , they would be ‘ meat for crocodiles ’ . |
| 2 | Fred Jowett , who nevertheless remained with the ILP , " believed that it was fundamental for the ILP to continue to keep in the main stream of working class life through its mass organisation in the Labour Party and the Trade Union Movement " .37 After the " clean break " of 1932 the ILP could only alleviate its isolation by working with the smaller , though more militant , groups on the Left . |
| 3 | Both Weston and Olson , for instance , found that teachers involved in the Schools Council Integrated Science Project ( SCISP ) , breached the project 's guidelines by teaching from the board and encouraging pupils to revise — and that these teachers referred to the presence of examinations as the reason for their continuing use of these transmission-like styles of teaching . |
| 4 | Add a name songs This was an idea I had to personalize songs by adding in a child 's name . |
| 5 | They pointed to cases in the past when underwriters had incurred huge losses by moving into an unfamiliar area of business . |
| 6 | They pointed to cases in the past when underwriters had incurred huge losses by moving into an unfamiliar area of business . |
| 7 | It is not unknown for so-called ‘ unspinnable ’ aircraft to come to grief by getting into a stable spin . |
| 8 | For disillusioned people like me , why not have a method of showing displeasure by having on the ballot paper the names of the aspiring candidates and also a space for a no confidence vote . |
| 9 | One basic decision you have to make is whether to index a card by writing at the top of the card a theme/keyword or a name of an author/title . |
| 10 | As the impossible dream drew closer , Allison began to bait rival fans by walking along the touchline in his fedora and making outrageous Muhammad Ali-style pre-match predictions . |
| 11 | D Director Woody Allen stunned fans by admitting to an affair with Soon-Yi , 19 , the adopted daughter of actress wife Mia Farrow . |
| 12 | Breathing easier , she took the weight off her trembling legs by sitting on the end of the bed . |
| 13 | Gerry : Unions could have a role in organizing workers with specific oppressions by acting as a buffer between groups and management ; providing a wider political context tor organizing in ; and for providing liaison , information and support . |
| 14 | A traditionally minded bishop had given the advertisements a welcome boost by complaining in the pulpit and in The Times that the campaign glorified adultery as well as Trumper 's Tea Bags . |
| 15 | Marco van Basten , the European Footballer of the Year , gave European champions Milan a timely boost by returning to the squad for training this week for the first time since a cartilage operation on 1 September . |
| 16 | This is an empirical equation but it can also be derived from free volume considerations by starting with a description of the viscosity of the system . |
| 17 | The day after the elections , Enoch Powell , the Official Unionist MP for South Down , put the formal touch to the end of the coalition by announcing to the Speaker of the House of Commons that Dr Paisley would no longer be welcome in the office used by the Official Unionist members . |
| 18 | Peons were even brought in sustain the illusion by prodding at the land , and a bulldozer chugged about . |
| 19 | Latter-day Cobdenites faced the future by returning to the subversive roots of their creed . |
| 20 | The 800 species of hermit crab that occur in the world 's oceans are distinguished from all other crabs by living inside the unoccupied shells of marine snails . |
| 21 | CLEVELAND police are today hoping to interview a man thought to have made an attempted suicide bid by leaping from a Stockton bridge . |
| 22 | Therefore a new link road was created joining Westburn Avenue to Baberton Mains Hill by passing beneath the Edinburgh/Carstairs railway line . |
| 23 | Indeed , I believe that those who insist on scaremongering have done themselves and the NHS no good by concentrating on the privatisation scare . ’ |
| 24 | He had quite rightly decided that he could do no good by playing with the Huns at 20,000 feet , so came down to see that none of them got me . ’ |
| 25 | The chimney swift of Asia manages to collect twigs by flying at a branch , seizing one with its beak and breaking it off by the sheer force of its aerial velocity . |
| 26 | As the anxiety for each target is overcome so the client is only ever raising their anxiety by ten units by going onto the next target . |
| 27 | If you are bleeding badly then try to stop the flow of blood by pressing on the wound with a large pad of cotton wool , or some clean material . |
| 28 | Improve his blood by marrying into the old line ! ’ |
| 29 | Nine-stone Deirdre , 39 , halted the driverless car by pulling on the door handle . |
| 30 | The nine-year-old tearaway was arrested when a driver caught him trying to get into his car by sliding through the sunroof . |