Example sentences of "[noun] by [verb] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One such person was John Curran , a producer at ITN , who had already demonstrated his kindness by giving me an answering machine so that I could screen any calls from the press . |
| 2 | Later , as the Shah began to get news of his own , repaid their kindness by giving them the stop press himself . |
| 3 | The clarinets qua clarinets are not heard , but they certainly improve the tone of the high trumpets by giving it a rounder , smoother , and more effortless quality . |
| 4 | But I would consider it a great honour and privilege if you would allow me to help you overcome this disadvantage by making you a gift of whatever you may need . ’ |
| 5 | The court will not , however , read an ambiguity into clear words by giving them a strained or tortured meaning . |
| 6 | It would be a tragic error to buy this man out of Kuwait by awarding him the starring role in Arab dealings with Israel . |
| 7 | But I just hope Rugby League bosses will help the rest of the British talent by giving them the right set-up in which to play and train . ’ |
| 8 | And once they were christened , as we might expect , the ‘ Hooligans ’ were understood as an entirely unprecedented and ‘ un-British ’ phenomenon : indeed , we must allow that it was most ingenious of late Victorian England to disown the British Hooligan by giving him an ‘ Irish ’ name . |
| 9 | If you are able to send a total of £35 or more we will show our thanks by sending you a free copy of ‘ How to be Green ’ . |
| 10 | You ca n't stop plaque forming but you can prevent it taking a hold by removing it every day . |
| 11 | He brought undue pressure to bear on his parents by giving them an entirely misleading account of the documents . |
| 12 | Since the teacher has already used a stick as a sign of Beowulf 's authority he decides to give this additional prominence by making it the object to be retrieved from under the chair . |
| 13 | The allusion to the famous novella in the Decameron ( 3 , 10 ) , in which ‘ to put the devil back in hell ’ was a euphemism for sexual intercourse by using which a hermit seduced a young novice , is given an application quite the reverse of Boccaccio 's warm-hearted celebration of the flesh : ‘ Yet this shall I ne'er know , but live in doubt/Till my bad angel fire my good one out . ’ |
| 14 | Mr Clarke and Mr Hunt told MPs the decision to break the law by dispensing with a 90-day consultation period was taken because of ‘ special circumstances ’ and in order to help the miners by giving them the best redundancy terms . |
| 15 | We can see him as it were constantly restraining his inventiveness , constantly trying to conform to an orthodox view against which his thoughts and emotions rebel , constantly trying to justify Chinese intelligence by dragging it a little nearer to some Western precedent . |
| 16 | By 1958 , with more than 50 papers published , the University of London recognised Barber 's contribution to chemotherapy by awarding him a DSc . |
| 17 | The designers decided to supply the cognitive power of this machine by giving it a human . |
| 18 | Lucille diverted the old lady by showing her the supper room which , like the ballroom , had been draped with the Belgian colours of black , gold and scarlet . |
| 19 | Granted that it is possible to initiate the civilisation of a child by giving it a knowledge of right and wrong , the question arises ‘ How does this knowledge become an automatic power of conscience which enables or compels the child , and later the adult , to act accordingly ? ’ . |
| 20 | I am sure that that former right hon. Member of this House could do a lot to help Northern Ireland by giving us a favourable response in the very near future , as I believe he will . |
| 21 | Belinda wheeled the trolley over and helped Faye by passing her the lancet and reading the reagent strip for her . |
| 22 | They will confirm the booking by sending you an invoice and detailed joining instructions . |
| 23 | In the first decade of his reign Selim had attempted to appease the Serbs by granting them a degree of self-government . |
| 24 | Again Heston held a good deal of creative control over the enterprise , and made his point to Caulfield by writing him a firm letter telling him to be on time or else . |
| 25 | Dogs Today 's Launch issue cover story last November featured Guinness , who earned a Bounce Superdog award when he saved his owner from a diabetic coma by fetching him a Mars bar . |
| 26 | Jeanette and Simon Edwards , who lost two babies in three years , want to show their support for the new group by giving it a cash boost . |
| 27 | A worker stimulates the grub to produce its silk by giving it a little squeeze . |
| 28 | Provide a sense of seclusion and an attractive feature in a garden which is lacking in privacy by building yourself an arbour . |
| 29 | If you want to lay concrete , you can improve its appearance by giving it a surface treatment , such as drawing a stiff broom over it when the initial set has taken place , which gives a fine-lined texture . |
| 30 | Mrs O'Neill had the sweetest tooth in Adam 's Creek , and Jed won a place in her affections on his very first day by buying her a Rocky Road on his way back from work . |