Example sentences of "[verb] [noun sg] by [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed a site visit to a Roman fort could be given spice by letting the pupils try out their machines on site . |
| 2 | We were taught the right way to hold the tiller and mainsheet , how to pull the sail in and out and how to ‘ tack ’ — change direction by turning the front of the dinghy into the wind . |
| 3 | Soaring like a sharp wedge , its sandstone rocks have defied the storms of ages but have been split and shattered into a succession of strange pinnacles requiring the skill of rockclimbers to surmount although , by trial and error , walkers can make progress by avoiding the crest of the ridge in places of difficulty , using stony gullies for descent and re-ascent . |
| 4 | Such a climatic change would severely limit pine growth by causing waterlogging , encouraging bog expansion , and inhibiting regeneration by reducing the number of good seed-years . |
| 5 | This dissolves hair by breaking the sulphur bonds of the keratin , the protein from which hair is made . |
| 6 | He said Labour would boost agriculture by encouraging the production of food at home to improve Britain 's balance of payments deficit ; reforming the common agricultural policy , and shifting the emphasis to decision making at national and regional level . |
| 7 | Gould 's nominations were more broadly based and he is gaining momentum by contesting the two posts at once . |
| 8 | Optical methods of checking thickness by examining the interference colours will not work for these very thin slices , which produce very bright , high order colours . |
| 9 | ‘ Further falls in base rates to at least 6pc are necessary ; in addition , specific measures to stimulate the housing market would boost confidence by indicating the Government 's commitment to the home-owner . ’ |
| 10 | 2.4 It is Department of Education and Science ( DES ) policy , and is enshrined in National Curriculum documents on modern foreign languages , ‘ to encourage diversification by widening the choice of first foreign languages available ’ in schools . |
| 11 | The information contained in the definition of objects can also boost efficiency by reducing the time needed to retrieve complex collections of data . |
| 12 | It 's a method of diagnosing illness by examining the iris of the eye . |
| 13 | It 's also double-bound in white plastic , which should tell you that Fender have simplified production by using the exact same bodies you 'd find on the ‘ 62 rosewood-neck reissues . |
| 14 | The rods are able to increase sensitivity by pooling the signals from several rods before passing the information to the brain . |
| 15 | We are in thrall to the uniquely Western illusion of cheating time by investing the temporal with immortality . |
| 16 | This involved a 65mm camera that could do stop-motion by leaving the shutter open for an extended time and also refocus automatically while moving back and forth on a track as well as up and down , if necessary . |
| 17 | Insider dealing threatens to destroy confidence by undermining the general public 's belief that they have an equal chance of profiting from securities trades . |
| 18 | The eleventh-century punishment for causing inflation by reducing the value of coins ( usually by using base metals or clipping off pieces of silver ) was the loss of the right hand and castration . |
| 19 | In 1854 – 5 the state had spent the equivalent of three years ' income on the war and had accelerated inflation by covering the deficit with paper money . |
| 20 | The machines included equipment with which an operator could do programming by editing the computer tapes that white-collar staff provided . |
| 21 | Wright explains that these toxins probably cause diarrhoea by stimulating the phosphorylation of proteins that control sodium secretion by intestinal cells . |
| 22 | This also means you are saving space by minimising the number of terminals at the reception desk . |
| 23 | Not only do they bring symmetry by removing the order of assignments , but by allowing such assignments as unc they will allow us to eliminate all assignments to bound variables . |
| 24 | Rather , it is that the active exploitation by trade unions of their monopoly requires a higher rate of unemployment than any acceptable notion of full employment will admit ; and hence , that attempts by the Government to create employment by stimulating the economy will not only be inflationary but will fail . |
| 25 | A female deacon has made history by becoming the first woman to be put in charge of a parish in the Gloucester Diocese . |
| 26 | FIGURE 6 Finally , I added detail by using the pastel in a more graphic way |
| 27 | Restrict photosynthesis by reducing the lighting , and block off the sunlight with kitchen foil , or if this affects viewing , use clingfilm , which stops U.V. light . |
| 28 | It was held that the defendant had infringed copyright by copying the two-line moving cursor menu . |
| 29 | Many homeowners with DIY skills get the professionals in to do the tricky bits and supply the labour , or save money by managing the project themselves . |
| 30 | Hence the manager increases income by earning the incentive payment , but social welfare is also increased thereby , this to a greater extent , and permanently . |