Example sentences of "[adj] by [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can dramatize this by discussing the one time when I did try to aim for a distant target . |
| 2 | Corporatist politics are sometimes marked at the local level , and Cawson himself ( 1985b ) recognizes this by distinguishing a whole category of ‘ local corporatism ’ . |
| 3 | They have achieved this by replacing the usual initial-value problem in terms of the Ernst equation by an equivalent 2 × 2 matrix homogeneous Hilbert problem in the complex plane . |
| 4 | He will do this by teaching the right kind of deeds , speech and thought , the right way of living , even the right places to visit or live in . |
| 5 | We can test this by considering an alternative opening : |
| 6 | We approach this by considering the elementary operations which are commonly used in the condensation of determinants . |
| 7 | All kinds of information informs my attitudes , but I need to verify this by inspecting the real thing very carefully . |
| 8 | Lee hoped to minimize the electoral consequences of this by encouraging the older members to retire , but with limited success . |
| 9 | A Kenlow fan was fitted but the engine overheated , we again solved this by fitting the thinner series III radiator and a special American aluminium fan from Jake Wright . |
| 10 | The only other dissenter is Mary Midgley who , with good sense , questions the pride of place given to an unambiguous vegetarianism ( 1983 : 25–7 ) : ‘ What the animals need most urgently is probably a campaign for treating them better before they are eaten ’ , and she augments this by advocating a gradual move towards the consumption of less meat ( 27 ) . |
| 11 | Both suggest that the brain does this by monitoring the statistical properties of activity . |
| 12 | Having failed English Alevel , five years on he made up for this by getting a first for his thesis and a fine arts degree from Portsmouth Polytechnic . |
| 13 | We did this by getting the smaller ones through the higher hole and the larger ones through the middle and lower parts . |
| 14 | It does this by underlining the rhetorical and argumentative dimensions of what Moscovici identifies as ‘ social representations ’ . |
| 15 | I 'd like to demonstrate this by reading a little bit from a letter that was sent to one of our members in this position . |
| 16 | He achieved this by using a ratchet-and-pawl mechanism to produce the rotary motion , combined with a flywheel which reduced the otherwise excessive variations in the speed of rotation . |
| 17 | LIFESPAN will assume that all the workspaces and the process directory are on the same device ( ie. |DEVICE| ) , but you can over-rule this by using a system-wide logical name . |
| 18 | Mushkin attempted this by using the same methodology that Denison used in relation to education and in relation to health for the period 1960–80 . |
| 19 | The project is addressing this by using the same forms to assess a comparison group of 400 children who have had no contact with social workers . |
| 20 | If you wish to leave plain stitches between each repeat , then you must indicate this by drawing a black square , in line with the two squares which set the height , on the last row of plain stitches required . |
| 21 | The computer does this by drawing a coloured and/or textured surface on a defined area . |
| 22 | Any sceptic can prove this by drawing the famous ley running south from Stonehenge through Old Sarum , Salisbury Cathedral , Clearbury Ring and Frankenbury Camp ( Figure 1 ) . |
| 23 | They do this by tapping the vast resource of surplus old and new books in the UK . |
| 24 | Energy efficiency can help in reducing CO2 levels in the atmosphere , and scientists can contribute significantly to this by taking a closer look at energy needs in their own working environment — the laboratory . |
| 25 | He achieves this by taking a central pillar in this tradition , Kant 's concept of the aesthetic as distanced contemplation which transcends the immediacy of experience , and demonstrating that this is only a single perspective , that of the dominant class . |
| 26 | Drive in the spade again , about 2–3 inches ( 5- 8cm ) from the cuttings slit , and lever the soil over tight against the cuttings — check this by taking a few between thumb and finger , and try to lift them : they should be quite firm . |
| 27 | It proposes to do this by taking a random sample of 200 households , obtained from a listing of all households in the district and then selecting at random one adult from each such household . |
| 28 | They would do this by promoting a healthier population not requiring such frequent hospital admission , by providing health care in more appropriate settings and by freeing ‘ blocked ’ beds more rapidly . |
| 29 | You can overcome this by knitting a doubled rib as follows : * |
| 30 | With the ‘ minimum ’ quantity rule , unexpectedly high levels of aggregate demand do not raise output above y n but unexpectedly low levels of aggregate demand will depress output below y n ( the reader may wish to verify this by imagining an actual aggregate demand curve to the left of AD ) . |