Example sentences of "[conj] by [v-ing] [pron] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even if an ineffective treatment does not in itself cause damage it may harm patients by raising false expectations or by deflecting them from a better treatment , so this criterion would leave virtually all unproved treatment open to investigation . |
| 2 | If their appetites return following the deprivation then it would be pointless of anyone to argue , after the manner of Regan , that by barring them from eating what they prefer the farmer is harming their interests . |
| 3 | operations of the enterprise may be jeopardised by the frequent attendance of executives at meetings , and by distracting them from their real duties ; |
| 4 | ‘ You will have demonstrated that you are his servant , for by removing yourself from the court at such a crucial hour you will have proved to him that he was right to trust you . ’ |
| 5 | For by freeing themselves from war , the great Catholic powers were freeing themselves to attack the heretics , and attack they did . |