Example sentences of "[conj] by [verb] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Offer photographs to other publications by phone or by stating on the release that photographs are available on request . |
| 2 | It was held that by drawing on the company 's bank account , the defendant had assumed the rights of an owner . |
| 3 | There is a danger that by remaining on the file the picture acquires a spurious aura of eternal truth . |
| 4 | Governments with limited resources seeking to lower mortality and to decrease population growth will be more likely to achieve these objectives by concentrating on family planning programmes than by insisting on the primacy of health care services — and they will not be sacrificing humanitarian goals by doing so . " |
| 5 | At present , more can be achieved by avoiding exposure to recognized carcinogens than by relying on the discovery of new remedies . |
| 6 | By considering the intergenerational transmission process , and by focusing on the equilibrium properties of the distribution , we are taking a long-term view . |
| 7 | And by working on the side wh which I say as very necessary to get her that uniform . |
| 8 | I moved backwards and by standing on the low wall that bordered the towering yew hedge , I gained a level view of the kitchen . |
| 9 | Most of these , as opposed to Hollywood films , go to immense trouble to get the details right , and by concentrating on the background rather than what 's going on you can get a fine haul , especially with the aid of a video . |
| 10 | This set out a pattern of Soviet policy in Far East and South East Asia in terms of a Soviet policy which sought to weaken the ties between the colonies and the colonial powers through the encouragement of nationalism and by capitalizing on the discontent caused by long periods of ‘ colonial oppression ’ and by disrupting the colonial economies either by armed action or by labour disorders so that the metropolitan powers would be deprived of revenue and resources . |
| 11 | We all like solving problems and by focussing on the visual we can present a class with a range of problems to solve . |
| 12 | Born in the Gorbals , he learned boxing in a Catholic youth club and by fighting on the street-corners . |
| 13 | Explanation flows not from analysis of archaeological data but by reasoning on the basis of what seems most likely given the manner in which the data has been presented . |
| 14 | But by focusing on the way party leaderships and their organisational structures block the road to realignment on the left , Hall passes over the fundamental weakness of radical culture in British civil society . |
| 15 | and probab er probably Thursday morning as , as well , so I 'll probably have Thursday , Friday maybe Saturday , well , oh I should have , because by working on the games Thursday morning , that 's another three hours , that 's , brings me up to , twenty eight , yes twenty eight er er thirty one and er , I 'll , I 've got class top contacts time in the , in the afternoon , so that does n't count , Friday I 've got class , a two hour class , but er , tt , I 'll be working outside , in fact that class will be cancelled that day , so it 's er , so four hours that 's thirty six er , Saturday forty two , Tuesday erm tt , oh that week I 'll have a six for Wednesday er nine Thursday er twelve for Tuesday another twelve , plus the evening twelve , plus two , plus another six , that 's eight and a half , eighteen , another eighteen hours |
| 16 | Herein lies a paradox : for in examining " micro " variables ( for example , two variant pronunciations of the vowel sound of house ) , variationists draw conclusions about the social stratification of a whole speech community ; whereas by focusing on the " macro " parameters of language choice and sequentiality in turn-taking , researchers like Auer draw conclusions about the motivation for an individual linguistic event — a particular code switch in a particular conversation . |
| 17 | They have devious ways of making money from bereaved people 's misery , whether by knocking on the door after a death , offering to clear the house for cash , including any objects of value ; or by offering solace in exchange for cash or fees . |