Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [noun] by [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The game could be a bit quicker with more chances for catching opponents by surprise and I have no doubt that David Johnson ( Watsonians , Glasgow and Scotland ‘ A ’ coach ) will be studying the possibilities so that hopefully Watsonians will be at the fore in adapting their style . |
| 2 | Others will normally have made arrangements with the departmental secretary for seeing students by appointment . |
| 3 | There is a penchant , almost , for resolving disputes by discussion , by sitting around a table and ironing out one 's differences . |
| 4 | The flyer for the day trip announces that , after leaving Belgrade by coach at 8 a.m. , you arrive at Vukovar at 10 , ‘ the town whose monuments meant cultural and spiritual treasure of that part of the country . |
| 5 | ( Hereafter followed a barrage of supportive comments such as recommending replacement by gorse for prettiness , or rubber trees for revenue . |
| 6 | Unlike the traditional methods of catching tuna by line or by lure , superseiners are able to scoop up entire schools , without a single fish escaping . |
| 7 | As in a normal environment , an individual in a time-free experiment will show a very similar pattern of eating day by day . |
| 8 | In England the Criminal Law Revision Committee took the view that it is not , and therefore supported the division between fundamental deceptions ( as to identity or the nature of the act ) and lesser deceptions , placing the latter within the less serious category of procuring sex by deception . |
| 9 | THE IDEA of transmitting signals by light is old . |
| 10 | Most UN member states shared that anxiety , and for that reason the preamble to Resolution 242 included an affirmation of the inadmissibility of acquiring territory by war . |
| 11 | To this end , some remarks are included on the practical problem of gaining acceptance by management of the use of such techniques in a field still sometimes regarded as one where judgement alone is relevant . |
| 12 | Instead of gaining entry by qualification to a professional body , teachers , on becoming qualified , may join ( if they so wish ) one of six unions . |
| 13 | In Locke 's view , it is an idea of ‘ an extended solid substance , capable of communicating motion by impulse ’ . |
| 14 | It too has made some disposals of companies during the year , has reduced the number of operating subsidiaries by amalgamation and has raised the pro-file of its internal audit team . |
| 15 | It also marked a first move towards meeting demands by Congress for major reductions in the strength of the armed services by 1994 , in the light of decreasing tensions between the North Atlantic Treaty Organization ( NATO ) and the Warsaw Pact . |
| 16 | For the incident has not only highlighted the risks of transporting oil by tanker past sensitive environments , but also brought the wider issue of UK oil consumption and energy policy to the fore once again . |
| 17 | The desert is a place of scorching heat by day and bitter cold by night and the mission would find little water for themselves or their animals for weeks at a time . |
| 18 | an order for delivery of the goods , but giving the defendant the alternative of paying damages by reference to the value of the goods , together in either alternative with payment of any consequential damages , or |
| 19 | Instead of conferring entitlement by way of primary legislation , compensation would be paid ex-gratia without the presumption of State liability . |
| 20 | However , the risks involved in profit maximisation may be unacceptable to managers who may prefer to safeguard their position by reducing competition through takeovers instead of maximising profits by competition . |
| 21 | Write down three advantages and three disadvantages of selling goods by franchise . |
| 22 | The cost to the vendor of selling land by auction is normally higher than by tender or private treaty — approximately £1000 above the standard percentage fee . |
| 23 | Before concluding this chapter a few remarks on the subject of doubling strings by wind may be useful . |
| 24 | I. iii , ‘ of moving accidents by flood and field ’ , DS 6 . |
| 25 | Stenotopy is a means of recording shorthand by machine and is used mainly for conference recording . |
| 26 | Costs tend to be be I mean it costs now costs are those of doing things by hand . |
| 27 | The purpose of the 1944 Regulations , and by inference like legislation , was to protect employees against the consequences of doing things by reason of inadvertence or inattention which they would not normally do . |
| 28 | The most important factor was said to be a high use of deputising services associated with higher rates of visiting and less use of giving advice by telephone . |
| 29 | Instead of taking essences by mouth to help certain health problems ( as advocated by some aromatherapists ) I have suggested herb teas where appropriate . |
| 30 | This kind of tonal contradiction may not necessarily follow clear key patterns ( as in bitonality and polytonality ) , but the idea of creating stress by note-conflict is very much the same . |