Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] by [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | These relations or ties organize and , to some extent create a text , for instance by requiring the reader to interpret words and expressions by reference to other words and expressions in the surrounding sentences and paragraphs . |
| 2 | A better understanding of the toxin 's mode of action at the molecular level could lead to other strategies to circumvent resistance , for instance by redesigning the target-selecting region of the toxins . |
| 3 | One possibility is to ignore the part of the award of damages which exceeds the amount exempt from tax under the ‘ golden handshake ’ rules , for instance by expressing the exempt amount ( currently £30,000 ) as an annual income over the unexpired period of the contract , estimating what the tax would be on that imaginary income and deducting that tax from the total compensation . |
| 4 | They may also be expressed syntactically , for instance by manipulating the order of elements in a clause to indicate certain relations between the elements or the function of the clause ( cf. the difference between the order of elements in a statement and a question in English : She had forgotten about the party . |
| 5 | A restructured CAP must a ] so take account of the interests of the Third World , for instance by reducing the production of the sugar cane substitutes which reduce exports from many poorer countries . |
| 6 | Physical methods of estimating substances , for instance by measuring the absorption or emission of light at specific wavelengths , all increased the power , speed , and sensitivity of investigations . |
| 7 | Making the necessary adjustments , for instance by adding the gender dimension in the target text ( English table : French la/une table ) is usually straightforward and automatic because the distinctions themselves are largely arbitrary . |
| 8 | The aim is greater value for money by improving the efficiency and effectiveness with which departments deliver policies , programmes and service . |
| 9 | Others are not — such as adding to the cost of employment during recession by raising the amount workers and companies contribute to unemployment insurance . |
| 10 | As Lord Devlin has explained : " … you can not escape liability for defamation by putting the libel behind a prefix such as " I have been told that … " " or " it is rumoured that … " " , and then asserting that it was true that you had been told or that it was in fact being rumoured … |
| 11 | Steve Tshwete , himself a former flanker and now the ANC 's chief of sport , told RW&P in an exclusive interview to be published next month , that sportsmen would be expected to ‘ take the field wearing armbands and stickers on their kits showing their commitment to peace and democracy in South Africa ’ and to ‘ show their support for out struggle by visiting the scene of the Boipatong massacre ’ . |
| 12 | French policy sought to create a substitute for independence by designating the protectorates of former French Indo-China , and subsequently Cochin China , as associated states within the French Union . |
| 13 | An alternative explanation lies in Dr Mahatir 's ‘ look East ’ policy , designed to break away — finally and for ever — from the colonial past and to speed up the pace of change by harnessing the vitality of Japanese firms . |
| 14 | It sets out to achieve its objective of protection by promoting the kind of policies and practices which it believes would enable the rural environment to be utilised and developed for the good of society without destroying aesthetic and spiritual beauty , and by opposing other policies and practices which in its view would have such an effect . |
| 15 | Normally , purchasers will achieve these three levels of protection by using the methods described below : ( 1 ) Due diligence. ( 2 ) Warranties and indemnities. ( 3 ) Restrictive covenants . |
| 16 | Thus , shortly after the Electricity Act received the royal assent , in September 1947 , Attlee appointed Gaitskell as Minister in his place , and it therefore fell to him to carry through the Government 's work of nationalisation by completing the appointments to the Boards and the working out of the new relationship of Ministry and BEA . |
| 17 | It was left to Unix System Labs to step in a few weeks later and take the reins of ANDF by licensing the Ten15 technology from DRA , saying it would productise ANDF in a future release of its Unix SVR4.2 operating system ( UX No 390 ) , see front page . |
| 18 | We ran this kind of course by asking the teachers at the beginning of the course to select some device they 'd like to make , that they 'd seen the circuit of in a in a school magazine school science review magazine , and then build that . |
| 19 | to be of value as a form of catechesis by promoting the development and maturing of faith — a faith based not on blind obedience , nor brought about by coercion on the part of parents or teachers ; but rather , based on a reasoned , personal response to the call of Jesus . |
| 20 | You can often save yourself a lot of money by tackling the simpler problems yourself . |
| 21 | He wrote to the managing director of THF 's leisure division , suggesting that the company could make a lot of money by putting the machines into its own outlets . |
| 22 | Joan can be said to be responding to Carol 's relatively heavy use of Creole by increasing the " Creole feature rating " of her own utterances : thus the two " negotiate a language " which is identifiable as " Creole " or " Patois " by virtue of there being Creole features in the speech of all parties , though to differing degrees . |
| 23 | We must sustain the infrastructure of the arts in this time of recession by spreading the funds available to all forms of the arts and not to a select few with a special clout . |
| 24 | LORD Whitelaw , the former deputy prime minster , warned yesterday of the danger of producing low-quality acts of parliament by overloading the 15-bill Queen 's Speech programme with additional ‘ instant legislation ’ . |
| 25 | Attempts have also been made in the Soviet Union to strengthen democratic control of administration by augmenting the authority of elected deputies to exercise an ombudsman-like role ( Hill , Dunmore and Dawisha 1981 , p. 213 ) . |
| 26 | For the great majority of women sterilisation provides peace of mind by removing the fear of unplanned pregnancy and this can lead to a happier sex life . |
| 27 | Our GP told me that a drug called Dexamethazone , although in no way a cure , would probably help Nigel 's state of mind by reducing the pressure of the growth on his brain . |
| 28 | Similarly the attempt to reveal the falsity of this representation of labour by examining the history of its development is part of a revolutionary activity since it challenges the unquestionability of the dominant representation . |
| 29 | We see there how Eliot indulged his sense of irony by resuscitating the voices of older poets through his anthropological interests and satirizing ‘ a time , barren of myths ’ and a world of those ‘ illimitable suburbs ’ which he saw in 1921 as filled with the public school 's ‘ petrified product ’ . |
| 30 | You can also repeat a specified section of tape by using the Loc 1 and Loc 2 buttons , also in the Autolocator section . |