Example sentences of "[prep] it by [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Chaucer 's self-image is that of a writer , and he reflects upon it by exploring extremes in literature . |
2 | In the ‘ free chase ’ of Knaresborough , which had been assigned to Queen Isabella for life , they made an unauthorized perambulation and acted upon it by felling trees , planting hedges , and hunting the deer without warrant . |
3 | This is involuntary and undesirable and many firms will react to it by reducing output and laying off workers . |
4 | For all these reasons some economists have for years advocated this approach to monetary policy and during the 1970s a number of governments began at least to pay lip service to it by announcing target rates of growth for the money supply over the coming year . |
5 | three brass things , no it should n't be seen really , so I do n't know whether I 'm drawing attention to it by putting brass things |
6 | Living artists would keep adding to it by making contributions from their works . |
7 | They made it respectable to talk about it by linking grants with the proper adoption of equal opportunity policies . |