Example sentences of "[adv] by [verb] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The family kept together by focusing on the daily difficulties of life with the grandmother . |
| 2 | Having bought my car , if I want to travel from A to B in Britain I have to do so by travelling on the left-hand side of the road . |
| 3 | It is suggested that only by acting on the systems which constrain them can women hope to free themselves , and each of the three novels explores different possible forms this discursive action can take . |
| 4 | Only by concentrating on the object can you both analyse it and celebrate it . |
| 5 | It is only by concentrating on the differential element that literary studies can maintain its specific object of study . |
| 6 | Fig 94 Sailing backwards by pushing on the wrong side of the sail — a valuable skill |
| 7 | With the front foot on the pedal , the track is moved forwards by pushing downwards on the boom and backwards by pulling on the boom . |
| 8 | To find yourself able to leave everyone , and everything , behind just by drawing on the strength of your mind and indeed your body is a very liberating experience . |
| 9 | This acknowledgement of the debt [ normally by signing on the face of the bill ] gives the exporter more peace of mind as opposed to selling on open account terms , although there is still no guarantee of payment . |
| 10 | Further by focusing on the individual it may possible to shed a new light on the propensity to business failure , a feature neglected by studies focusing only on companies . |
| 11 | Dispossessed and relatively powerless groups — for example , American blacks or white working-class youths — articulate their various perspectives , as victims , on the dominant reality through musics which accept the basic rhythmic-harmonic framework derived from the tradition of notated music but at the same time work against this in various ways , notably by superimposing on the framework musical techniques typical of oral cultures . |
| 12 | And the army of companies , seeking to relieve angler and fishkeeper alike of their hard-earned , tap up both by playing on the twin human weaknesses of snobbery and one-upmanship . |
| 13 | He did so partly by relying on the unquestioned fact that death and violence were an integral element in many books which were already on the way to becoming children 's classics ; from a list compiled rather later in the century one might cite Grimm 's Fairy Tales , Hans Andersen 's and the expurgated Arabian Nights . |
| 14 | Senior management can keep a proper balance between different departments or functions eg. by deciding on the resources to allocate to each . |
| 15 | And it is not surprising when one considers that normally one detects a first edition simply by looking on the title verso for information . |
| 16 | Each video grab is displayed in the icon boxes and can be displayed in the main screen simply by clicking on the box . |
| 17 | Wear can not therefore be simulated by just sand-blasting the whole object , nor even by concentrating on the vulnerable parts with a coarse file . |
| 18 | If you are by nature a defensive fighter , then by adding on the abilities of an attacking fighter you will effectively double your capability . |
| 19 | Finally , reverting to Labour , Greg Pope , the new non-apostolic Labour man for Catholic Accrington unseated the Catholic Tory , Ken Hargreaves , not least by appearing on the ballot as Pope Gregory . |
| 20 | Open the ‘ Options ’ menu either by clicking on the menu bar with the mouse or typing the ALT and O keys together . |
| 21 | The purchaser should also ensure that the vendor is under an obligation to provide all necessary assistance and co-operation in obtaining the consents after completion either by relying on the general further assurance clause or by incorporating a dedicated further assurance clause such as that in clause 8.4 of the standard sale agreement ( see Appendix III ) . |
| 22 | The tawny owl produces the most representative prey assemblage from its habitat , including rare species , but the barn owl preserves the original community equitability more closely by concentrating on the more common species at the expense of missing the rare species . |