Example sentences of "[adv] by [v-ing] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ski free in France : eat and sleep rurally and ski touristically by driving to the resort each day . |
| 2 | I would like you to get to know your body better by looking in the mirror and seeing the improvements in your shape as each day goes by . |
| 3 | My friends liked the idea of letting their feet come round naturally by unwinding into the turn and will try that to help their parallels this winter . |
| 4 | Apart from their ‘ vertical ’ obligations individuals were tied together by belonging to the same group . |
| 5 | The family kept together by focusing on the daily difficulties of life with the grandmother . |
| 6 | Let me therefore start afresh by looking at the common law . |
| 7 | Despite all the homilies from the PGA that professional golfers must help the sponsor in every way possible , especially by cooperating with the media and especially with television , Jack had been known to stride straight past a TV interviewer without a word . |
| 8 | As with classroom practice , it can learn much by attending to the best of what is taking place in its schools . |
| 9 | Perhaps by joining in the public disapproval of surrogacy , and seemingly sharing the moral universe of ‘ Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells ’ , the Committee may have increased their sphere of influence . |
| 10 | It can not be said , merely by looking at the allegations in the statement of claim , which is all that is permissible under the terms of the preliminary point of law , that the council could not have considered the action expedient for the promotion or protection of the interests of the inhabitants of Derbyshire . |
| 11 | The Beagle was on the point of leaving when he found out that the natives could tell which island a tortoise came from merely by looking at the shape of its shell . |
| 12 | Broad political support will not , of course , be won merely by appealing to the inherent rationality of planning as opposed to the profit-oriented allocation of resources . |
| 13 | Even if your company 's main task is , for example , to carry on business in the chemical industry , this can probably be changed , if you wish to , merely by going to the annual general meeting . |
| 14 | An investigation of nursery school children demonstrated that their teachers were able to halve the frequency of fights and quarrels merely by attending to the children when they were playing peacefully , and offering comments such as ‘ That 's nice ’ , ‘ You are playing well together ’ . |
| 15 | She found her bearings conventionally enough by working for the US information office in Bogota , Colombia , and then in Rio di Janeiro where she acquired a lifelong love for Brazil . |
| 16 | So by looking at the mates of the heavier hens , Petrie could discover what confers desirable quality in a cock . |
| 17 | If one was asked to produce a summary of the kind of case into which the tribunal was intended to inquire one would do so by looking at the situations which the tribunal has to determine which are mentioned in the statute . |
| 18 | Right , so by looking at the graph , I am just trying to impress upon you that structural change can not always be spotted simply by looking at the data right , anyway , let's now move on to estimate our first model . |
| 19 | The majority , however , did so by appealing to the view of the Revolution offered by the Convention , that James had abdicated the throne . |
| 20 | Anyone who would like to make recommendations can do so by writing to the Department of the Environment at Room 11/20 , Tollgate House , Houlton Street , Bristol BS2 9DJ , quoting the reference APP/C/92/M1710/616168 . |
| 21 | Pensioner members who wish to take up this suggestion may do so by writing to the Honorary finance Officer stating when they retired/resigned from the Bank and quote their membership/staff number and , in their letter , incorporate a clear request that all or part of the sum be donated to the Frank Holden Defence Fund . . . |
| 22 | In her eyes , she could only do so by stepping outside the framework imposed by the Act . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Linguistic research which was meant to help women understand and change their reality is being used here to hurt them , if only by creating in the mind of the female reader one more problem , a linguistic inadequacy for which she must blame herself . |
| 25 | The scene shifted and I found myself at the head of a stairwell , aware that yet another place might be reached but only by somersaulting over the banister and walking my feet down the opposite wall as one might descend a defile in a crag . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | When John Major is invited to sign the treaty devised by Jacques Delors , he should not only by thinking about the likely effects on the British economy , but also about Eastern Europe 's moral claims on the existing members of the EC . |
| 28 | But most of the Yorkist establishment had remained loyal to Edward IV and the rebels ultimately achieved a precarious viability only by looking outside the realm for support : to Louis XI of France and the exiled Lancastrians whom he harboured . |
| 29 | But most of the Yorkist establishment had remained loyal to Edward IV and the rebels ultimately achieved a precarious viability only by looking outside the realm for support : to Louis XI of France and the exiled Lancastrians whom he harboured . |
| 30 | You have free access to the family outside their house , but when they are inside you can investigate them only by looking through the windows of their house . |