Example sentences of "[adv] by [v-ing] [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has to work through the agency of its possessors , and especially by picking out the weak points of their characters — possessiveness in Bilbo , fear in Frodo , patriotism in Boromir , pity in Gandalf . |
| 2 | We need only recognize that history is a method with no distinct object corresponding to it to reject the equivalence between the notion of history and the notion of humanity which some have tried to foist on us with the unavowed aim of making historicity the last refuge of a transcendental humanism : as if men could regain the illusion of liberty on the plane of the ‘ we ’ merely by giving up the ‘ I 's that are too obviously wanting in consistency . |
| 3 | We can certainly make some progress towards doing so by peeling away the gender-drama from the conflicts of ideals in which it has often figured , and trying to see those conflicts in sex-neutral terms . |
| 4 | So by studying how the life habits of living bivalves are reflected in the shapes of the shells we can make deductions about how the fossils lived . |
| 5 | Only by knowing how the processor was constructed could you say whether that state signified anything . |
| 6 | The King of Prussia kept up a desperate defensive campaign against his other main enemies , Austria and Russia ; Britain contributed to this struggle not only by keeping up the army for the defence of Hanover and western Germany but also by supplying money , first as loans and then about £3m. in grants , to keep the Prussian army going . |
| 7 | The Scots say they can only be driven away by holding up an open Bible in their face . |
| 8 | Thus by considering how the vector representation of ( ) changes in the s-plane diagram as ο varies , the frequency dependences of both the magnitude and phase of G ( ο); can be visualised . |
| 9 | ‘ We have modified it a little already by putting back the starting time from 10 to 10.30 , ’ he said . |
| 10 | So what numbers could you make just by taking just a few of these and |
| 11 | For instance you could n't , like nowadays , tighten up a slack scene where people were n't picking up their cues so quickly by cutting out a few pauses here and there . |
| 12 | Now according to a report in today 's Guardian , the company is considering going a step further by setting up a manufacturing plant in Russia . |
| 13 | It is a simple matter to test the battery of the transmitter even before leaving home by carrying out a range check in conjunction with the receiver . |
| 14 | She had tried to make a pipe once by hollowing out the pith , spongy like the white stuff inside a peeled rush , carving holes with an awl , but the pipe had never done more than make thin sounds magnifying her breathing . |
| 15 | In 1972 the Heath Government promoted a major Local Government Act designed to strengthen local councils , partly by weeding out the smaller and weaker local units and partly by helping the whole system to become more efficient . |
| 16 | It 's simple to do this now by filling in the direct debit and covenant on the back of the donation form . |
| 17 | A small collection can be monitored regularly by carrying out a check of all objects against the register , but in the case of a very large collection this may well be impracticable . |
| 18 | DAVID Rocastle aims to get off to a flier with Leeds today by chalking up a hat-trick in the Makita Tournament . |
| 19 | Simply by filling in a form giving a few details such as variety of wheat to be grown , date of planting and previous cropping in the field , Davies and his colleagues can , with the addition of weather data fed in 365 days a year from 45 centres around the country , predict with unerring accuracy exactly when the farmer should spread his ‘ Nitram ’ to get the best results . |
| 20 | For instance , you can knock out a Quick Report simply by filling in the blanks on what looks like the normal data entry form . |
| 21 | ‘ The only thing that glass does n't do as well as metal is that metal generates some sound simply by moving up the string , and I really like that kind of character . |
| 22 | Pupils were invited to join the poll , casting as many votes as they wished simply by writing down a teacher 's name again and again . |
| 23 | All they have to do is erase the magical circle , which they can do simply by rubbing out a few inches of the chalk with a rag or cloth . |
| 24 | Weediness , it would seem , can not be fully described simply by totting up a score . |
| 25 | It 's always exacting to work a patchwork sweater , simply by joining together a group of your test pieces , but a similar idea is to mark out patches on a squared sweater diagram and work a variety of these patterns for a sampler sweater . |
| 26 | A new type is on the market which will produce small groups of narrow pleats in addition to a standard gather , simply by pulling up an alternative set of cords . |
| 27 | Those which have are reaping impressive rewards simply by identifying precisely the services or products customers want ; looking at their most lucrative areas ; finding out what clients really value ; and establishing what would make them move to a competing hotel . |
| 28 | Willis dealt with her admirably by taking almost no notice of what she said . |
| 29 | Knowing that mere seconds might mean the difference between life and death for the hundreds of people trapped by the explosions , IMDEC responded immediately by setting up a citizens ' coordinating committee , drawing on the expertise and resources of 27 social and human rights organisations . |
| 30 | We can usefully begin our discussion here by taking up a very important and characteristic religious theme : the ambiguity or ambivalence which is so often such a striking feature of mystical power . |