Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv prt] by [verb] the " in BNC.

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1 ‘ You 've tackled it head on by letting the main character know that he is being written about .
2 When on a close reach , hook in by pulling the rig sharply towards you and letting the line swing up to meet your hook .
3 The first line of the CLI file turns printer echo on by sending the command to the CLI .
4 When clear of the top of the T , finish off by passing the last but one wrap over your finger tip to form a loop , pass round again and slip the end through the loop and pull tight , and the elasticity will hold everything tight .
5 Finish off by cleaning the monitor , keyboard , system unit case and any peripherals such as printers .
6 By concentrating upon information-processing , cognitivists end up by describing the unthinking individual , who thoughtlessly responds to the stimulus world .
7 If we start off by considering the accounting application as an object developed in C sitting there in the middle of the screen , we need the ability to talk to the users through a graphical user interface .
8 My own view is that scientific theories usually start out by assuming the existence of entities that no one has ever seen or touched — genes , atoms , photons , viruses .
9 Legal experts say it is worth protecting cheques until the new laws come in by making the alterations .
10 The space inside this large cube is called 1 cubic metre , ( 1 m3 ) which we work out by multiplying the length , width and height of the cube .
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