Example sentences of "[coord] [noun sg] by [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you want to send money or jewellery ( as defined above ) within the UK , then you can obtain compensation cover against loss or damage by using the Registered Service . |
| 2 | This ratio gives investors a common yardstick to measure the attitude of the market as a whole to all companies regardless of size or industry by reducing the comparison to the simple question ‘ How much is the market willing to pay for a unit of earnings ? ’ . |
| 3 | Although the codes ( still voluntary ) have since been improved , the preface to them all still acknowledges that ‘ nearly all livestock husbandry systems impose restrictions on the stock and some of these can cause an unacceptable degree of discomfort or distress by preventing the animals from fulfilling their basic needs . ’ |
| 4 | When a choreographer creates a ballet based on ancient Greek or Roman myth and legend , or on medieval legends and the fairy tales derived from them , he can find inspiration for ways of acting out the story or theme by reading the works of authors such as Homer and Plato . |
| 5 | It will be noted that no reference has been made to service by post ; the provisions in the Rules of the Supreme Court permitting the use of ‘ ordinary first-class post ’ or service by inserting the writ through the letter-box at the defendant 's address are not applied to service out of the jurisdiction . |
| 6 | While great emphasis has rightly been placed on the active involvement of the pupils in their learning , it should always be remembered that there is still a place for the teacher to convey a feel for an event or person by presenting the story . |
| 7 | There are good reasons for distinguishing it both from the level of the meanings of expressions , as will become apparent later in the text ( see in particular Chapter 6 ) , and from whatever more general non-linguistic level of mental activity has to take responsibility for human perception of external phenomena ; a sufficient reason is that speakers of the language are well aware that they can seek to identify one and the same entity or property by using the meanings of various different expressions : Examples like ( 22 ) are familiarly put forward as showing the distinction between meaning and reference ; they may serve that purpose but that is quite a different matter . |
| 8 | Collectivist strategies attempted to restrain any tendencies towards statism or socialism by tempering the full rigours of laissez-faire capitalism through a renewal of state and semi-state institutions . |
| 9 | Then oestrogen comes into play : it acts to protect the vital organs from the rubbish circulating in the blood and lymph by sending the toxins to areas where they will be relatively harmless to a growing baby . |
| 10 | In summary , our understanding of basic cognitive processes suggests that top managers can have a powerful effect on organization behaviour and direction by reducing the variety in subordinates ' schemas ( core values ) . |
| 11 | The Foundation must aim to build up and then maintain energy and momentum by exploiting the moral authority of its position as insistent ‘ animateur ’ . |
| 12 | The Department of Trade and Industry recognised the effectiveness of teacher placements in promoting a working partnership between education and industry by identifying the placement programme as a central element of the initiative . |
| 13 | American congressmen will soon be debating the most radical financial reform that country has contemplated since the 1930s , one that could change the links between finance and industry by ending the old separation between commercial and investment banks , and by allowing industrial firms to own banks . |
| 14 | Hugh Manson has tried for the best combination of feel and usability by planing the fingerboard to a compound radius — a medium-curved 10″ radius near the headstock , but flattening right out to 16″ as it reaches the upper frets , in order to minimise the strings choking off when you play bent notes and to allow a lower overall action . |
| 15 | He showed he like democracy and civilisation by carrying the conch everywhere . |
| 16 | In 1988 he emulated Fittipaldi and Piquet by lifting the world crown . |
| 17 | In order to assess its influence we will consider the work of Auguste Comte and Emile Durkheim , as leading exponents of the tradition , and will also examine the application of their theories to the questions of government and law by considering the work of Leon Duguit . |
| 18 | Except to hidebound conservatives , it was evident that , whatever body of men governed patriot Spain , it must seek strength and legitimacy by summoning the nation to a Cortes . |
| 19 | It is proposed to quantify the patients ' recovery and rehabilitation by measuring the oxygen intake required during a walk of 100 metres ten days after the operation . |
| 20 | The same potential exists in rape films which confirm ‘ macho ’ myths about the sexiness of male power and aggression by suggesting the invariable gratitude of rape victims for the satisfying , liberating attentions of the rapist . |
| 21 | Recent legislation , on employment protection by making provision for disclosure of information and advance consultation on redundancy , and on health and safety by bringing the subject into the sphere of joint regulation , is advanced as the basis for this declaration : ‘ It can be argued indeed that the basis for a legislative framework designed to encourage industrial democracy at shop floor level already exists ’ . |
| 22 | Although controlling inflation , running at around 12 per cent , remained a priority , the government hoped to boost private lending and enterprise by cutting the floor rate on commercial lending by 1 percentage point to 14 per cent [ for last interest rate rise see p. 38533 ] . |
| 23 | It aims to save the ego from anxiety and conflict by removing the causes from the inner to the outer world . |
| 24 | Therefore , because capitalism as a system posited a separation of state and direct economic power — in its classical form — it was possible to examine the regularities of economic processes and development by abstracting the role of the state from this process . |
| 25 | Ignore personal attacks and criticism by thanking the opposition for their feedback and then moving on with the positive aspects of your case . |
| 26 | For example , ethanol can be separated from a liquid mixture of ethanol and water by shaking the mixture with silica gel . |
| 27 | Though not normally noted for their philanthropy , lawyers say they are standing up for the common man and woman by condemning the Scottish Office plans to change civil legal aid and to a lesser extent legal advice and assistance . |
| 28 | To investigate the prevalence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA in granulomatous tissues from patients with sarcoidosis and from controls matched for age , sex , and tissue by using the polymerase chain reaction . |
| 29 | Later in the report local authorities are enjoined to ‘ maximise choice and competition by encouraging the further development of private services ’ . |
| 30 | This is a French seaweed — applied at a temperature seven degrees below normal body heat — which tones up thighs and tum by restricting the body 's normal blood flow . |