Example sentences of "[vb pp] by [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The women 's singles championship went to Joan Blackett who beat Gwen Wharton 21–13 while John Hanmer beat Les Appleby 21–13 to secure a men 's singles championship final place in a breathtaking match dominated by drawing to the jack end after end . |
| 2 | We created an attractive and useful patio area paved with wooden decking and surrounded by planting towards the lower end of the garden . |
| 3 | At home , on both wings of her Cabinet , are ministers who regard green politics as no more than the latest fad ; the election will not be won by fighting on the beaches , in the air , and in the green belts , but once again in the pockets of the people , is their view . |
| 4 | The analysis can be simplified by concentrating on the d.c. and fundamental components of voltage and current . |
| 5 | In fact , the individual migrants who participate in this urban migration manage to generate income which is more attractive to them than the income they would have earned by remaining in the rural areas . |
| 6 | Since the relevant ones will be concentrated in one area of the inverted tree they can be quickly located by moving from the root downwards and along the correct branches , without ever having to search the whole database . |
| 7 | This has to be approached by looking at the expert clause and other instructions given to the expert . |
| 8 | From the road , No. 6 Commando positions could be approached by passing through the farm . |
| 9 | A new book or topic in history is best approached by moving from the general to the particular , and from the simple text to the complex one . |
| 10 | This core can then be supplemented by relying on the open labour market to provide temporary or seasonal workers but also by increasing the share of orders given to subcontractors . |
| 11 | One of the police officers responded by referring to the ‘ new manual ’ , parts of which were then read out in court . |
| 12 | The African National Council — one of whose leaders he is — have responded by breaking off the talks with the Smith government . |
| 13 | Tinbergen , for example , presented model bills of adult herring gulls ( Larus argentatus ) to the chicks of that species ; the chicks responded by pecking at the red spot at the top of the bill , which strongly suggests that the red spot is a signal , meaning ‘ start pecking ’ ( Figure 6.1 ) . |
| 14 | Friends of the Earth responded by calling on the industry to publicize levels of all toxic emissions . |
| 15 | On Oct. 9 , demonstrators responded by calling for the resignation of Crimea 's authorities and cancellation of the new resolution . |
| 16 | As the story of a collapsing school filled the headlines of press , television and radio , many teachers responded by retreating from the more informal approaches to learning which non-selection at 11 had encouraged , into the safety of more traditional methods . |
| 17 | They have been caught in the crossfire of this particular Serbo-Croat war and have responded by fighting against the Serbs whose reservist soldiers in the Mostar barracks have behaved atrociously over the past six months . |
| 18 | The down-problem is solved by adding to the optimal tableau of LPk and using the dual simplex method ( in its upper-bound form ) to restore optimality . |
| 19 | Overnights can be arranged in Kathmandu , but longer trips should be booked by writing to the company at PO Box 2769 , Kathmandu , Nepal . |
| 20 | For almost the first decade of its existence , the resources of the Modular Course were entirely absorbed by coping with the first-order problems of survival and growth . |
| 21 | This was done by looking at the spectrum of laser light scattered off the electrons in the plasma . |
| 22 | Obviously , sorting out the courses which are on offer can best be done by writing for the prospectus but with any application the question that will be of overriding importance is how you are going to finance your training . |
| 23 | This should be done by writing to the Address given below or by completing and returning the tear-off slip which was included with the Notification of Entry . |
| 24 | This may be done by including in the grant of the option a proviso that it is to be void if it is not registered as an estate contract within , say , three months from the date of the lease . |
| 25 | As you gain experience some of the checking can well be done by listening to the recording , thus saving time working with the LH . |
| 26 | This is done by distributing to the membership a quarterly magazine ( Ada User ) , organising an annual conference and an exhibition . |
| 27 | In the UK this is done by working with the Department of the Environment , HM Customs and Excise and the police to identify illegal trade and by actively encouraging and helping these bodies to increase their efforts to control such trade . |
| 28 | This is done by blowing through the egg leaving just the shell . |
| 29 | This may be done by conferring on the tenant a right to serve a late notice in the event that the rent has not been determined in accordance with the timetable specified in the lease . |
| 30 | This can be done by slicing off the peel across the top of the orange and using this flat end of the orange as a base . |