Example sentences of "[vb pp] by [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The microworm can be harvested by placing lots of cocktail sticks crisscross across the top of the porridge . |
| 2 | For social scientists trained in empirical inquiry this means that the whole theory is invalid because it can never be invalidated by exposing it to analysis in the ‘ real ’ world . |
| 3 | However , it is too simplistic a reaction to suggest that French poststructuralism can therefore be invalidated by judging it against the claims of a comparable endeavour in Germany , a procedure which can only operate by turning the former into a failed version of the latter , which obviously leaves open the possibility of exactly the reverse argument being made . |
| 4 | ‘ They besieged the record company to get it re-released and they feel proud that the public has responded by buying it in droves . ’ |
| 5 | A passing cart rolled by splattering him with mud and Corbett quietly cursed Burnell for sending him here . |
| 6 | Some thought that those poor could be rescued by providing them with religious and moral education , vocational training , and better housing . |
| 7 | This too is a useful design tool : a dazzling , disquieting pair , or duality , can be resolved by discharging them into a line . |
| 8 | So when it becomes clear that a criminal case is not proceeding as anticipated — a trial is not scuppered by lobbing something into the ring — there are discreet discussions between learned friends in chambers , many exchanges of the phrase ‘ I 'm much obliged ’ and finally the jury is summoned back . |
| 9 | These criticisms were ignored ( although delivered by persons of world-wide reputation such as Carl Sauer ) , received a hostile and defensive reaction , or were absorbed by transforming them into a technical issue — rather than facing them as a social and political one . |
| 10 | This is done by presenting them with programmes designed for native speakers and setting tasks which assume a high level of comprehension of the video material . |
| 11 | Shooting a known man-eater used always to be done by attracting it to fresh meat , until it was discovered that a ripe durian is a much stronger lure . |
| 12 | The gene was transferred by splicing it into the DNA of a bacterium which naturally infects plant cells . |
| 13 | Since jade can not be flaked , like flint and obsidian , it could only be shaped by grinding it with sand on a piece of wood for weeks or months . |
| 14 | The world is not altogether reformed by cheap tours , nor is the inherent vulgarity of the British Philistine going to be eradicated by sending him with a through ticket and a bundle of hotel coupons to Egypt and the Holy Land … |
| 15 | It is relatively brief , as can be seen by comparing it with a more recent competitor for the same market , H. W. Janson 's A History of Art , which is more than twice the length and has more illustrations ( 928 in 1962 ) . |
| 16 | Most EQ units have line inputs which are not suitable for direct microphone inputs , but these low level signals can be matched by feeding them via an amplification stage , a facility which is provided on some mixers . |
| 17 | For that is how they are supposed to function , that is how they publicly claim that they attempt to function , and , as we shall see below , that is the normal way to justify their authority ( i.e. not by assuming that they always succeed in acting in the ideal way , but on the ground that they do so often enough to justify their power ) , and naturally authorities are judged and their performance evaluated by comparing them to the ideal . |
| 18 | Quality and efficiency in grain distilling will be secured by concentrating it in two locations , at Leven and Glasgow , and investment in malt whisky production will focus on 27 strategically important distilleries . |
| 19 | At this point , the trustees decided that the future of the church would be best secured by vesting it in the Redundant Churches Fund . |
| 20 | The rouble became progressively stronger and in 1897 foreign confidence was ensured by placing it on the gold standard . |
| 21 | Any proceeds in year 1 are also present values , but those in succeeding years are discounted by multiplying them by the fraction given at the appropriate year in the chosen rate of interest column in the tables . |
| 22 | Any proceeds in year 1 are also present values , but those in succeeding years are discounted by multiplying them by the fraction given at the appropriate year in the chosen rate of interest column in the tables . |
| 23 | ‘ The tea itself , ’ I reflect aloud , ‘ is transformed by bleaching it with milk , so it no way resembles the complexions of those swarthy people , least of all the inhabitants of a tea-producing Indian subcontinent . |
| 24 | The significance of these percentages can be gauged by comparing them with the South East 's share of total manufacturing which stood then at about 27 per cent . |
| 25 | A white dot is produced by printing nothing at all . |
| 26 | A large amount of the unwanted paint was reused by donating it to local community groups in Leeds . |
| 27 | In general cystitis will be helped by drinking plenty of clear fluids . |
| 28 | Their village post office has helped by providing them with a window display of Wild Thing models . |
| 29 | The public interest is better served by encouraging newspapers to publish unorthodox points of view in letters columns — an objective which is not helped by depriving them of a " fair comment " defence when they publish letters with which they do not agree . |
| 30 | The dynamic nature of phase equilibria can be understood by considering them in the light of the kinetic theory . |