Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] by [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had earned my money by working hard . |
| 2 | It is perfectly open to LEAs to obtain higher capital allocations from my Department by putting forward sensible proposals to rationalise their school provision . |
| 3 | I know I can improve on my acting by taking on more demanding roles , performances that are more difficult than playing Charlene day in day out . |
| 4 | ‘ But now I want to improve my acting by tackling more demanding roles . |
| 5 | We communicated through 18-year-old Lisa , who passed on my questions by spelling out words on Julia 's hand . |
| 6 | ‘ My wife thinks I might be risking all my credibility by coming back and that I might not get another job in football . |
| 7 | Set backs to chemistry in schools and in the public 's esteem have become regular news — so at least reward my carpentry by reading on ! |
| 8 | My Member of Parliament responded to my appeal by pointing out that their refusal is in line with the law . |
| 9 | I manage to calm my nerves by remembering how I feel before a World Championship run with twisting somersaults and double axels ahead of me . |
| 10 | I sit in front of the television and impress my girl-friend by pointing out all the faults of the players ; it is much more comfortable and less dangerous than participation , and my girl-friend thinks I am wonderful . |
| 11 | Females also indicate their enthusiasm by giving out signals such as changes in the shape and colour of their genitals , and possibly a discharge of hormones in their faece or urine . |
| 12 | They could also seek to express their views by searching out a friendly bishop to speak for them in the debates . |
| 13 | You should aim to avoid inducing them to break their contracts by walking out without either giving that notice or agreeing that the notice period be shortened . |
| 14 | Miliutin realized that landowners would not take kindly to his plan of campaign , but he felt that the government could win their support by setting up gentry committees to work out local details and by sanctioning a debate on peasant affairs in the press . |
| 15 | It was currently financing its deficit by selling off $150bn worth of assets a year to other countries and by borrowing money from Japan and Europe . |
| 16 | It was perfectly clear to everyone that the company could carry on enough trade to flourish only if it supplemented its income by bringing in more goods than its treaty permitted , and the smuggling trade became large enough to disturb the Spanish authorities . |
| 17 | Human experimenters have found it surprisingly difficult to put bats off their stride by playing loud artificial ultrasound at them . |
| 18 | It would sometimes help if that normalcy were a little better portrayed by the likes of such as the BBC and by those journalists who earn their living by reporting only violence . |
| 19 | Many of them usually earn their living by carrying out valuations on behalf of brewery companies . |
| 20 | Relieved of the weight , she eased the tight muscles in her shoulders by stretching luxuriously . |
| 21 | The most dangerous of all the spiders is the black widow , a small species that is common throughout America and which responds to vibrations of its web by rushing out and biting what it considers to be its next meal . |
| 22 | Big stars often indulge their whims by splashing out on things like yachts , private zoos and personal helicopters . |
| 23 | He acknowledges her humiliation by jumping out of his side of the car , coming round to hers , opening the door for her and waiting ostentatiously for her awkwardly to tuck her legs inside before closing it with a little bow . |
| 24 | The Noble Land Bank established in 1885 became the source of low-interest loans to rescue insolvent estates and encourage landlords to secure their future by investing in and improving their land . |
| 25 | ( Recent attention to cases of child sex abuse has resulted in children rather than young people being taken into care ; teenagers are more likely to act out their distress by running away and only reveal why much later . ) |
| 26 | They called on the newly-formed British Horseracing Board to demonstrate its independence by carrying out its own inquiry . |
| 27 | In theory , these criticisms are designed to help researchers to improve their work by pointing out ( for instance ) poor techniques , illogical conclusions or misanalysed data . |
| 28 | Linbeck and Snower ( 1990 ) respond to Fehr 's ( 1990 ) comment on their work by explaining why firms will not replace all insiders with undercutting outsiders . |
| 29 | Politically , Scotland seemed to have sacrificed her independence by giving up her own Parliament in exchange for a very limited representation in that of England . |
| 30 | Russians are filling in some of the gaps in their lives by seeking out anything that was forbidden or hard to get in Soviet times . |