Example sentences of "[to-vb] [noun sg] [noun] by [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The high sensitivities obtained in some centres would suggest that it is technically feasible to obtain tissue confirmation by cytology in all patients with hilar strictures . |
| 2 | There had been an attempt , through Acts of Parliament , to revive the election of local Forest officers and the holding of local Forest courts in some forests ; these measures were intended to preserve the forest woods and to increase timber production by enclosure of the forest wastes . |
| 3 | TAXI DRIVERS will have to pay up after councillors voted to increase licence fees by double the inflation rate . |
| 4 | At Louis 's side , he saw how to meet Viking attacks by diplomacy and a mixture of force and guile . |
| 5 | Before Haussmann attempts had been made by various small companies to provide street lighting by gas , but once again it required the drive and determination of the new regime to bring all these together and to create one large company charged with the responsibility of lighting the whole of the city . |
| 6 | Attempts to smash wire defences by artillery barrage were seldom successful . |
| 7 | The flaw — the quantitative fallacy — results from the all-pervading relativism of the age , and the attempt to replace value judgements by objective , scientific evaluation ( for a time , in the 1960s the phrase ‘ value judgement ’ was the pejorative put-down ) . |
| 8 | At home the Kohl government followed a policy of restraint in public spending , tolerated a high level of unemployment and sought to restore business confidence by tax changes and a belief in laissez-faire economics . |
| 9 | Even so , the upward trend in direct sales extends to software , and you are increasingly likely to be able to buy accounting software by mail order . |
| 10 | Most exporters would like to avoid exchange risk by invoicing in Sterling but they are now finding that markets will set the price and the method of pricing . |
| 11 | The airport was closed for six days last week when fire crews refused to cross picket lines by baggage handlers protesting against having the new system imposed on them . |
| 12 | Any attempt to reward performance job by job should be viewed with caution as , with the exception of commercial developments , where time and money are interrelated , it is usually impossible to complete a job successfully by spending the shortest possible time on it . |
| 13 | The effects of high temperature and high humidity are often interrelated and while it is possible to accelerate temperature effects by storage at sill higher temperatures , it is not possible to do this with humidities that are already high . |
| 14 | ‘ Closure of the USM may prompt a rush of restructuring by USM companies that decide that this is the opportunity for an MBO or a delisting , or even to maximise shareholder value by break-up or sale , but the current recession may not be the ideal timing for any of these options , ’ says PW 's Nigel Crockford . |
| 15 | In Sweden , as in the USA and Australia , the government attempted to foster union growth by legislation . |
| 16 | People with bank accounts often like to pay credit instalments by bank standing order — half the people in our main survey said they preferred this payment method . |
| 17 | Having met with this problem on my first day , the following morning I wised-up and took a taxi around the harbour , half an hour before sunrise , to approach Farm Cove by way of the delightfully names Woolloomooloo Bay . |
| 18 | Having met with this problem on my first day , the following morning I wised-up and took and taxi around the harbour , half an hour before sunrise , to approach Farm Cove by way of the delightfully named Woolloomooloo Bay . |
| 19 | In some states of America , utility companies have to sponsor energy efficiency by law , and a home energy survey is free to every household . |
| 20 | The bishop and the blacksmith may travel third class together , and chat by the way ; but they will not be permitted to take luncheon side by side in the first-class refreshment room , if the blacksmith , like the bishop , wears the apron of his calling . |