Example sentences of "[vb infin] by [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it is by no means difficult if one has a procedure for social research and this procedure we shall now consider by working from an empirical approach to enquiry . |
| 2 | ‘ Companies would benefit by drawing from a wider pool of talent and ability than is currently considered , ’ he writes , ‘ and it would enable them to appoint more women . |
| 3 | Let us finish by returning to the question of why species differ in their sexual division of parental labour . |
| 4 | This they can do by rallying under the Alliance motto of ‘ The Common Good ’ . |
| 5 | More reactive metals are more abundant in the earth 's crust as one can see by looking at the grass . |
| 6 | Or you may see exactly what you would see by looking through the glass at any point . |
| 7 | Let's begin by looking at a well-known poem — William Blake 's ‘ London ’ . |
| 8 | Propagating roses by seed is more involved , so we will begin by looking at the less complicated vegetative methods favoured by a majority of amateur gardeners . |
| 9 | As we are particularly interested in the influences on women who choose science , we shall begin by looking at the women 's experiences of single-sex education . |
| 10 | As in Chapter 4 , however , we shall begin by looking at the ‘ official ’ view of English and communications . |
| 11 | Let us begin by looking at the word ‘ around ’ , where the stress always falls clearly on the last syllable and the first syllable is weak . |
| 12 | The way I have phrased this criterion implies that we should begin by looking for the biochemical and cellular changes and then on this basis seek the neurophysiological ones , and that in some way the neurophysiology is a mere incidental product of the biochemical and structural changes . |
| 13 | Lothian and Borders Police should begin by calling for a weapons amnesty similar to that underway in Strathclyde . |
| 14 | We can begin by returning to the question of defining your essay topic . |
| 15 | You should begin by going for a walk each day for half an hour or so . |
| 16 | I shall begin by concentrating on the ego , which may be defined as an agency of the personality differentiated from the wholly unconscious id by its responsibilities for the control of voluntary movement . |
| 17 | I briefly saw Gina flit by talking into a short-wave radio and was momentarily stunned . |
| 18 | You can make sure that you will score by following with a snap punch . |
| 19 | Perhaps we could conclude by returning to the subject we started with , and that 's the detective story . |
| 20 | The reality is harsher ; raising sponsorship ; overall cost of travel ; making ends meet by living in a caravan instead of luxury hotels ; endless pressure ; missed putts ; loss of income . |
| 21 | Aristotle wrote about it in relation to drama and what we can gain by going to the theatre . |
| 22 | There was not much of this kind of nonsense as far as I could tell by eavesdropping around the room , but there were cries of anguish when the prices of some of the wines were announced . |
| 23 | If you do n't know a priori where the break will come , right , only we can get some , you can get a handle where the break in this series may come by looking at the rolling regression like you did last week . |
| 24 | Even if a gull out-manoeuvres them , they can escape by diving below the surface of the water where the gulls can not follow . |
| 25 | You 've got the District Council the County Council then the national Government may intervene by calling in the application . |
| 26 | For the uninitiated , this means three or more people sitting around a three-legged wooden table , hands on the table with thumbs and little fingers joined to make a circle , and asking questions to which the table would reply by tapping on the floor with one leg — two taps for yes and one for no . |
| 27 | We can start by looking at the input figures . |
| 28 | Sceptics could start by looking at the reality of the Sizewell capital cost . |
| 29 | We will start by looking at the parametric problem P3 . |
| 30 | This chapter will start by looking at the potential for politicisation in later-Stuart England , and show that most of the issues which divided the parties at this time had roots which dug deep in society . |