Example sentences of "by making [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Aldous insists that Robson Rhodes demonstrates compassion by making every effort to ensure people obliged to leave the firm have somewhere else to go . |
| 2 | It will do you no good to try and keep away from the hub of activity and hope that by making no impression you will not make a bad impression . |
| 3 | The developer , however , may be able to circumvent this situation by making no provision for access roads within the layout , but leaving plots adjoining possible future building land undeveloped in anticipation of change in planning policy . |
| 4 | The student may seek escape in passivity and make only perfunctory efforts to learn the target language ; or he may express antagonism by making no effort to adopt the correct pronunciation or by a deliberate use of native language patterns in the target language . |
| 5 | However , Mr. Lawson then continues by making no distinction whatsoever between tobacco sponsorship and any other form of sponsorship . |
| 6 | Also , by making a proper Will you could well save your dependants from paying an unnecessary amount of inheritance tax ( death duties ) . |
| 7 | When the officer said , ‘ You will be charged with sedition , over and above the mobbing , but in certain circumstances that might not be pressed , ’ Cameron distressed himself by making a small , indefinite sound which could well have been taken for agreement . |
| 8 | A more emphatic outline can be achieved by making a second cut round the outside of the first outline . |
| 9 | By making a stand it is possible to hold the unit in position at a constant height above the worktop , while marking and drilling the holes , and then fixing the unit in place . |
| 10 | On one level it is yet another accident , and on a second level it is inevitable , it must be so because it belongs here and nowhere else , as the foreign restaurant bill belongs to a novel about human birds of passage , and as the whistle belongs to a novel , in fact the only late Dostoevsky novel , with no children in it but haunted by the toys of absent innocence and peace : the governor of ‘ our province ’ where these crazy terrible events take place was disappointed in love as a young man and consoled himself by making a paper theatre with curtains , actors , audience , orchestra , conductor — the lot . |
| 11 | By making a magnetometer with two pickup coils at right angles and orienting it to give the maximum and null outputs referred to , the magnitude variations and angular variations are effectively separated . |
| 12 | The principle indicated in those cases was a long way from the circumstances of the present case and was far from warranting the conclusion that by making a photocopy of a document which in the hands of the maker of the photocopy was not privileged , and then sending the photocopy to a solicitor for the purposes of obtaining advice , privilege was thereby cast on the copy sent to the soicitor . |
| 13 | Others believe that Mrs Aquino , by making a political decision on grounds of national security , is transgressing her own leadership principles . |
| 14 | We were able to respond by making a play within a play , setting it on a remote Japanese island and doing a Noh play . |
| 15 | In preparation for winter it will be busy putting on fat by eating all the wild fruit that it can find , and by making a nuisance of itself feeding on produce growing in the kitchen garden . |
| 16 | Doubling up on ‘ lethal genes ’ — by making a GEM both frost susceptible and ultraviolet light sensitive — is a belt and braces approach . |
| 17 | The only inconvenience of the original interior was that the bedrooms all led into one another ( just as they had always done in houses past : passages were only deemed essential when the segregation of servants became the norm in the eighteenth century ) ; but this was overcome by making a gallery and rearranging the staircase . |
| 18 | His political group fears that , by making a deal with the Iraqis , the Kurdish leaders may be letting down their comrades . |
| 19 | My favourite stall , in Peckham , south London , may not have changing-rooms , but modesty is preserved by making a screen of racks of clothes . |
| 20 | To be named in Red Channels was to be unemployable … unless you cleared yourself by making a voluntary appearance before the House Committee or McCarthy 's Sub-Committee as a ‘ friendly witness ’ who shopped his former friends to prove the ‘ sincerity ’ of his repentance . |
| 21 | Strip any leaves from the portion to be buried , and then expose some of the inner tissues near a node by scraping bark from the underside , twisting the stem to break some of the fibres , or by making a long sloping cut into the centre of the stem to form a ‘ tongue ’ , held open with a matchstick . |
| 22 | Several young plants can be formed from a single stem by making a series of wounds at a convenient distance apart and burying each in a prepared hollow in the ground . |
| 23 | Wound the stem 12–15in from its tip by making a long cut to form a tongue . |
| 24 | Investors were heartened by news that Saudi Arabia has set the second phase of the Al-Yamamah arms deal in train by making a £1½ billion down-payment , ending months of uncertainty over the contract 's future . |
| 25 | He would start by making a fairly detailed pencil or pen drawing from nature . |
| 26 | Having ensured that a sterile first half ended goalless by making a tremendous reaction save to thwart Olney , Grobbelaar , who has been walking a selection tightrope all season , then allowed a far from ferocious low shot by Daley at the end of a thrilling 50-yard burst to slip under him and into the net . |
| 27 | Scientists can deal with these problems , by making a start in their own working environment . |
| 28 | They saw it as a betrayal of their promise that by making a full confession Blake would be more leniently treated and felt that such a heavy sentence would deter any future traitors from confessing . |
| 29 | part of the problem at Biddulph was that the hospital service was being reorganized , and the outgoing authority would not bind the hands of its successor by making a decision . |
| 30 | Get smart and take the hassle out of buying and co-ordinating your wardrobe by making a bee-line for this month 's best buys . |