Example sentences of "[noun sg] works [prep] [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The therapy works by increasing the healing and life energy within the body , bringing about better health . |
| 2 | The test works by measuring the levels of LH in your urine . |
| 3 | The cutting tool works by moving the metal under a fixed laser . |
| 4 | The rationale for including MIL is that conscription works towards reducing the unemployment rate if individuals are more likely to be drafted into the services if they are unemployed . |
| 5 | Radiocarbon dating works by analysing the ratios of the various isotypes of carbon in a sample of organic material , and can only be used , therefore , on organic remains such as wood , charcoal and bone . |
| 6 | The procedure works by requiring the user to present the edge of a light card , ( the lower edge if the horizontal sides of the view field are being sought , the righthand edge if the vertical sides are required ) . |
| 7 | The procedure works by asking the child initially simply to imitate a single sound — for example , /suh/ . |
| 8 | The Robot Drill works by gripping the sides of its own hole , and anchoring itself until the bit has made space in which it can move on . |
| 9 | Happy Chip works by telling the drive to run at twice its design speed . |
| 10 | Barley straw works by changing the pH of the water , making it acidic and unsuitable for algae growth . |
| 11 | The acoustic system works by timing the passage of a known frequency through the metal of the baseboard . |
| 12 | Thus the operator stack forms a new state from the current one by deleting the facts on ( x , table ) clear(y) adding the fact on ( x , y ) and unstack works by deleting the fact on ( x , y ) adding the facts on ( x , table ) clear(y) |
| 13 | Eliot , who says that while the reader works at subduing the difficulty of a poem , the poem is doing its emotional work on him . |