Example sentences of "by placing [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do not try and cosset these over winter by placing them into a separate tank in the garage , reasoning that the survivors will be the toughest of the bunch and more likely to make up into sturdy adult fish : come spring , they are distributed to friends . |
| 2 | The oriental did not flinch , but merely drew the two youngsters close together in front of him , effectively shielding himself by placing them between himself and the killing arc of the shotgun 's blast . |
| 3 | Firstly , the weight transmitted through the sailor 's feet can be used to counter the capsize by placing them on the rail ( W2 ) . |
| 4 | This layout was a physical expression of the administrative structure that Hammond was organizing for the office particularly , as Mary Anderson points out , the special status awarded to the Under Secretaries and their political departments , by placing them on the same level as the Secretary of State . |
| 5 | Zollner 's illusion makes parallel lines seem to diverge by placing them on a zigzag striped background . |
| 6 | Most football grounds now divide their rival fans by placing them at opposite ends of the ground and by preventing access between the ends . |
| 7 | Procedures and functions do not need to be declared before they are used and there is no speed advantage to be gained by placing them at the start of the program . |
| 8 | But their details are often still controversial and their meaning can only be appreciated by placing them in context . |
| 9 | Indeed , I have blundered straight away by placing them in a context of the 1960s and 1970s , as though in 1970 they stopped ! |
| 10 | The animal cells ’ ability to respond to induction by the vegetal region was tested by placing them in a sandwich between two vegetal regions . |
| 11 | Scald and skin the tomatoes by placing them in a bowl , pouring boiling water over them , counting to fifteen before pouring off the hot water and replacing it with cold . |
| 12 | Children are sometimes asked to experiment with a collection of items made of various materials by placing them in water . |
| 13 | Experts now solve the problem by placing them in a separate order which , they believe , branched off a very long time ago and did not lead to more advanced forms . |
| 14 | Eugenicists advocated measures to restrain the mentally , and less determinedly the physically , weak from reproducing ( by placing them in institutions , or , more radically , by sterilization ) . |
| 15 | Parameters ( or addresses of parameters ) may be passed to a subroutine by placing them in locations following the subroutine call instruction , In which case the index register containing the return address can be used to access the parameter . |
| 16 | The purpose of the exhibition is to take the works out of their conventional contexts within the museum 's main galleries or store and by placing them in a new , thematic context to raise different issues and ideas . |
| 17 | Giving reasons , therefore , raises our thoughts and actions from the here and now and from their singularity by placing them in the context of a wider perspective or tradition . |
| 18 | Attach the arms and legs to the body by placing them in position under the body section and pushing paper fasteners through the holes . |
| 19 | Answer : You can make all the programs that you always want start automatically by placing them in a special group in the Program Manager called Startup . |
| 20 | In this article , Ross acknowledges the current pressures upon arts education are such that it would be unwise for any arts teacher to declare ‘ UDI ’ from the examination system , hence his decision to aim his argument against examinations in the arts at headteachers , who are in a position to remove the arts from this form of damaging restriction by placing them within a protected , and non-examined core . |
| 21 | Its pattern-searching strategy resolves many theoretical issues by placing them within the constraint of empirical evidence . |
| 22 | And in September 1988 , Donleavy seemed to confirm this by placing him on the ‘ inactive ’ list and arranging for him to rejoin the Boy Scouts of America as Director of Marketing and Public Relations for the Chicago Area Council . |
| 23 | Consent can adversely affect the normative situation of the agent either by placing him under an obligation or by derogating from his rights . |
| 24 | When he died shortly after the arrival of El Cid , his son Motamid ratified the agreement and honoured Rodrigo by placing him in joint command of the army . |
| 25 | Law conceived of the role of the leader in an exactly opposite sense from Balfour : he sought to foster unity by placing himself at the head of the discordant elements where Balfour had thrown the leadership on the side of restraint . |
| 26 | Tektronix says it designed the XP10T series of five terminals for high bandwidth and very high reliability — this has been achieved by placing everything on one board including the graphics , X , the local network logic and the local network cable connectors : there are no edge connectors . |
| 27 | The microworm can be harvested by placing lots of cocktail sticks crisscross across the top of the porridge . |
| 28 | Sit on a stool and massage one foot at a time by placing it on your thigh , knee bent up at a right angle . |
| 29 | Then , by placing it on the board again , you can lie down and paddle home . |
| 30 | The rouble became progressively stronger and in 1897 foreign confidence was ensured by placing it on the gold standard . |