Example sentences of "a [noun sg] by [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The authentic taste requires these wontons to be hot and spicy , but you may tone it down a bit by reducing the amount of chilli oil . |
| 2 | You could be a winner by answering the following questions : |
| 3 | Committed initially in 1916 to an abstract , defensive project of avoiding the humiliating fate of his father by succeeding within the alienating structure of a bourgeois educational system , Nizan reinvented his life in 1927 , joined the PCF and conceived a plan to become a winner by fighting the cause of all those losers in the world , victims like his father of an oppressive social system . |
| 4 | This means that there are feasible solutions with , but if we were to add z 1 a o as a constraint by treating the z 1 -row as a tableau row and incorporating a z 2 -row , the resulting tableau would not be primal feasible ( and may also be dual infeasible ) . |
| 5 | The court will read the words of a contract by understanding the words used in their ordinary meaning , except where that would be absurd in the context . |
| 6 | And in old England people used pears as a disinfectant by rubbing the cut flesh on an infection . |
| 7 | Although Ballinger knew little Welsh , he made a name as a bibliographer by publishing the monumental Catalogue of Printed Literature in the Welsh Department of Cardiff Free Library ( 1898 ) , articles on Vicar Prichard of Llandovery ( 1899 ) , and on the Trevecca printing press ( 1905 ) , and The Bible in Wales ( 1906 ) , all with the assistance of James Ifano Jones . |
| 8 | Lady Thatcher caused a storm by considering the lucrative offer . |
| 9 | In El Salvador , US grants are building barracks for demobilised FMLN guerrillas ; in Nicaragua , General Humberto Ortega , brother of the Sandinista ex-president , Daniel , recently aroused a storm by pinning the Sandinistas ' highest military medal on the chest of the US military attacheé . |
| 10 | Judge Geoffrey Jones caused a storm by making the comment at an earlier hearing because Ian Stevenson also admitted assaulting two boys . |
| 11 | Children can either take remedies as a powder by crushing the pill between two clean teaspoons , or dissolved in a little clean , fresh water in a glass . |
| 12 | The objective henceforward became not to be a loser by using the benefits of a bourgeois education to tight the cause of all those losers in the world who , like his father , had been smashed by the bourgeois system itself . |
| 13 | Increases in CO 2 anticipated over the next 50 years are expected to produce such a change by cooling the lower stratosphere . |
| 14 | The use of keys to move between fields is fully described in Section 2 and summarised in Appendix A. Thirty two roles are available within LIFESPAN and may be assigned to a user by marking the Y/N field with a Y and deassigned by marking the Y/N field with a N . |
| 15 | ‘ We 've had this security feller tell us how he could disable a punter by cutting the tendons at the back of his leg with this fancy Stanley blade . |
| 16 | You could pick up a seat by knowing the right people , having gone to the right school or being thought to be worth a few thousand — almost the first question put to the prospective MP for Richmond , Sir George Harvie-Watt , when he went up before the local selection committee in 1937 was whether he would subscribe £700 to the local association . |
| 17 | Then prepare a court-bouillon by simmering the ingredients for 30 minutes , cooling , and straining into a fresh pan . |
| 18 | 2 Make a custard by heating the milk and caster sugar in a small pan until it is almost boiling . |
| 19 | Each of the 300 occupied a slightly different ecological niche : some living among the rocks inshore ; some in the depths ; all ( as many cichlids do ) holding their developing young in their mouths for protection ( ‘ mouth breeders ’ ) ; and some highly specialized types earning a living by sucking the young ones out of the mouths of brooding mothers . |
| 20 | On the same day , Gloucester stole a march by beating the champions , Bath , at Kingsholm in a fierce encounter during which another England prop , Bath 's Gareth Chilcott , was sent off for punching . |
| 21 | For example , if the directory is called WORK you can make a backup by copying the whole directory . |
| 22 | Failure to use these words can lead to a lot of confusion , and provide opportunities for awkward parties to obstruct a reference by questioning the procedure used to arrive at a result which they expect to be unfavourable . |
| 23 | Establish a routine by calling the dog 's name , and then giving a set number of blows on the whistle . |
| 24 | Please give your cleaner a score by circling the appropriate number . |
| 25 | Please give your cleaner a score by circling the appropriate number . |
| 26 | Please give your cleaner a score by circling the appropriate number . |
| 27 | It awarded Jason Donovan , the pop star , actor and idol of mothers and daughters alike , £200,000 libel damages against The Face magazine for insinuating that he was a ‘ queer ’ ( and a liar by denying the allegation ) . |
| 28 | We put on a few and I knew I was finishing , so I thought I would try to go out with a bang by breaking the pavilion window in the Long Room . |
| 29 | The aim of an organisation 's recruitment procedure is to find the best candidate for a vacancy by predicting the future performance of applicants for the job . |
| 30 | The surface may be bowed into a curve by tensioning the two cross-spars and , while this contributes a lot to stability , the Rokkaku is still a single line fighting kite . |