Example sentences of "by [verb] [pron] [noun pl] on " in BNC.
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1 | Indeed , they are keen to advertise the fact by stamping their personalities on their home , something which is evidenced by looking at homes in Britain which have passed from public to private ownership . |
2 | It starts by stamping its feet on the ground and arching its back . |
3 | Self-doubt probably still lurks somewhere so I write down very quickly all the things which went wrong and get them out of the way by incorporating my ideas on them into my plans for the next investigative session right away . |
4 | Amid signs of increasing desperation , Bush appeared to adopt a two-pronged strategy , using his powers as President to take actions calculated to improve his popularity , while his campaign staff increased the negative content of the campaign by intensifying their attacks on the character of Clinton , particularly in regard to his attempts as a student to avoid being drafted to Vietnam . |
5 | Both arms plunged down into the water , but she was able to steady herself by pressing her hands on the stony bed . |
6 | I would like to expand on the same topic by expressing my thoughts on the structures that exist , or fail to exist , in this country to help promising junior players become accomplished professionals . |
7 | But Mr Arafat 's critics accuse him of acting like a dictator by forcing his wishes on the Palestinian movement . |
8 | A society where by limiting our demands on nature and sharing our resources between all peoples we can overcome the divide between first and third worlds . |
9 | By stating her views on the way out she could not be accused of empire building on her own behalf . |
10 | Sooner or later , he would have to flesh out his identity and define himself to the French people , by stating his views on difficult and often divisive issues . |
11 | This situation may best be illustrated , so far as Anselm is concerned , by examining his interventions on the subject of monastic vows . |
12 | Everyone connected with the club was encouraged to pull together as one big family , and Chapman fostered the spirit of cooperation by consulting his directors on team matters and winning the confidence of the players . |
13 | They stock up on financial assets such as government bonds , and the government realizes profits by spending its borrowings on buying commodities . |
14 | Fiorucci 's Classic Nouveau range capitalised on the craze for labels and phoney forest-ranger chic by modelling its garments on carton clean-cut all-American WASP spawn with their blond flat-tops , Colgate grins and Ivy League attire . |
15 | And it 's dangerous ground , because before you know it they 're not just honouring millionaires by putting their names on degrees , they 're putting their names over the door . |
16 | The charter S 950 is a grant to him from 1018 , and so is S 952 , which alleges that Cnut gave Christ Church freedom , and may be connected with the report ( S 985 ) that he confirmed their liberties by placing their charters on the altar . |
17 | The aim of LCA is to draw up an environmental balance sheet for a product or process by identifying its effects on the environment , from the winning of raw materials through to final disposal . |
18 | The three judges dismissed five of the six grounds of their appeal , quashing the verdicts only on the possibility that their hands could have been " innocently " contaminated with nitroglycerine , perhaps by drying their hands on a contaminated towel in Anne Maguire 's bathroom ( although no towel was tested ) . |
19 | One very good way to do this is by exploring our bodies on our own . |
20 | First , by concentrating its cuts on crops grown here — only tobacco of the Mediterranean crops has adverse measures proposed . |
21 | Count Geoffrey , by concentrating his forces on the conquest of Normandy , was able to recover the continental part of his wife 's inheritance by 1144 , and in 1150 he passed it on to his eldest son Henry Plantagenet , now twenty years old . |
22 | The organisation which is gifted with intelligence shows it by arranging its actions on a certain plan … . |
23 | Help her by arranging her clothes on the bed in the order she should put them on , and facing the right way . |
24 | The matrix structure may be short-term ( as with project teams ) or readily amended ( eg. a new product manager can be introduced by superimposing his tasks on those of the existing functional managers ) ; |