Example sentences of "by [verb] [pron] with a " in BNC.
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| 1 | If Superstores own-brands the coffee it sells , it can avoid liability by labelling it with a statement such as ‘ Made for Superstores by Coffee Fellers Inc . ’ |
| 2 | • Put out any burning clothes by smothering them with a thick cloth or rug , but not something synthetic which would melt in the heat . |
| 3 | At the end of the opera , Parsifal heals Amfortas by touching him with a spear , and Kundry is able , at last , to die . |
| 4 | Give hands an overnight treat by coating them with a rich conditioner and then donning a pair of lightweight vinyl gloves ( such as HandiMates , £1.09 for a box of 10 ) . |
| 5 | In this instance , you must finish off the raw edge of the hem either by overcasting or , for a really professional finish , by binding it with a fine bias binding . |
| 6 | As he knelt at his mother 's feet , the sovereign invested her son with the symbols of office , ‘ by girding him with a Sword … by putting a Coronet on his head … and a Gold Ring on his finger … and also by delivering a Gold Rod into his hand , that he may preside there and may direct and defend those parts to hold to him and his heirs … for ever ’ . |
| 7 | Shortly after the appearance of the SL , Thorn EMI Lighting introduced the 2D by launching it with a range of fittings designed by Conran Associates . |
| 8 | Dictionary look-up techniques represent the top-down approach , and involve verifying the input word by matching it with a dictionary word . |
| 9 | Mr. Pegg was convicted on 25 March 1985 before Caulfield J. and a jury of the murder of one Peter Goddard by stabbing him with a knife . |
| 10 | In conformity with the conventional treatment , where the cross-section narrows from a church with a central nave and side aisles at the lower levels to a narrow , lofty nave only at upper levels , optimum use is made of this space by filling it with a single range of dwellings . |
| 11 | Remove stubborn caramelised turkey grease from the roasting tray by filling it with a solution of biological washing powder . |
| 12 | The roundness of the pleat is improved by filling it with a little wadding or a tube of curtain buckram . |
| 13 | Similarly the text is written so as to bring out comic connotations of the word fut , the passé simple of the verb " to be " by writing it with a characteristically Anglo-Norman spelling as " " fout " " , recalling foutre . |
| 14 | At the same time , inspect and clean the gutters and rainwater gullies , emptying them of leaves and silt — finish off by flushing them with a bucket of warm water . |
| 15 | In one such festival , her husband shows his love for her by presenting her with a new dress and himself attending to her hairdo and make up . |
| 16 | BLIND pensioner Dennis Coan has just celebrated six months of wedded bliss to his sweetheart Ellen by presenting her with a wooden rocking chair . |
| 17 | Then check your guesses by measuring them with a protractor . |
| 18 | But you can not sense radiation in any other way than by measuring it with a sensitive instrument . |
| 19 | The body responds to an alumina implant by surrounding it with a fibrous capsule which can be several micrometres thick . |
| 20 | From the initial idea Watt developed an engine with a cylinder kept hot by surrounding it with a jacket of steam and a condenser kept cool by immersing it in a water bath . |
| 21 | The world is not altogether reformed by cheap tours , nor is the inherent vulgarity of the British Philistine going to be eradicated by sending him with a through ticket and a bundle of hotel coupons to Egypt and the Holy Land … |
| 22 | ( viii ) Pupils should be taught to help the reader by leaving a space between words and by ending sentences with a full stop or question mark and by beginning them with a capital letter . |
| 23 | She honestly believed that she was making life easier for Jack , by providing him with a background of home , where not only were meals provided and clothes mended , but his time was also jealously guarded . |
| 24 | In addition , registration operates to protect the security holder by providing him with a certain degree of protection as to the validity and priority of his charge once it is registered ; this in turn benefits the company by enabling it to give the chargee the guarantee of such protection . |
| 25 | Money enables an individual to delay a potential purchase to the most convenient time by providing him with a way in which to store his purchasing power . |
| 26 | Teachers can help to develop the ideas of any child by providing them with a new range of experiences . |
| 27 | ‘ We 've found , for instance , that we can keep the confidentiality of our client 's affairs intact by providing them with a complete in-house service , ’ Mr Cunningham said . |
| 28 | Their village post office has helped by providing them with a window display of Wild Thing models . |
| 29 | The County Council has assisted by providing me with a telephone and a personal computer linked to the main frame at County Hall . |
| 30 | Such a definition does not , however , bridge the gap between Britain and the rest of the world by providing us with a substitute for a documentary constitution : it simply shifts the ground , by using the word in an entirely different way . |