Example sentences of "by [verb] the [noun] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Judges often try to avoid the issue of standing by resolving the merits first . |
| 2 | Residual inductance of leads , resistors and terminals can be eliminated from the measurements by balancing the bridge first with the inductor included and then with it short-circuited . |
| 3 | A few are ‘ trying out ’ policing by joining the reserves first , although the common view amongst the reserve police is that it is harder for them to transfer to the regulars than it is for someone without experience to sign up straight away because of the greater number of reasons the police authorities are thereby given for turning them down . |
| 4 | Stop eyeshadow from gathering in the creases of your eyelids by powdering the lids first and using a waterproof eye-shadow . |
| 5 | Erm can I just begin by taking the appearances first please . |
| 6 | Down in 24th place in the Ryder Cup points table , Feherty could earn automatic selection by lifting the £108,330 first prize . |
| 7 | Down in 24th place in the Ryder Cup points table , Feherty could earn automatic selection by lifting the £108,330 first prize . |
| 8 | The local party secretary opened the meeting by welcoming the Lublin first secretary , and announcing the presence of a Western journalist . |
| 9 | Shaping like this can also be done on a plain ‘ V ’ neck cardigan by working the cable next to the front edge on the straight and leaving the pattern as it is during the shaping , working the decreases on the inner edge of the cable pattern where it will not show . |
| 10 | They made the cure permanent by beating the Kangaroos last autumn at Wembley . |