Example sentences of "by [v-ing] [noun sg] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Over the last 25 years , Bradford University has set out to serve society through excellence in teaching and research , by advancing learning and by applying knowledge for the benefit of all . |
| 2 | Into this situation came the decision of Sheffield Education Department to provide support for curriculum development in secondary schools by providing cover for the release of five teachers to undertake school focused curriculum development in the academic year 1986–7 . |
| 3 | The citizens charter sets out a comprehensive programme to improve the quality of public services and make them answer better to the wishes of their users , where that can be done , by providing choice for the citizen . |
| 4 | Donor states are aware that by providing support for the armed forces of one superpower their territory could become a target in the military operational planning of the other superpower . |
| 5 | In the far north-east and Karnchatka a common marriage practice was the residence of the husband in the family of his bride for a certain period of time , in order to pay for her by performing work for the family . |
| 6 | By creating demand for the group among record companies you could provoke an auction which would push up your advance ( signing-on fee ) by tens of thousands of pounds , and your royalty percentages by two or three ‘ points ’ . |
| 7 | There appeared to be little prospect of dialogue , however , as Serbian political leaders were not only denouncing the Albanian demonstrators as " terrorists " , but openly accusing leaders in Slovenia and Croatia of trying to undermine Serbia by voicing support for the demands of the Kosovar Albanians . |
| 8 | To return to more mundane editing procedures , if you are working without the help of an automatic edit controller , you can improve the accuracy of your manual edits by making allowance for the backspace time on the record VCR . |
| 9 | The circular acknowledged that the main burden of providing such care would fall on the local authorities and it aimed to ease this by extending provision for the transfer of NHS financial resources to those local authorities or voluntary bodies that offered to develop community care projects specifically for long-stay hospital patients . |
| 10 | It may be possible to combine these functions by re-editing material for the sell-through market and using the same company , thus making the whole exercise more cost-effective . |