Example sentences of "by [v-ing] [pers pn] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Mr Torode points out , our liberal forefathers insisted on the importance of testing faiths by submitting them to discussion . |
| 2 | There is another way in which we can inspect the growth of population , and that is by seeing it at work in all the various classes of society . |
| 3 | VAT on acquisitions can be recovered as input VAT in the normal way by including it within box 4 on the VAT return , subject of course to any partial exemption or non-business restriction , but acquisition VAT should be shown as a separate item on the trader 's own VAT account . |
| 4 | My temptation is to try to make my other imperatives as unimpugnable as ‘ Face facts ’ by rooting them in fact . |
| 5 | So when it is argued today that the sexual deviant challenges sexual difference by denaturalizing it through parody , the realization of the early modern transvestite that both the deviant and the difference are effects of culture rather than nature is being revived and sophisticated . |
| 6 | With regard to our overworked ( but ever smiling N.D.O. , , please help to improve the quality of her life by phoning her at home between the hours of 8am – 9am or during office hours . |
| 7 | Where the louvred cowls has survived , glazing had to be added internally in order to present wind-blown rain from entering the vents , and efforts were made to waterproof the sloping brick surfaces of the roundels ' conical roofs by coating them with bitumen . |
| 8 | It 's not easy to stay detached , so keep your fear at bay by transforming it into anger — not uncontrollable fury but angry determination . |
| 9 | It has reinforced them by building them into practice budgets . |
| 10 | In W. L. Warren 's words , " Henry had adopted the tactic of trying to discipline Richard by keeping him in uncertainty and had then become caught in the toils of his own deviousness . " |
| 11 | The government are actually indifferent as to whether you you borrow , and consume your capita er , your credit approvals , or whether you consume your credit approvals by applying them to capital receipts which will be used to buy further capital assets . |
| 12 | But Maxfield and Harrison took the principle further by applying it to acoustic and mechanical parts , so that there would be little waste of power from ‘ mismatching ’ at any point along the sound 's journey . |
| 13 | But I want to begin this morning by thanking you on behalf of the group , because all of us owe the G M B an enormous debt of gratitude none more than myself . |
| 14 | Various techniques to promote reflux while imaging have been attempted , such as abdominal cuffing , in which a binder is placed over the abdomen and the pressure is increased by inflating it with air . |
| 15 | Just as you can gain access to the cave of the unconscious only by being inside already , he seems to be saying , so you can gradually reach towards an understanding of my work only by understanding it in advance . |
| 16 | TWO High Street banks have been accused of trying to conceal up to 2,500 redundancies by announcing them on election day . |
| 17 | You can totally rejuvenate a dining table and chairs bought from a junk shop by painting them with gloss paint and buying a matching or contrasting tablecloth and seat cushions for the chairs . |
| 18 | He accused the Government of ignoring the watchdog 's warnings and ‘ intentionally allowing ’ services to run down by starving them of money . |
| 19 | They warm them by pressing them against brood patches , areas of skin naked of feathers which a bird may develop specially for the breeding season or have permanently on its breast concealed by the long feathers growing around them . |
| 20 | This is an efficient and easy way to work out your story ideas in advance by translating them into film language before shooting begins . |
| 21 | He asked himself " Why do I have to cosmeticize everything by translating it into painting ? |
| 22 | CF attacks the lungs by filling them with mucous causing infection while preventing the body from digesting food . |
| 23 | A passing cart rolled by splattering him with mud and Corbett quietly cursed Burnell for sending him here . |
| 24 | The goldsmiths employed by abbots and bishops as well as by kings embellished gospel covers by enclosing them in gold set with gems , just as scribes illuminated sacred texts in gold leaf . |
| 25 | Diana heals Fergie rift by warning her of split |
| 26 | Therefore a law valid in SR can be generalized to apply in any accelerating frame by expressing it in tensor form . |
| 27 | The separated ions are converted back to atoms by passing them through lithium vapour , from which the ions easily pick up their missing electrons . |
| 28 | Exceptions would be certain Loranthaceous and Viscaceous seeds , which birds remove from their bills by brushing them through bark crevices , or the passage of seeds through an animal to germinate in its dung . |
| 29 | Successive Chancellors of the Exchequer have striven to encourage people to invest in pension plans by favouring them with tax concessions — to the point at which they are one of the most attractive and tax-efficient investments you can make . |
| 30 | They keep upsetting customers by pushing them for money . |