Example sentences of "by [v-ing] [adv prt] the [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was still boxing by going down the London gym of Danny Peacock-Gordon was a friend of his . |
| 2 | Even the written word , by conjuring up the Eliot tone of voice , could express this kind of humorous gravity , for example , his remark in the ‘ Dialogue on Dramatic Poetry ’ that ‘ we can not spend all our time reading large philosophical works ’ . |
| 3 | If the Government argues against full disclosure of information , it will be undermining the credibility of its environment policy almost as much as by splitting up the NCC . |
| 4 | Even as AT&T decentralised and halved its hourly workforce from the size it was when the government gave the firm its present shape by breaking up the Bell system in 1984 , AT&T has set up hundreds of worker-manager committees — on quality control , re-engineering its operations and a host of other issues . |
| 5 | By strolling up the Waterfall Road one can see first the old Lime Kiln and then higher up the Cranny Waterfalls . |
| 6 | The process was assisted in the North by the self-exclusion of Britain from internal Ulster affairs by setting up the Stormont parliament which survived from 1922 to 1972 . |
| 7 | The drinks industry has made a gesture towards its concern about alcohol misuse by setting up the Portman group . |