Example sentences of "by [v-ing] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This study overcomes these problems by collaborating on a reciprocal basis with people who are inside the system . |
| 2 | This stronger sense of learning also carries with it the idea that ultimately the student is able to evaluate it for him or herself , and form a personal view about its validity ( by reading the relevant articles , by listening to the different views of the authorities on the topic , and perhaps by assisting in a clinical trial ) . |
| 3 | It scuttles out of office doorways with a desperateness that is quickly dispelled by sucking on a white , smoking cylinder . |
| 4 | In 1957 , Paisley and Wylie were charged with causing a disturbance in Donaghadee by preaching through a loud hailer . |
| 5 | Canes can be made more secure by fastening to a horizontal wire . |
| 6 | In these hot summer months prudent Japanese girls suppress the potential faux pas of erect nipples that could spring up from a cool blast of the air-conditioner by sticking on a handy pair of ‘ Nipples ’ . |
| 7 | By sticking to a small range of products , they simplify distribution . |
| 8 | By sticking to a small basic unit ( 100 or 120 hours of student effort ) delivered across terms ( three per year , and with the development of a summer school , potentially four ) Oxford has established a pattern of regular assessment , and regular award-making examinations boards , that depends upon an intensity of academic staff commitment that other institutions would find difficult if not impossible to implement within the current framework of practice and conditions of service . |
| 9 | As expected formation of the low mobility complex was inhibited by the addition of antibody to Oct-1 confirming that it contains Oct-1 whereas the antibody had no effect on the formation of the high mobility complex indicating that it is formed by binding of a cervical protein distinct from Oct-1 ( Figure 3 ) . |
| 10 | Alternatively , neuropeptide Y may have produced its choleretic effect by binding at a hypothelamic level , where neuropeptide Y receptors are also plentiful . |
| 11 | To increase the definition I finished off by drawing with a fine line , using a ZIG Artist Sketching Pen . |
| 12 | You can do this by driving on a quiet , wide road with no traffic about , gradually increasing your speed and moving the steering slightly to produce a very slight weave . |
| 13 | Is it not then possible that Satan , in his opposition to Christ and man , and wishing to destroy all that God has given , could do so by appearing in a godly angelic light ? |
| 14 | He said he battled against the bottle by checking into a private clinic but started drinking as soon as he came out . |
| 15 | However , a branch of statistics called ‘ sampling theory ’ can be applied , which will allow conclusions about the entire collection to be inferred ( to within a known degree of certainty ) by checking on a small percentage of it . |
| 16 | After all , was n't that the very reason why Tyler himself was here … to expand his own business by bidding for a valuable piece of land which was shortly being offered here in Liverpool ? |
| 17 | Every month almost two thirds of the British population participate in some kind of sales promotion , either by trading in a money-off coupon , entering a competition or sending away for a free gift . |
| 18 | But before they start on their game , they signal that this is not to be a serious quarrel by walking in a stilted exaggerated fashion . |
| 19 | The river was in flood and tradition maintains that Coilus was able to cross only by leaping onto a large rock in mid-stream and from it to the farther bank . |
| 20 | An ordinary member of parliament who attempted to gratify constituents by pressing for a senior appointment was likely to be put firmly in his place by the Treasury , for this happened even to the well-connected David Scott , when representing the Dundee burghs in 1796 . |
| 21 | As with the loop , your first roll should be performed by climbing to a safe height , putting on lots of forward speed ( it helps to do it downwind ) and holding the lateral cyclic hard over until the roll is complete . |
| 22 | The pleasures of art tend to be diminished by returning to a complete absence of hot bath water . |
| 23 | Contrast and details were introduced by over-drawing with a fine black Artist sketching pen |
| 24 | Bradman says it was Fingleton , Fingleton said it was Bradman , and Leo O'Brien ( the 12th man ) further confused the issue by revealing in a recent interview with Wisden Cricket Monthly that neither Bradman nor Fingleton was in the room at the time of the exchange , but ( former Australian Test players ) Ryder and Kippax , who were both reporting the matches in one way or another , were . ’ |
| 25 | Suppose , for example , a group is given a task that is tightly defined and where the group has previous experience of similar talks , it is likely to succeed by operating at a formal stage level . |
| 26 | I knew I was n't attractive and I did n't help myself by dressing like a young fogey in tweed sportsjackets , flannel trousers and open-necked check shirts . |
| 27 | Would n't it be wonderful if you could melt away the flab simply by smoothing in a special cream , or break down fat by rubbing away at your wobbly bits ? |
| 28 | Mr Clarke and Mr Hunt told MPs the decision to break the law by dispensing with a 90-day consultation period was taken because of ‘ special circumstances ’ and in order to help the miners by giving them the best redundancy terms . |
| 29 | A cartridge pleat heading is made up in the same way as pinch pleats ( page 22 ) , but the bases of the small tubes ( pleats ) are not pinched up but left rounded by filling with a soft stuffing such as wadding . |
| 30 | Another had kept a continual eye on the grain trade by serving in a Red Army supply regiment and then managing a state grain-collecting centre . |