Example sentences of "by [v-ing] [pron] [prep] other " in BNC.
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| 1 | But what I set out to do was to show the idiocy of his ideas by bouncing them against other ideas , some of them perhaps equally extreme and absurd . |
| 2 | The creation of man as centre was effected by defining him against other , now marginalized groups , such as women , the mad , or , we would add , the allegedly sub-human ‘ native ’ . |
| 3 | They claimed that Philip III of France , his court and his officers had recently ( a modico tempore ) hindered and troubled them by citing them before other courts — not only the Paris Parlement , but the court of the French seneschal of Périgord . |
| 4 | The go-ahead for British Rail to order £150 million of new trains , by leasing them from other companies . |
| 5 | You can learn how to be a better decision-maker , how to plan and organize things efficiently , how to relax , how to take your mind off your problems by engrossing yourself in other things . |
| 6 | If he could win support for domestic expansion by coupling it with other proposals , he was only too eager to do so . |
| 7 | But before turning to Buid relations with neighbouring lowlanders , I will bring out the specificity of Buid attitudes toward violence and aggression by comparing them with other Philippine groups who have a less negative attitude toward these phenomena . |
| 8 | Just as one can know whether one is short or tall only by comparing oneself with others , so one can know whether one 's own political system is " short " or " tall " only by putting it alongside other systems and noting the differences . |
| 9 | Start with Words and Pictures takes the unique approach of explaining a word by contrasting it with other words . |