Example sentences of "by [v-ing] [pron] [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 's even taken control of his own future by producing his next film — a biopic of Audie Murphy , the war hero who turned movie star . |
| 2 | In recent years , employment prospects have been excellent and geographers have been placed successfully in a wide range of employment in research , industry , commerce , government , and the professions , either entering directly or by using their first degrees as a foundation for further qualifications . |
| 3 | I 'm sure she wants you to extend the same warmth to her that you extend to me by using my first name . ’ |
| 4 | Oxford University is helping young mothers scale the academic heights by opening its first nursery . |
| 5 | unc is then obtained from the unit matrix by replacing its second column ( corresponding to the subscript 2 of unc by the third column of A divided through by unc with negative signs for the off-diagonal elements . |
| 6 | You can facilitate ( and ‘ facilitating ’ is a disciplinary ‘ technique ’ ) this pro-social tendency by remembering our next guideline : |
| 7 | I celebrated that night by ordering my first pint of beer and lighting up my first Woodbine . |
| 8 | It was in the opening match of the 1934–35 season at Aldershot ( 2–2 ) , where the young amateur capped an impressive display by scoring our first goal of the season with a header on the half-hour . |
| 9 | During England 's tour of 1989–90 he celebrated his hundredth Test by scoring his eighteenth century , passing 7,000 runs in the process , and at the end of the series his total stood at 7,134 at an average of 46 . |
| 10 | Martin Crowe set the South African bowlers back on their heels by ignoring his safety-first opener John Wright and sending the pugnacious left-hander Mark Greatbatch in first with Latham . |
| 11 | Ettedgui , who had supported Hamnett by selling her first clothes in his shops , was upset when she abandoned him in favour of Bertelsen , an oil-rich entrepreneur who arrived in London offering designer deals and retail arrangements in 1986 . |
| 12 | He had previously collated a sequence of appearances for the memoirs by getting his first game against Stranraer in the Skol Cup and his next against Marseille in the European Champions league . |
| 13 | This year 's centenary is obviously being planned with special care but the Meet breaks with tradition by having its first lady as President — long-serving member Joan Church . |
| 14 | So far , the Ramsdens have sent out 30 winners this season and they are hoping that they can snap up a tasty hors-d'oeuvre before the Newmarket feast by saddling their first winner at Ascot this afternoon when they run Line Of Vision and Hunter Valley . |
| 15 | TWICE US Open champion and former teenage sensation Tracy Austin began a comeback yesterday by winning her first match in nearly nine years . |
| 16 | Unfortunately for the Frenchman , Arnold Boetsch , the Australians , Jason Stoltenberg and Pat Cash and the Americans Malivai Washington and David Wheaton , Edberg is not a cricketer and amply demonstrated his tennis talents by winning his first Stella title for the loss of just one set . |
| 17 | Oxford 's Eddie Jordan finished his motor racing season by winning his first point of the year in Australia … but the gold medal tonight goes to the Laser boat building firm of Banbury their craft will be sailing in the the next Olympics in a class of its very own |
| 18 | Lancing , who surprised themselves and everyone else by making their first appearance in the Halford Hewitt Cup final against the winners , Shrewsbury , last April , will raise a few more eyebrows if they do half as well this time . |
| 19 | In Example 22 Franck repeats his first sub-phrase ( the first two bars ) by raising its first note by a minor 3rd ; he then repeats the process . |