Example sentences of "by [v-ing] they [vb infin] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Therapy will aim to reduce the guilt of such people by helping them to decide whether they will continue to practise oral sex , and , if so , to lessen the conflict within them by helping them accept the activity as pleasurable and human and not highly deviant . |
| 2 | Although you may be able to fob off your opponent by letting them have a copy of your accounts ledger , you should not be in a position where you have to write off for copy receipts ; all these documents should be properly filed . |
| 3 | There was the hope that modest constitutional change might attach the middle classes to the established institutions of the country by making them consider the House of Commons as an ultimate tribunal where their grievances could be discussed and remedied . |
| 4 | In this way , we 're starting to get away from the dangers associated with monopolistic suppliers and purchasers , because it 's less easy for large organisations to circumscribe their trading partners by making them use a particular EDI network . |
| 5 | THE central plank of the bill is the curb on the country 's biggest industrial polluters by making them use the best available technology to cut discharges . |