Example sentences of "by [v-ing] it [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The earliest large-scale sculpture we have in limestone or marble does not go with the earliest Daedalic ; but the wide acceptance of such an individual style is most naturally explained by supposing it the creation of one artist or school producing major works at major sanctuaries . |
| 2 | You ca n't stop plaque forming but you can prevent it taking a hold by removing it every day . |
| 3 | Not by doing it the speed he 's doing it . |
| 4 | The formal literal meaning of the words is the locution ; the act which is performed by saying it the illocution ; a third layer is the perlocution or overall aim of the discourse . |
| 5 | If you want to lay concrete , you can improve its appearance by giving it a surface treatment , such as drawing a stiff broom over it when the initial set has taken place , which gives a fine-lined texture . |
| 6 | Granted that it is possible to initiate the civilisation of a child by giving it a knowledge of right and wrong , the question arises ‘ How does this knowledge become an automatic power of conscience which enables or compels the child , and later the adult , to act accordingly ? ’ . |
| 7 | The designers decided to supply the cognitive power of this machine by giving it a human . |
| 8 | The big dyeing job was done twice a year at the hairdresser 's , but every month or so in between , Mrs Wormwood used to freshen it up by giving it a rinse in the washbasin with something called PLATINUM BLONDE HAIR-DYE EXTRA STRONG . |
| 9 | Jeanette and Simon Edwards , who lost two babies in three years , want to show their support for the new group by giving it a cash boost . |
| 10 | A WOMAN saved her guide dog from certain death by giving it the kiss of life . |
| 11 | Some teachers guard against this by making it a principle never to award an A. According to a French adage quoted by Remi Clignet ( 1974 , p. 349 ) , the maximum of 20 is ‘ given only to God , 19 to his saints , 18 to the professor 's professor , 17 to the professor himself ’ — so the student of French composition ca n't be expected to score more than 16 ! |
| 12 | Thus the Earl of Nottingham , Secretary of State from 1702 to 1704 , and a chief advocate of such a strategy , wrote in 1703 that " we shall never have any decisive success nor be able to hold out a war against France but by making it a sea War , and such a sea War as accompanies and supports attempts on land " . |
| 13 | Despite very limited success in establishing schools , he did his best to compel young noblemen to gain a basic education by making it a condition of securing a marriage certificate . |
| 14 | The Prime Minister of Mauritius , Anerood Jugnauth , narrowly failed on Aug. 21 to secure the necessary 75 per cent support in the Legislative Assembly for proposals to change the country 's constitution by making it a republic within the Commonwealth . |
| 15 | To enhance the standing of a particular religion or religious tradition by making it the mother of science may be short-sighted in at least two other respects . |
| 16 | Arnold Palmer had already won the US Masters and the US Open , and was looking to sweep all before him by making it the hat-trick and grabbing the jewel in the crown : the centenary Open Championship at St Andrews . |
| 17 | Since the teacher has already used a stick as a sign of Beowulf 's authority he decides to give this additional prominence by making it the object to be retrieved from under the chair . |
| 18 | Indicate clearly , by shading it the diagram , the region in which K must lie , down here . |