Example sentences of "and [v-ing] by [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Many microorganisms enter the body via the respiratory tract and those who have colds , for example , should minimise the spray from their sneezing and coughing by the use of a paper tissue which can be disposed of safely after one use . |
2 | It implies a process of hiring and firing by the day or by the hour and a high level of job insecurity . |
3 | I was slit-eyed and shivering by the time she was driven off . |
4 | Adding this in and multiplying by a factor of 2 produces the delay for the round trip Earth Venus-Earth : . |
5 | We oppose excessive use of decontextualised exercises written only for perusal and marking by a teacher . |
6 | Now it is 5,000-plus and growing by the hour . |
7 | It is not merely the study of dogmas as accumulated down through the centuries ( as in the Roman Catholic understanding of dogmatics ) , but their critical subordination to and testing by the primary and original dogma , which is nothing other than Jesus Christ himself . |
8 | With the album of ‘ The Commitments ’ defying the odds and selling by the truckload in the States in particular , and new albums by major stars like Enya and U2 on the way , the profile of Irish music on the world stage over the coming months will be exceptionally high . |
9 | I only found you this morning , and reckoning by the tide you could n't have been there long . |
10 | To build up a more stable relationship , rather than simply seeing how much time the work took and charging by the hour , we have all had to come to terms with pricing in a market , giving a clear idea what the budget will be and taking much more care to explain what we 're charging for . |
11 | The heroes of Under the Net and Lucky Jim follow a broadly similar path , bemused at lit by false starts and coming by the end to see the social world as it is : various , unstereotypable , kaleidoscopic and as fast-shifting as the shades of an opal , but in the end a place to settle into and improve rather than a system to defy . |
12 | Aerial warfare was growing and maturing by the minute as method after method of breaking the deadlock was tried out . |
13 | If wages can not realize the potential profits , this leaves sales of exports , and spending by the government or the employers themselves , as sources of demand . |
14 | There are hymns ( led by the united choirs of the Anglican and Free Churches in recent years ) and the lesson , address and blessing by the bishop , relayed across the harbour from the east to the crowds lining the quay on the west cliff . |
15 | A £1 MILLION initiative to cut crime in Glasgow 's city centre through the use of closed circuit television cameras and street wardens could be up and running by the end of the year . |
16 | I want to get sorted and ticking by the time that Dizzy and his pals arrive . |
17 | The national curriculum should do nothing but good if it is a means of ensuring that schools do not , for example , permit children to give up all science subjects at the age of thirteen , or fail to reach a reasonable competence in read g and calculating by the time they leave school . |
18 | I liked the experience of being in a room full of people you did n't know , and knowing by the end of the evening you would all be bosom buddies |
19 | We have brought along a TV guide and judging by a programme 's popularity we can correctly predict flows . |
20 | Not approvingly , because that world of brokers and bankers and speculators , piling their insubstantial castles of paper money ever higher , was foreign to him — and judging by the look on his face , anathema . |
21 | No amount of regulation or changes to the law will prevent the type of corporate failures which the public , however illogically , assume to be conclusive evidence of audit failures , and judging by the Government 's reluctance to relax the statutory audit requirement for small companies , there may , in any case , be less dissatisfaction with the quality of auditing than we are sometimes led to believe . |
22 | and judging by the success of the IRAS system it may well be 2 ½ years — as long , for example , as the Einstein X-ray Observatory survived . |
23 | If you get stuck , pressing a combination of keys will show you one solution but , will not show you the graphics display that follows , to see that , you must solve the puzzle yourself , and judging by the opening graphics should be pretty good . |
24 | The novel is published by Methuen , a mainstream publisher , and judging by the jacket , is not being marketed as a feminist title . |
25 | Eyes To The Hills is Stainforth 's first book , and judging by the wealth of positive remarks it 's received , it wo n't be his last . |
26 | as if to illustrate this point I recently spoke to an angler on the Ribble and judging by the distance he held his hands apart — ’ Like this they were ! ’ — his recent catch of ’ two pounders ’ could easily have been around the 6lb mark ! |
27 | Wood experienced the feeling first hand , and judging by the way she crushed the Indonesian No. 2 , Suzanna Kusuma , in the opening match yesterday , she was not taking any chances . |
28 | I certainly had a good time and judging by the sweat on everyone 's brow as they worked to perfect their routines I think it was generally thought to be enjoyable and worthwhile . |
29 | His pelvis is shot to hell , too , and judging by the feel of the abdomen , he 's got massive haemorrhaging . ’ |
30 | Many were in mint condition and judging by the list sent in , a pretty comprehensive collection it is too , ranging from World War Two aircraft of the fighting powers to post-war helicopters and such giants as Convair 's B–36 . |