Example sentences of "by [verb] [prep] [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The attraction of shells has often been enhanced by attributing to them symbolic meanings suggested by more or less fanciful resemblances . |
| 2 | To this end , unbeknown to the millions who have brought about the event , Jesus Christ has been cast in the role of a surrogate Created God , and by ascribing to him all that goodness that they wish to preserve , those who profess the Christian faith , have been doing just what the concept of the Created God requires , and what this book advocates , except that they have deified a single historical individual , Jesus Christ , instead of an abstract conception drawing its being from a myriad of sources . |
| 3 | Acting , according to Middle East International of Aug. 30 , " almost like a real parliament " , the Assembly voted to amend legislation for a new sales tax by exempting from it all food and medical products , paper for schools and journals and certain other products . |
| 4 | Er but she 's a member and we went there for lunch and it was the ideal place , you know , cos there were n't any , many people around and so we had quite a nice lunch and erm whilst we were there we then had a drink in er in the bar and erm her the , the secretary of the club , a lady , came to talk to Barbara and she mentioned that she 'd seen her on Blind Date you see , and so I got to know more by listening to them two speaking er and er that 's where I learnt about er that . |
| 5 | More radical socialists have been prepared to go even further : either insisting that markets operate within a framework of planning , or even proposing that markets themselves be ‘ socialized ’ , by inserting into them new institutions and procedures which will rob them of their tendencies to inequality and producer dominance . |
| 6 | It was hard to get , and she filled the bucket by crumbling into it some of the clumps of dried earth that were still inside old flowerpots . |
| 7 | See you just start off by going through them one by one and consider what point is being made in each and those of you who 'd like just to move round and join these two ladies . |
| 8 | Instead they dismantled the Poor Law from outside , by removing from it needy groups by means of legislation on issues such as old-age pensions and national health insurance . |
| 9 | By talking to him all night and keeping him on his feet , Luke had saved Spike 's life , only to have him try again successfully a week later when the story finally hit the press . |
| 10 | but , but this , I 'd like to know brother James from this other brother Taylor , and that 's he 's always been er sort of s a strong wave sort of opinionated sort of person , cos he 's changed all that , well I can tell by talking to him last week |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm not an idiot and clearly neither are you , so there is n't much to be gained by concealing from you that which you can easily find out , is there , Mr Milton ? ’ |
| 12 | Ah she 's Lyn she 's er got it all wrong I think , she thinks she wins men 's affections like by sleeping with them all . |
| 13 | The Sublime Porte will grant the Servians , on their petition , the same privileges which her subjects in the Islands of the Archipelago , and in other parts , enjoy ; and will moreover confer upon them a mark of her generosity , by leaving the administration of their internal affairs to themselves — by imposing upon them moderate taxes , and receiving them only direct from them and by making the regulation requisite to this end in an understanding with the Servian nation themselves . |