Example sentences of "by [verb] [noun pl] ' [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yesterday the Securities & Investments Board , the champion of that Act , came perilously close to removing the pillar by allowing stockbrokers ' soft-commissions practices to continue . |
| 2 | However , these approaches tended to use geomorphological concepts of landform , and only recently has research examined how people actually see landforms , by using artists ' sketches ( Killeen and Buyhoff , 1983 ) and computer-generated models to produce artificial landscapes ( Guldmann , 1980 ) . |
| 3 | Its two exposure drafts on Going Concern and Auditor 's Reports on Financial Statements , issued in May , marked the start of a determined effort to bridge the expectation gap both by explaining auditors ' responsibilities to the users of accounts and by extending those responsibilities , particularly in relation to the going concern problem . |
| 4 | The vital date was long held to be 1825 , on a work published by Pickering ; but other claims are being advanced , and some inexpensive fun may be had by searching booksellers ' shelves in the endeavour to push the date back a little . |
| 5 | Some commoners abused their rights by turning visitors ' animals onto the common . |
| 6 | His father , my uncle John , had made his money by selling birds ' eggs . |
| 7 | This design showed special regard for the needs of the families keeping vigil , by providing relatives ' rooms next to the wards with balconies overlooking the sea . |
| 8 | Some are sailing clubs , aiming to attract new members by running beginners ' courses over a number of weekends , with charges from about £20 to £70 . |
| 9 | It is significant that recent government policies have sought to give parents more power and influence in school — to elevate parenthood and , by giving parents ' views more weight , counter the claim to exclusiveness so often made by the teacher . |
| 10 | Members of the Diet prove their worth by attending constituents ' weddings and sitting through endless meetings with colleagues . |
| 11 | The next step is to safeguard these changes by formalizing patients ' rights and encouraging the development of self-advocacy movements . |
| 12 | It continued by denouncing artists ' tangos with the Arts Council , and pointing out that ‘ Change begins with you ’ . |
| 13 | By exploiting consumers ' loyalties to famous names with price hikes well in excess of inflation , firms such as Kellogg and Heinz increased profits by 15% a year . |
| 14 | It is not surprising , therefore , that a whole group of books have been written to serve the emerging adult by discussing adolescents ' interests and problems in a fictional form . |