Example sentences of "by [verb] [indef pn] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The desired behaviour is obviously recordable by using something like a diary . |
| 2 | They do this by adopting something like a structuralist understanding of signification systems , treating them as changing structures of oppositions and differences , where obvious meanings are always shadowed by the meanings they exclude . |
| 3 | They would look for food by sending someone to a relative in a nearby village with a farm , usually entailing a trek of several days through deep snow . |
| 4 | They can help companies by providing someone with a good knowledge of the latest techniques in management and business . ’ |
| 5 | If the information is accidentally overheard or intercepted in circumstances where the owner of the information utters it or transmits it by insecure means ( for example , by telling someone in a crowded room or by transmitting the information by a public telecommunications system ) an obligation of confidence might not be imposed on the person obtaining the information in this manner . |