Example sentences of "by [v-ing] to [art] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By sticking to the same route , your dog will become familiar with its surroundings , and will be far less likely to end up lost even if it strays away from you . |
| 2 | The topic of metaphor is too broad to receive a detailed treatment here ; let us simply say that a metaphor induces the hearer ( or reader ) to view a thing , state of affairs , or whatever , as being like something else , by applying to the former linguistic expressions which are more normally employed in references to the latter . |
| 3 | He ignored her words by reverting to the former subject . |
| 4 | Yeah but you see by going to the same supplier , we 've got a lot of the film we can use that er there 's been several days filming |
| 5 | By switching to a less meat based diet , we can actually help to reduce the wastage worldwide . |
| 6 | Apart from their ‘ vertical ’ obligations individuals were tied together by belonging to the same group . |
| 7 | Focusing more particularly on forgiveness , Jesus defended the woman who had poured myrrh over his feet by pointing to the same reason : ‘ Her great love proves that her many sins have been forgiven ; where little has been forgiven , little love is shown . ’ |
| 8 | The need to build hypotheses into pattern-recognizing programs can best be illustrated by referring to the many programs that have been written to interpret line diagrams ( see Figure 12 ) . |
| 9 | They may have been corrupted by the atrocities committed against their people but , by stooping to the same level of conduct , they were corrupting their own cause . |