Example sentences of "by [being] [verb] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Goods and services which in some countries are circulated by being exchanged on the market are circulated by the state in others ; health care and medicines are a good example . |
| 2 | Smaller firms in the UK are more vulnerable to takeovers because of the existence of a sophisticated Stock Exchange which encourages small companies to raise finance by being floated on the unlisted markets . |
| 3 | Earlier I drew a distinction between sexism that occurs in ‘ unregulated ’ contexts ( like the use of endearment terms to women ) and that which has acquired the force of a rule by being written on the linguistic equivalent of tablets of stone , the dictionary and the grammar book or usage guide . |
| 4 | The potential profits of the buyers of the 60 per cent of Entel to be sold off would be reduced by being based on the purchase price of $1,900 million and not on the $3,500 million net asset value as fixed by the government . |
| 5 | They start their young lives by being thrown on the scrap heap at 16 , 17 or 18 . |