Example sentences of "by not [v-ing] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm referring to the Labour voters who allowed a Conservative to win by not voting Liberal Democrat , and the Liberal Democrat voters who allowed a Conservative to win by not voting Labour . |
| 2 | Data volumes can also be cut by not using full screen video . |
| 3 | The girl pulled a face of annoyed disappointment to show Lucien that by not taking full advantage of her services he was really wasting her time . |
| 4 | Forty per cent of local authorities houses built to Tudor Walters ' standards between the Wars had parlours , but later , in the inter-war years , economies were often effected by diminishing the size of parlours and sculleries and by not providing hot water for baths . |
| 5 | One attractive aspect of this theory is that it highlights the way in which formal instruction can inhibit learning by not allowing sufficient scope for self-expression and self-development — alienation following submission to being taught rather than learning how to learn . |
| 6 | Instead of cutting taxes to boost the economy out of recession , Geoffrey Howe then Chancellor , effectively increased them , by not raising personal tax allowances in line with inflation . |
| 7 | A licensing board will be held to have failed to exercise its discretion in a reasonable man tier by not giving due consideration to a matter , such as objections , if there is absence of reference to that matter in the statement of reasons ( R. W. Cairns Ltd. v. Busby East Church kirk Session , 1985 S.L.T. 493 ) . |
| 8 | One argument is that the growing burden of taxation has tempted more and more people to disregard the law by not declaring taxable income . |