Example sentences of "by [verb] it [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This view , if it could be adequately defended , would successfully stave off individualism by denying it a significant part in social explanation ; but to establish the point is far from easy . |
| 2 | You can make a ceiling seem much higher by painting it a lighter colour than the walls and keeping the floor a light tone as well . |
| 3 | In any event you should ensure that your dog poses no threat to human health by deworming it every six months once it has reached this age . |
| 4 | The earliest large-scale sculpture we have in limestone or marble does not go with the earliest Daedalic ; but the wide acceptance of such an individual style is most naturally explained by supposing it the creation of one artist or school producing major works at major sanctuaries . |
| 5 | You ca n't stop plaque forming but you can prevent it taking a hold by removing it every day . |
| 6 | Not by doing it the speed he 's doing it . |
| 7 | Why do something the hard way when you can save time and temper by doing it an easy way ? |
| 8 | The formal literal meaning of the words is the locution ; the act which is performed by saying it the illocution ; a third layer is the perlocution or overall aim of the discourse . |
| 9 | We asked respondents to assess the usefulness of each source for each purpose by giving it a ‘ mark out of ten ’ . |
| 10 | The designers decided to supply the cognitive power of this machine by giving it a human . |
| 11 | Granted that it is possible to initiate the civilisation of a child by giving it a knowledge of right and wrong , the question arises ‘ How does this knowledge become an automatic power of conscience which enables or compels the child , and later the adult , to act accordingly ? ’ . |
| 12 | If you want to lay concrete , you can improve its appearance by giving it a surface treatment , such as drawing a stiff broom over it when the initial set has taken place , which gives a fine-lined texture . |
| 13 | The big dyeing job was done twice a year at the hairdresser 's , but every month or so in between , Mrs Wormwood used to freshen it up by giving it a rinse in the washbasin with something called PLATINUM BLONDE HAIR-DYE EXTRA STRONG . |
| 14 | A worker stimulates the grub to produce its silk by giving it a little squeeze . |
| 15 | The clarinets qua clarinets are not heard , but they certainly improve the tone of the high trumpets by giving it a rounder , smoother , and more effortless quality . |
| 16 | Does he further accept that the Universities Funding Council has acknowledged the excellence of research at Lancaster university by giving it a 10.9 per cent . |
| 17 | In any event , it is surely wrong , for the sake of a few weeks , to decide on the principle of the Bill by giving it a Second Reading while hon. Members still do not have the Stoner report . |
| 18 | Jeanette and Simon Edwards , who lost two babies in three years , want to show their support for the new group by giving it a cash boost . |
| 19 | The human conscience should be respected and revered as the most precious and effective thing that the human race , in its struggle to civilise itself , has available , and it can be used only by giving it the utmost priority in child training . |
| 20 | A WOMAN saved her guide dog from certain death by giving it the kiss of life . |
| 21 | We can see him as it were constantly restraining his inventiveness , constantly trying to conform to an orthodox view against which his thoughts and emotions rebel , constantly trying to justify Chinese intelligence by dragging it a little nearer to some Western precedent . |
| 22 | As there are many persons of distinction in England who are pleased to honour the art of gardening by making it a considerable part of their amusement and have been greatly assisting in the introducing of large numbers of new plants , shrubs and trees into the English gardens and as some of these noble persons have studied the science of botany and are well acquainted with the characters and true names of the plants … their example will render it necessary for the professors of Gardening at least to know the plants they cultivate by their proper titles … |
| 23 | Some teachers guard against this by making it a principle never to award an A. According to a French adage quoted by Remi Clignet ( 1974 , p. 349 ) , the maximum of 20 is ‘ given only to God , 19 to his saints , 18 to the professor 's professor , 17 to the professor himself ’ — so the student of French composition ca n't be expected to score more than 16 ! |
| 24 | Despite very limited success in establishing schools , he did his best to compel young noblemen to gain a basic education by making it a condition of securing a marriage certificate . |
| 25 | The Prime Minister of Mauritius , Anerood Jugnauth , narrowly failed on Aug. 21 to secure the necessary 75 per cent support in the Legislative Assembly for proposals to change the country 's constitution by making it a republic within the Commonwealth . |
| 26 | Thus the Earl of Nottingham , Secretary of State from 1702 to 1704 , and a chief advocate of such a strategy , wrote in 1703 that " we shall never have any decisive success nor be able to hold out a war against France but by making it a sea War , and such a sea War as accompanies and supports attempts on land " . |
| 27 | Since the teacher has already used a stick as a sign of Beowulf 's authority he decides to give this additional prominence by making it the object to be retrieved from under the chair . |
| 28 | Arnold Palmer had already won the US Masters and the US Open , and was looking to sweep all before him by making it the hat-trick and grabbing the jewel in the crown : the centenary Open Championship at St Andrews . |
| 29 | To enhance the standing of a particular religion or religious tradition by making it the mother of science may be short-sighted in at least two other respects . |
| 30 | It was also agreed in principle to strengthen the European Parliament by making it an elected body . |