Example sentences of "by [v-ing] [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It frightens off greenfly by manufacturing their alarm chemicals itself . |
| 2 | He has to serve the church by articulating its teaching , and at the same time , and as part of the same task , to explore and clarify the understanding it contains . |
| 3 | The thick grey hair had been tinted a reddish brown , a process to which she had succumbed only for the last two years , having previously been free in expressing her opinion of those stupid women who aimed to camouflage their age by dyeing their hair . |
| 4 | When Count Philip of Flanders suspected that his wife had committed adultery with Gautier de Fontaines he had the young man killed by hanging him upside down in a cess-pit . |
| 5 | However , other manufacturers , including the largest , Sir Robert Peel , found an alternative to both men and machinery by relocating their firms where cheap female labour was available to hand paint the cloth or else to print with wooden blocks studded with thousands of pins instead of the engraved blocks cut by the journeymen . |
| 6 | Nigel told how his branch had once decided to mount a recruitment campaign by publicizing their opposition to ‘ problem families ’ being housed in a middle-class area . |
| 7 | After the therapist encouraged the couple to think of ways of being positive in their behaviour towards each other , Ann agreed to wear more attractive clothes , and Charles to show her more consideration and affection by praising her appearance , and expressing positive feelings towards her . |
| 8 | Rupe roots for his mate Bob Rupert Murdoch has stirred up the possums in Australia , his former homeland , by praising his mate Bob Hawke , the Prime Minister , and dismissing Andrew Peacock , the opposition leader . |
| 9 | He ended his talk by praising his staff for the way in which they were responding to students with special needs , particularly those with physical or sensory disabilities , who were increasingly seeking to pursue studies at the Darlington college . |
| 10 | Indeed , they are keen to advertise the fact by stamping their personalities on their home , something which is evidenced by looking at homes in Britain which have passed from public to private ownership . |
| 11 | It starts by stamping its feet on the ground and arching its back . |
| 12 | The eunuchs piled into the entrance hall , the musicians started up the music and Vimla led the dancing by stamping her foot and ringing her little anklet bells . |
| 13 | If the threat is from behind , the horse may attempt to protect his rear end by tucking his tail between his legs . |
| 14 | At Oxford Crown Court his counsel argued that he did not intend to harm Miss Lamplugh and had planned to commit suicide by crashing her car . |
| 15 | Clancy Fernando was killed in Colombo on Nov. 16 when a suicide bomber , believed to be a member of the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam ( LTTE ) , activated a bomb by crashing his motorcycle into the admiral 's car . |
| 16 | A coach driver steered 27 elderly passengers to safety yesterday by crashing his vehicle into an empty house after its brakes failed on a steep hill in Paignton , Devon . |
| 17 | The pair of them added a fair number of crashes to the record that year and when both Hunt and Horsley crashed at Brands Hatch ( Hunt made it a double by crashing his Mini on the way home ! ) |
| 18 | ‘ Raisins and Almonds ’ ; hits from Fiddler on the Roof ; the oft-told tale of Rainbow 's father shocking the congregation at his own bar mitzvah by singing his Haftorah portion to a be-bop melody ; Goldie 's slightly off-key rendition of that old family favourite ‘ How Does the Tsar Eat Potatoes ? |
| 19 | SAVE yourself a steam-filled kitchen and the risk of pans boiling dry by microwaving your Christmas pudding . |
| 20 | The proseution , calling on boxes of financial records and documents , say How deceived his investors by channelling their savings into speculative building projects in France . |
| 21 | She cut herself off from comfort by clenching her fists , screaming and occasionally kicking when people approached . |
| 22 | The preferred approach of Soviet officials was to confirm Iran 's abandonment of a pro-Western political and military policy by encouraging its association in the Non-Aligned Movement . |
| 23 | If these words , often carelessly spoken , can have such a long-term and devastating effect , think how much good we can do by encouraging our children and praising them for what they have achieved . |
| 24 | You can help it do more by encouraging your friends and family to join it . |
| 25 | However , there is a distinction between their own conclusions , and inviting them to draw a particular conclusion by inflaming their suspicions . |
| 26 | Nevertheless , when the controversial Shas leader and interior minister , Arye Deri , brought his conflict with Ms Aloni to a head by submitting his resignation on May 9th , it was Meretz that had to give way . |
| 27 | She does not become criminally liable merely by assisting her husband to escape punishment for a crime which she knows him to have committed ; and it is only within certain limits that husband and wife are competent , and within narrower limits that they are compellable , to give evidence against one another , in criminal proceedings . |
| 28 | Symbolically , by writing letters , and directly , with financial payments or by assisting their victim . |
| 29 | The mite is just visible to the naked eye and feeds on honey bees and their grubs by sucking their body fluids . |
| 30 | ‘ What do you mean by sneaking my cousin off to the mainland when she 's supposed to be at my place , studying ? |