Example sentences of "by [v-ing] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In its most overweaning forms , anthropism seems to be on the verge of substituting Man for God , by hinting that consciousness , unbound by time 's arrow , causes creation . |
| 2 | The planner can then show how to meet those needs , either by generating more power , or by using existing supplies more efficiently , for the least cost . |
| 3 | Whereupon it was resolved : ‘ That the Society will consult the good of the Community in general and of the limits of the Society in particular , by encouraging such means as are likely to promote the study of farriery on rational scientific principles . |
| 4 | In the United States , Health Management Organisations were introduced in the early 1970s to hold down the formidable costs of American medicine by encouraging more competition between providers . |
| 5 | By encouraging this invasion Rowland and the Land 's End Ltd managers are precipitating environmental damage , not reducing it . |
| 6 | He was admitted as an associate of the Institute of Taxation in 1983 , and , by submitting another thesis , qualified as a fellow in 1985 . |
| 7 | Sporadic attempts to justify discrimination by proving that burakumin are not Japanese have little credibility , but serve to emphasize the importance of race . |
| 8 | This restricted freedom revolted Steven Morrissey , and his passion turned to the sixties when the ‘ George Best set ’ particularly liberated the city by proving that escapism is there for all who had eyes enough to avoid entrapment . |
| 9 | While you are dressing him , you should make the patient aware of what you are doing by naming each garment as you put it on , and showing him that it is the right way round . |
| 10 | Friends of the Earth has launched a toxic waste campaign by naming those companies possessing permits to discharge large quantities of toxic metals down sewers . |
| 11 | You can make a beautiful ‘ heavy lace ’ border like this by knitting several rows of scallops , picking up the centre of each loop . |
| 12 | De Man controls the response of his readers to controversial propositions about language in two ways : by attributing these propositions to his object texts , and by controlling the distance between reader and object text according to his own oscillation between uncritical proximity and critical distance to those texts . |
| 13 | But I hope that by pursuing that course we can also help others set high standards — help others win the argument for paying for good journalism : for supporting good journalism ; for scheduling good journalism . |
| 14 | So , ontologically speaking , there is not much enlightenment to be-gained by pursuing this road either . |
| 15 | By inventing this yarn about the time Connie left the sanatorium , you 've tied yourself right in this thing . |
| 16 | If , however , the procedure does comply with the procedure description derived earlier , then it will be necessary to subject each element or activity of the model to further scrutiny , for example by breaking them down to lower-order activities , or by auditing each element in the same manner as the parent procedure . |
| 17 | For example , a doctor may be able to see more patients each hour and he may be being more efficient by seeing more people in a fixed period of time . |
| 18 | Thus we can examine any given sequence of events dramatically by seeing these events through different eyes , or we can look at the same events from a distance by framing our drama as an investigation or an enquiry : we , the participants in the drama , could be townspeople celebrating the history of our town , creating a pageant . |
| 19 | Cut out about a quarter of the old bare wood from established trees by shortening some branches back to suitable side branches and severing others at the base . |
| 20 | I remember meeting her , introducing myself by thumping some guy who was annoying her . |
| 21 | Cohesive social units foraging a particular area over several generations would enhance efficiency by transmitting such information among closely related animals . |
| 22 | By tabulating these responses we can gain insights into not only the sorts of patterns which recur , but also the variety of responses which is reflected across the six groups . |
| 23 | For the rest of my life I mean to try and make amends by helping such people to live cleaner and healthier lives . ’ |
| 24 | Some owners manage by helping each other , but this takes a lot of organisation and a failsafe mechanism if something goes wrong . |
| 25 | By handling all network traffic in digital form , it is possible to integrate the processing of voice , computer data and other types of communication such as videoconferencing and videotelephony . |
| 26 | Korn/Ferry 's strategy was to maximise their profit margins by handling all aspects of the work , and they were fortunate to gain such prestigious clients as Rockwell and Norton Simon in their early days ; but the concept of headhunting was less well-established on the West Coast than in Manhattan and the partners , fighting for all the fees they could earn , were forced to undertake contingency work to help build up their volume . |
| 27 | The argument establishes that by accepting that authority one follows reasons which apply to one anyway . |
| 28 | She has consistently refused to accept food and other necessities from the authorities as she believes that by accepting such favours she would be condoning her illegal detention . |
| 29 | United could also do England a favour by accepting another offer , this time from Egypt , for a match at Tannadice later in the season . |
| 30 | If we start off by accepting these categories , then we start off by saying that Jesus did not rise from the dead , in the ordinary sense of those words . |