Example sentences of "by [verb] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | How much does society lose by producing at the free market equilibrium point E rather than at the socially efficient point E ' ; ? |
| 2 | They passed a few farms , and Lucy tried to control her nervousness by gazing at the lonely homesteads , but in some strange way it conveyed itself to Silas . |
| 3 | For a moment the noise was indescribable , much of it contributed by McAllister , who set up a keening cry , and , in endeavouring to make matters better by dabbing at the debris on Mrs Darrell 's lap with a damask napkin , made them worse . |
| 4 | Warmer fluid escaped through the interfacial region above the sedimenting layer and enhanced the convection driven by cooling at the roof . |
| 5 | A record-player will translate information carried as undulations in a groove into sound , but not back again : you can not make a record by shouting at the loudspeaker of a record-player . |
| 6 | One basic decision you have to make is whether to index a card by writing at the top of the card a theme/keyword or a name of an author/title . |
| 7 | English Hops began their development of hop oils by looking at the ‘ dry hopping ’ end of the brewing process , when a handful of whole or pellet hops are added to casks of beer . |
| 8 | The very considerable size of this achievement can be appreciated by looking at the hydrostatic pressure undersea cables may have to endure — up to 4t/in2 , at a depth of three miles . |
| 9 | Some of these claims can be considered , and either allowed or disallowed , only by looking at the work as a whole ; others can be at least understood after reading only a few lines : |
| 10 | Its significance can be gauged in part by looking at the range of objections to the theatre as a place which subverted metaphysical fixity . |
| 11 | These histories , it was believed , could be constructed by looking at the available information on primitive peoples , past and present , whether from archaeological remains , from classical accounts of early institutions , such as those given by Tacitus concerning the German tribes of Roman times , or early Greece and Rome themselves , or , most importantly , from the reports of travellers , explorers , colonists and missionaries , describing contemporary primitives . |
| 12 | By looking at the kinship terms of a society one could therefore know by this means what had been the previous kinship system , practised in the past by the people concerned . |
| 13 | For those who are weekly paid , normal earnings are estimated by looking at the last five weeks pay , or the last two months for the monthly paid . |
| 14 | For those who are weekly paid , normal earnings are estimated by looking at the last five weeks pay , or the last two months for the monthly paid . |
| 15 | For those who are weekly paid , normal earnings are estimated by looking at the last five weeks pay , or the last two months for the monthly paid . |
| 16 | They think that all knowledge is to be found by perusing him , and not by looking at the real world . |
| 17 | The second is by looking at the patterns of coin finds , both those revealed by coins deposited in hoards and those which were casually lost and have been recovered in modern times by chance , by treasure hunting or by archaeological excavation . |
| 18 | He can , apparently , date a picture precisely just by looking at the monkeys in it . |
| 19 | We can start by looking at the input figures . |
| 20 | By looking at the one you must see the other . |
| 21 | So we can deduce what the field of vision of our globular-eyed trilobite was , by looking at the directions in which all the lenses face . |
| 22 | I started by looking at the chromosome patterns , of course — remember the men who are born with an extra Y chromosome , who show aggressive behavior and antisocial tendencies . |
| 23 | Sceptics could start by looking at the reality of the Sizewell capital cost . |
| 24 | It was also possible to judge the viability of a British PWR by looking at the experience of the United States . |
| 25 | I tried to help out by looking at the putts , but he still did n't really need me . |
| 26 | What this entailed for civil liberties may be gleaned by looking at the way in which Dicey dealt with traditional freedoms in the body of his work . |
| 27 | It is , therefore , all the more important to round off this discussion of the privileging of the gaze by looking at the work of critics who positioned themselves outside the psychoanalytical framework . |
| 28 | Nor would he accept that he should work out the sum due by looking at the cost of providing a type of car which Mr Shove ‘ might reasonably be expected to acquire in his present circumstances ’ . |
| 29 | What different mixtures of fibres can you find by looking at the labels on your clothes ? |
| 30 | For instance someone with a sore throat may well also have a fever and you will get a fuller picture by looking at the remedies in both sections . |