Example sentences of "by [verb] [adv] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You do n't want to start by bellowing so loudly that people shrink in alarm . |
| 2 | I had a damp cigarette in the shelter of a doorway — but there was nothing to be gained by hanging about here and I set off , squelching at every step , along the road to Shiel Bridge . |
| 3 | Rather than spend eight hours a day gathering firewood , they will conserve fuel by cooking less frequently or more communally . |
| 4 | He never knew what these special things were and tried to find out by sneaking down there at night , but the shed door was always locked . |
| 5 | Aye , I think " till do , but the pleasure of considering I shall so entirely have her in my power is not a little disturbed by reflecting how terribly the poor creature will be shocked at finding that innocence betrayed she has so long and worthily defended . |
| 6 | The danger of writing when you are abnormally tired — as well as bitterly cold — is that you can too easily lose control by digressing too far from the important things that need to be expressed free of any other clutter . |
| 7 | Your stamina will dictate your endurance and you will soon be able to measure your improved fitness by seeing how much further you can swim . |
| 8 | One way to regain verbal and physical communication is to show warmth by touching more often , sitting close together when watching television , and taking the trouble to look nice , not just when you are going out , but to please each other when you are at home together . |
| 9 | The third option will require the TECs to boost their incomes by gobbling up as many government programmes and grants as they can find . |
| 10 | The truth was that I did n't know how to effect such an aim , and if I found myself eating any more than the minimum — that is , enough for me to remain undetected by the authorities-I considered myself guilty of backsliding , and had to punish myself by eating even less the next day or at the next meal . |
| 11 | Clutching Elaine 's hand , as much to comfort himself as to protect her , he retreated by stepping backwards as unobtrusively as he could . |
| 12 | That Joan uses less Creole than Carol should not obscure the fact that in the course of the conversation , Joan accommodates to Carol by using increasingly more Creole features . |
| 13 | By using forward stepwise Cox regression analysis , age at operation , tonsillectomy , and radiographic size of adenoids and airway were not significantly related to the duration of glue ear in either of the surgery or no surgery groups . |
| 14 | The Millbank paper-mill and its equipment were eventually offered for sale by auction in October 1804 , thereby ending the possibility of England challenging the European paper industry by using more easily available materials for making paper . |
| 15 | Trying to feel better by using more never seems to work for long . |
| 16 | Furthermore , the LEF-1 binding site could functionally substitute for the bacterial DNA-bending protein integration host factor ( IHF ) , suggesting that the HMG box moiety could act to create higher order nucleoprotein structures by bringing together widely spaced binding sites . |
| 17 | Egalitarian feminist psychology analyses traditional psychology 's errors and omissions about gender , and hopes to correct them by bringing in more female psychologists , extending male-oriented psychological work to include women , and adjusting existing procedures and theories . |
| 18 | In addition , by drawing more firmly the line between respectable and disreputable behaviour , social-purity legislation certainly encouraged the emergence of a much clearer subculture of prostitution , and a similar development can be observed with regard to male homosexuality . |
| 19 | The Substitute hid the faintest of smiles by drawing very deliberately on his cigar . |
| 20 | The sun disappears , leaving behind its glow on the horizon as if the colour is in my head , burnt in by gazing too long at the red sphere . |
| 21 | The 47 per cent failure rate was caused by driving too fast , inadequate use of mirrors , and poor observation and steering . |
| 22 | Police have launched a new campaign to crackdown on motorists who 're killing people by driving too fast . |
| 23 | Pressed very hard by Lauda in the final laps — ‘ leading a race was a brand-new experience for me , ’ he admitted at the time — he simply clung to his lead by driving as hard as he could . |
| 24 | Afterwards we can become real teachers … by becoming not only wiser , but also better human beings … |
| 25 | By appearing in only the Sunday episode of Not So Much a Programme , Crawford had been able to continue with other work , which included a run of The Striplings on stage at the New Arts Theatre Club , in London . |
| 26 | Delamont and Galton ( 1987 ) think that arts teachers may be attempting to overcome the low esteem in which their work is held by other teachers by adopting even more rigorous practices of pupil work assignment and evaluation than is to be observed in the practices of teachers in other areas of study thereby establishing their academic credibility . |
| 27 | Japan will take America by surprise by storming in early one morning and buying Pearl Harbor . |
| 28 | She wanted to have some measure of control over her own productivity — which she could exercise by walking more quickly or slowly . |
| 29 | We compromised on borrowing the Land Rover for positioning , followed by walking as far as their enthusiasm took them . |
| 30 | President F. W. de Klerk , in a radical speech at the state opening of Parliament on Feb. 2 , surprised supporters and critics alike by announcing not only the impending release of Nelson Mandela , the long-imprisoned leader of the country 's principal liberation movement , the African National Congress ( ANC ) , but also the unbanning of the ANC , the Pan Africanist Congress ( PAC — the ANC 's smaller rival ) and the South African Communist Party ( SACP ) . |