Example sentences of "by [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both parties enjoyed freedom to contract or not to contract and both parties exercised that freedom by contracting on the terms set forth in the written agreement and on no other terms . |
| 2 | It should be stressed that all the 12 Steps were established and practised long before the first residential treatment centre came into being and that many people today get better without the help of treatment centres or professional counsellors but simply by depending upon the Anonymous Fellowships . |
| 3 | By kneeling on the pavement , we could see the two furnaces being stoked but this innocent pastime was cut short by the boilerman who swore at us ! |
| 4 | If the rocks in your tank suffer from all-smothering algae I have found they can be kept clear by scrubbing off the algae then putting them in the oven or under the grill until they are thoroughly dry . |
| 5 | It would have been customary to allow the animal its own head , and to hold on to the last truck , or hitch a lift by hanging onto the end . |
| 6 | He had even tried to stretch himself by hanging from the limb of a tree by his hands until the skin on his palms was blistered . |
| 7 | Reduce the distance to the ground by hanging from the wall , look down to your landing space , and as you drop , push yourself away to avoid bashing into the wall . |
| 8 | John puts himself at risk by hanging from the bannister ( line 13 ) . |
| 9 | Scrambling to his feet , he tested the floor at his feet by stamping with the heel of his uninjured leg . |
| 10 | Indeed the party insults the English , the only ethnic group in which it holds a majority , by hinting to the Scots that the party might be compelled to consider giving the English their democratic entitlement of seats if the Scots have devolution . |
| 11 | The baton is , however , necessary at the Opéra , where large choruses are frequently sung in the wings … it must not be thought that such a distant group of singers can hear the orchestra , however numerous : each person sings in his neighbour 's ear , and I have sometimes surprised myself by singing off the beat and incorrectly conducting [ conduisant ] the chorus surrounding me . |
| 12 | Now , facing the hangman on an unrelated murder charge , Nofomela made a desperate attempt to save his life by singing like the Vienna Boys Choir . |
| 13 | One does this best by collaborating with the child , by discussing his or her difficulties and successes , and by talking about the contents of the book . |
| 14 | As far as I understand from the gossip there 's nothing 'll come out of it by goin' to the polis ; it 's got to come from Parliament . |
| 15 | However , he begins , after a fashion that is less rare with him than is commonly supposed , by apologizing for the impressionism that supplies him with the terms he needs : |
| 16 | Divorce , prostitution and women 's emancipation were designated as outside the parameters of political discourse , and MPs customarily prefaced speeches on these topics by apologizing to the house for intruding on parliamentary time . |
| 17 | He is to learn about the troubles of his early life by interviewing the servants of the family and by submitting to the interviews of psychoanalysis . |
| 18 | By submitting to the cabinet the so-called Mosley Memorandum of 1930 , he brought matters to a head . |
| 19 | If by submitting to the one guilt he could evade all suspicion upon the worse count … he is quite shrewd enough , I fancy , to make the choice and quite durable enough to abide it . |
| 20 | The company also launched SystemView Information Warehouse DataHub , a series of software products for simplifying database management tasks by assisting in the integration of database management tools and managing remote databases tasks . |
| 21 | The company also launched SystemView Information Warehouse DataHub , a series of software products for simplifying database management tasks by assisting in the integration of database management tools and managing remote databases tasks . |
| 22 | By assisting in the development of the research base represented by present and potential DORCISS members and to the professional development of staff in these centres , DORCISS aims to make a contribution to th overall vitality of economic and social research within the UK . |
| 23 | Although the Nursery is only a small unit , it is very much a part of the whole School and can therefore give to those pupils in the upper Senior School , who intend to pursue a child-orientated career , the opportunity of contact with young children by assisting in the nursery on a regular timetabled basis , while the Nursery children can benefit from their contact with their older ‘ brothers and sisters ’ within the Heriot 's Community . |
| 24 | That turkey has got one chance of avoiding jail , just one , and that chance is by proving to the judge that he 's cleaned up his act . |
| 25 | They do this by sucking on the hair and twisting it . |
| 26 | The children had bloomed in the soft Devonshire air , completely winning the heart of Mrs Bryant , even if they drove Mr Bryant wild by sneaking into the kitchen garden and eating all his prize raspberries ! |
| 27 | ‘ This cheapens the value of human life by pandering to the gruesome , ’ says Californian sociology professor Tod Griffin . |
| 28 | Despite the lack of axonal degeneration in the transected optic nerves of C57B1/6-WLD mice ( which we confirmed by labelling with the RT97 monoclonal antineurofilament antibody ) , the decrease in mitotic cells after transection was not significantly different in these mice than in normal C57B1/6 mice ( Fig. 1 c ) , making it unlikely that the loss of an axolemmal mitogen is the cause of the decrease in proliferation . |
| 29 | Having been a teacher for over 30 years it might seem strange that I should begin a book on primary education by reflecting on the significance of schooling . |
| 30 | By seeing in the catalogue and er |