Example sentences of "[noun] by [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Crucible sought a way from this impasse by showing Fun Fare ( sic ) . |
| 2 | Congress reluctantly capitulated to this final demand on Sept. 1 , thereby opening the way for Wilson to end the impasse by signing the budget bill in the early hours of Sept. 2 . |
| 3 | And when that area was satisfactorily filled , they were prepared to extend the boundaries of the borough by granting more land for building , as happened at Scarborough in 1256 ( Plate 111 ) or at Newcastle-on-Tyne in 1298 . |
| 4 | In the next step of the argument , he then said , well , religion is a transference , and therefore a form of infantilism , so now he seems to be criticizing religion , but if he 's criti criticizing religion by saying it 's an illusion , surely he 's jeopardizing civilization , because the danger , as he points out in the book , if you take religion away from people , you say , look , this is just an illusion , God does n't exist . |
| 5 | They were principally used on board ship to measure its speed by counting the number of knots paid out on a line tied to a log floating astern , while the sand-glass measured a given time that was usually half a minute . |
| 6 | Other methods have included timing the swimming fish from the known speed of the ship the fish is passing or circling , and filming the speeding fish and calculating its speed by comparing its position on each frame of the film . |
| 7 | He has ruled out any keel or mast changes in the four days left before the final trials but hopes he can find more speed by using new sails . |
| 8 | I know he 's not exactly God 's gift to forensic science , but he 's a conscientious plodder and you 're not going to stimulate either his brain or his speed by bullying the poor little beast . |
| 9 | As the locust flies , the passage of air causes the antennae to bend outwards and the locust reduces speed by beating its wings less strongly . |
| 10 | There are much cheaper ways of achieving greater speed by modifying Group Three machines . " |
| 11 | If you set out with the idea of generating more clubhead speed by delaying the hit or the release of the hands , you must balance this with a much faster hand and arm action through impact . |
| 12 | We 've further enhanced speed by adding 32K of CompuAdd engineered cache memory . |
| 13 | Mindful of pulse control warnings I employ increasing pulse width at 16V up to about 15 per cent mark-space ratio and then further increase speed by raising the ‘ space ’ voltage so that the top-speed waveform is 10V d.c. with the 16V 16 per cent pulses superimposed . |
| 14 | If you have answered ‘ yes ’ to three or more of them , you are probably perpetuating this self-image by looking for friends or partners who will treat you in the same way . |
| 15 | In this exhibition she explores the relationships between music and the visual arts by translating four moments representing the four seasons from the score of Purcell 's The Fairy Queen in her distinctive use of line and colour ( until 15 March ) . |
| 16 | In this exhibition she explores the relationship between music and the visual arts by translating four moments representing the four seasons from the score of Purcell 's The Fairy Queen in her distinctive use of line and colour ( until 15 March ) . |
| 17 | The business sponsorship incentive scheme has been a great success and I am giving further encouragement to sponsorship of the arts by increasing its budget by £1 million a year to £4.5 million . |
| 18 | The use of futures and/or options offers a quick way of hedging this and other risks by creating future positions which offset those in the cash market . |
| 19 | Two major producers — General Motors and Autolatina — came to dominate the sector while minimising their risks by building closer links with local component suppliers . |
| 20 | Lloyd 's claims are in the reinsurance market where insurance companies offset risks by spreading the claims to secondary insurers . |
| 21 | A third reason is the desire to spread risks by diversifying sources of supply or markets . |
| 22 | Another company , Gold Peak Industries ( Holdings ) , which makes car audio equipment , is also trying to hedge future risks by setting up new factories elsewhere . |
| 23 | That remaining difference , it can be argued , is the cost of insuring against political , financial and economic risks by using a wide range of debt instruments . |
| 24 | However , it is possible to construct hedges ( completely in theory but only partially in practice ) against most exchange risks by using the futures markets . |
| 25 | Finally , it is essential to minimise re-finance risks by ensuring that flexible bank loan facilities are made available to meet certain expenditures associated with the project . |
| 26 | It is vital that we minimise such risks by paying strict attention to security , especially of vehicles and stores . |
| 27 | Otherwise you will be increasing the accident risks by directing traffic in that way . |
| 28 | Political opponents such as Mr Chihana take great risks by returning to the country ; Dr Banda recently said that if they did , they would be ‘ meat for crocodiles ’ . |
| 29 | State agencies other then the Ministry of Internal Affairs , furthermore , either had become convinced that the government would run more risks by abandoning reform than it would by continuing with it , or were acquiring ministers whose commitment to change was actually greater than that of their predecessors . |
| 30 | Syndicated euro-credits also enable banks to spread or diversify their risks by having a wide loan portfolio rather than being over-committed to a few customers . |