Example sentences of "[verb] to [pron] by [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each of the six main sections of the programme starts with a brief analysis of the situation , and then responds to it by proposing a series of study processes . |
| 2 | If you have previously run BBCBASIC(Z80) , you can return to it by using the cursor keys to select BASIC from the list of suspended activities in the index . |
| 3 | First , it distanced the riots from the social , economic , political , and other grievances which had been linked to them by locating the cause outside the ‘ social problems ’ of inner-city dwellers and in the ‘ simple greed ’ of the drug barons to accumulate ‘ loot ’ . |
| 4 | The same sentiment appears in Lagunas Nitrate Company v Lagunas Syndicate , where it is suggested , somewhat eccentrically , that effect might be given to it by allowing the directors to plead the defence of volenti non fit iniuria . |
| 5 | It was held that the agreement was void and that effect could not be given to it by rejecting the general restraint which appeared in it and limiting the agreement for the purposes of the action to carrying on the business of a tailor . |
| 6 | It is possible to get round the need to refer to yourself by using the following devices , which can be varied in order to avoid any over-formulaic effect : — Adverbs and adverbial expressions Instead of " I think it is likely that … " use " Arguably … " ( but bear in mind what we have said about " arguably " above , Chapter 3 , p. 68 ) . |
| 7 | So when the male of such a species approaches a female hanging , large and menacing , on her web , or lurking hidden beside it , he signals to her by twanging the threads at one side in a special and meaningful way which he trusts the female will recognise . |