Example sentences of "[modal v] be [verb] by [v-ing] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The company claimed that Mr Shove 's financial loss as a result of being deprived of private use of the car should be calculated by referring to the tax charge on it . |
| 2 | This should be done by writing to the Address given below or by completing and returning the tear-off slip which was included with the Notification of Entry . |
| 3 | As with the loop , your first roll should be performed by climbing to a safe height , putting on lots of forward speed ( it helps to do it downwind ) and holding the lateral cyclic hard over until the roll is complete . |
| 4 | Overnights can be arranged in Kathmandu , but longer trips should be booked by writing to the company at PO Box 2769 , Kathmandu , Nepal . |
| 5 | This is to undervalue the grief work , which could be assisted by listening to the stories of the person , the events of the death , and the pain of the loss being experienced . |
| 6 | This problem may be illustrated by listening to a foreign language ( about which one has no knowledge ) and trying to determine the location of the word boundaries . |
| 7 | The segmentation problem for speech may be illustrated by listening to a foreign language about which one has no knowledge and trying to locate the word-breaks . |
| 8 | Where NICs have been paid which , in the light of this latest interpretation of the rules , ought not to have been paid , application may be made by writing to : the Contribution Agency Refunds Group , Department of Social Security , Newcastle upon Tyne , NE98 1XY . |
| 9 | And what 's more , Uncle Pumblechook , realizing that this boy 's fortune may be made by going to Miss Havisham 's , has offered to take him into town tonight in his carriage , and let him sleep in his own house , and deliver him tomorrow to Miss Havisham 's . |
| 10 | Copies of the draft clauses may be obtained by writing to Inland Revenue , Financial Institutions Division , Room 130 , New Wing , Somerset House , London WC2R 1LB . |
| 11 | Copies may be obtained by writing to : National System and Procedures , Room 438 , South West Wing , Bush House , London EC2B 4RD . |
| 12 | Details of membership and annual subscriptions for health visitors and school nurses may be obtained by writing to the membership secretary at HVA headquarters . |
| 13 | Details of the courses offered may be obtained by writing to : The Secretary , Institute for Applied Language Studies , 21 Hill Place , Edinburgh EH8 9DP , telephone 031 650 6200 , fax . |
| 14 | Although individualists allow that certain types of individual property may be explained by appealing to the properties of groups , they are committed to the view that other individual properties can not be explained in this fashion . |
| 15 | It would be funded by tying to this course 8–10 of the 23 WCC scholarships that Christian Aid already finances . |
| 16 | And indeed I would submit that Leeds would find it difficult to actually accommodate the migration assumption which is w would be implied by sticking to the revised plan , mid-year estimate figure . |
| 17 | Scrap metal was to be used more efficiently to eke out imported steel and scrap , and the shortage of fuel oils would be resolved by resorting to bituminous slate and lignites which , according to Franco , existed " in fabulous quantities " in Spain . |
| 18 | Most of its cost recovery will be achieved by providing to customers such as surveyors , planners , property developers and the like a vastly enhanced and continuously up-dated digital database . |
| 19 | We are all aware of the damage that can be done by threatening to ‘ call a policeman ’ or ‘ fetch the bogeyman ’ , but many more casual phrases — never intended as a threat — can do just as much harm . |
| 20 | Questions such as ‘ what is the name of the river on which New Orleans stands ? ’ or ‘ what is the height of Ben Nevis ? ’ can be answered by referring to the appropriate page of the atlas . |
| 21 | The charity can be contacted by writing to Cruse Bereavement Care , Foyle Branch , 9 Crawford Square or by telephoning 262941 between 9.30am-1.30pm . |
| 22 | We can be contacted by writing to the address below or telephone where sponsorship forms can be obtained . |
| 23 | First and second encounters can be managed by conventional openness — a third meeting may necessitate a humorously resigned grin — a fourth can be handled by pretending to be wrapped in thought — a fifth may require some dramatised horseplay such as play-acting a Western duel . |
| 24 | This problem can be overcome by changing to an assembly line operation which is a prominent feature of flow production , or mass production , as it is commonly called . |
| 25 | Mr Williams 's central argument can be tested by listening to ‘ Bob Dylan : The Bootleg Series ’ ** , a set of five albums containing many rare and unreleased recordings from all periods of his career . |
| 26 | Other humorous and serious anecdotes can be obtained by speaking to the subjects of your speech or their families and colleagues . |
| 27 | Details can be obtained by writing to Freepost , Chosen Heritage , East Grinstead , West Sussex , RH19 1ZA , or telephone free of charge on ( 0800 ) 525555 . |
| 28 | Entry forms can be obtained by writing to Pat Wallace , Polaroid International Instant Photomicrography Competition , Polaroid UK Ltd , Ashley Road , St. Albans , Hertfordshire , AL1 5PR . |
| 29 | More information about The Sower and subscription details can be obtained by writing to : The Editor . |
| 30 | If you 'd like to take part in the campaign to spring clean the UK , information , ideas , promotional kits and posters can be obtained by writing to : . |