Example sentences of "by [adv] [v-ing] [noun] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the Greeks and Romans added to this range by deliberately breeding apples for taste and size . |
| 2 | This means that 1 would buy $1.90 by directly exchanging sterling for dollars . |
| 3 | It was as if a genius creator , after six days ' labour , had become uninterested in his achievement and had delegated responsibility for the rule and administration of his work to a band of bureaucrats — a tireless bunch of imbeciles , lacking compassion , who justified their role in the scheme of things by ceaselessly inventing trials for man , to keep him on his toes . |
| 4 | Workers at all levels add value not solely or even mostly by tending machines and carrying out routines , but by continuously discovering opportunities for improvement in product and process . |
| 5 | Where courses are offered at only one teaching centre , it would be possible to make significant progress by initially devolving responsibility for assessment only to the college , while maintaining for the time being central control of the course content . |