Example sentences of "[noun] by [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Crucible sought a way from this impasse by showing Fun Fare ( sic ) . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | It is vital that we minimise such risks by paying strict attention to security , especially of vehicles and stores . |
| 5 | The calves can be trained in isolation by using seated calf raises or standing calf raises . |
| 6 | Departmental research programmes , with several researchers working on different aspects of a single large problem , may lead to improvements in efficiency through sharing the costs of overheads , and should also decrease each researcher 's isolation by improving internal communication . |
| 7 | It is clear , first of all , that we can do a great deal to restore damaged waterways by using common sense and good engineering . |
| 8 | Thus , in the case being considered here , syntax compensates for the imprecision of simple word association by setting tense and aspect co-ordinates , assigning subject and object roles , and so on , thereby narrowing down contextual possibilities . |
| 9 | Schools tackle casual truancy by having good monitoring systems , a member of senior staff in charge of attendance , regular , timetabled liaison withe the education welfare officer and special classes or groups . |
| 10 | The council had wound down its holdings from £5bn to £2bn but its advisers had backed the wrong horse by predicting low interest rates . |
| 11 | All were outshopped in standard InterCity ‘ raspberry ripple ’ coach livery but distinguished from ordinary service stock by having white-painted roofs . |
| 12 | You may terminate your right to use your Card by giving written notice to us and returning your Card . |
| 13 | Dylan upset his traditionalist fans by adding electronic backing for his new tour in the wake of the weird and wonderful sounds being emitted by two underground bands called Pink Floyd and Soft Machine . |
| 14 | The Eagles have infuriated their fans by letting top quality players join the free-agency merry-go-round . |
| 15 | The Eagles have infuriated their fans by letting top quality players join the free-agency merry-go-round . |
| 16 | The famous social scientist , D. T. Campbell , once proposed a more naturalistic experiment , in which scores of towns would be selected and formed into two groups at random , the newspapers in each town would be persuaded to take part in the experiment by publishing phoney articles about the state of candidates , and comparisons would be made at the end between the two groups of towns ( Campbell 1951 ) . |
| 17 | It had been noticed in the inner city that many vowel variables could be described in terms of sub-scales according to following consonantal environments ( as in table 4.5 ) ; we attempted , therefore , to operationalize this perception by distinguishing following environments roughly based on the sonority scales discussed by Taylor ( 1973 ) and others adapted to an ‘ allophonic length ’ dialect ( J. Milroy , 1976a ) . |
| 18 | The legislature has sought to steer a course between these conflicting considerations by building public order elements into the definitions of the offences in the requirement that the conduct be threatening , abusive or insulting , and in the requirement that ‘ hatred ’ should be an intended or likely outcome of the expression impugned . |
| 19 | The US Secretary of State James Baker and Treasury Secretary Nicholas Brady were highly successful in efforts in the first half of September to reinforce the anti-Iraqi coalition by securing large-scale financial commitments , notably from Japan and West Germany , while Saudi Arabia and other smaller Gulf sheikhdoms contributed massively towards the cost of the US mobilization of forces . |
| 20 | Armed with sticks and bottles and bare fists the sturdy folk of Sinkport made short work of their opponents , and Aunt Clarabel herself ended the contest by knocking Cut-throat Jake senseless with a rolling-pin . |
| 21 | Jewish settlers responded to the shooting by planting mobile homes on five sites across the West Bank and Gaza strip on Jan. 15 , but these attempted settlements were immediately dismantled by the security forces . |
| 22 | Car sales in Japan declined but Johnson Matthey increased its market share with Japanese manufacturers by winning additional business with ‘ transplants ’ in North America and in the United Kingdom . |
| 23 | Thus Japanese companies in the early sixties were financing more than 40 per cent of their investment by tapping external sources of funds ; French firms borrowed one-third of the funds they needed and German firms probably did the same . |
| 24 | In the US , Apple Computer Inc has effected a new Unix value added reseller campaign , Quick Start , with the aim of broadening the market for its Quadra AUX 3.0 servers by getting new applications on board . |
| 25 | ‘ Mail Newspapers and other newspaper proprietors clearly attach a great deal of importance to maintaining their goodwill and reputation with their readers by exercising careful control over who can advertise in their newspapers and what kinds of advertisements appear there , ’ the judge said . |
| 26 | Tam Dalyell is misleading readers by illustrating generic substitution of drugs with the substitution of one car by a different one on the basis that they do the same job ( Forum , 17 March , p 749 ) . |
| 27 | Statutory agencies can encourage the establishment of local ethnically focused voluntary organizations by targeting specific grant aid . |
| 28 | Union leaders at the pit say they 'll challenge the closure by taking legal action . |
| 29 | Union leaders at the pit say they 'll challenge the closure by taking legal action . |
| 30 | In rural areas , they live and work closer to the eco-system ; they can understand its limitations and can safeguard its future by practicing sustainable agriculture and forestry . |