Example sentences of "[conj] [noun pl] by [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Scotsport 's back two weeks today , with exclusive Scottish League football at four-thirty , plus your chance to be on the programme with your views or questions by phoning 041-332-8787 . |
| 2 | But if the profit was earned by the exploitation of property assets as by letting property , lending money or dealing in commodities or securities by buying and reselling at a profit , the profit will have arisen in or derived from the place where the property was let , the money was lent or the contracts of purchase and sale were effected . |
| 3 | Moreover a PCMCIA slot enables the user to upgrade his terminal to a personal computer running under MS-DOS or Windows by inserting a hard disk or Flash memory card . |
| 4 | But we 've not wilfully put at risk services or jobs by risking capping by going in the opposite direction . |
| 5 | On a kill they show no special relish for liver , heart or kidneys by singling them out to eat first as delicacies . |
| 6 | It stresses inputs rather than outputs by providing data on what government consumes instead of data about what government does or the purposes for which money is spent . |
| 7 | What is more surprising is that differentials by housing tenure are even more substantial . |
| 8 | Let me clarify , then , that sex difference in these two chapters is intended to mean ( social ) difference between the sexes ; because gender is also a technical term in grammar , linguists have tended to signal an interest in women rather than word-endings by speaking of ‘ language and sex ’ where feminists in other fields would prefer ‘ language and gender ’ . |
| 9 | The EOC also found direct discrimination when managers treated women less favourably than men by making unfounded assumptions about their ability to be mobile . |
| 10 | Dr Kenneth Kirk offered this criticism years ago , that some people are moved more easily than others by suffering and death . |
| 11 | You can then vary the amount you want the picture solarised and selectively solarise some bits more than others by burning in areas with your flash enlarger . |
| 12 | You can then vary the amount you want the picture solarised and selectively solarise some bits more than others by burning in areas with your flash enlarger . |
| 13 | Finding a suitable cow in neighbouring Chetnole , he used a needle to transfer the pox matter and , copying the technique used by inoculators , infected his wife and sons by scratching their arms . |
| 14 | Gerry Robinson joined the TV and leisure giant from catering group Compass late last year and promptly infuriated stars — most notably Cleese — staff and shareholders by ousting TV guru David Plowright from Granada TV 's top slot . |
| 15 | We have an opportunity to improve the environment of our towns and cities by ensuring that freight is taken off our roads . |
| 16 | She shrugged casually , hating to spoil the impression of intimacy between herself and Piers by confessing that he had told her nothing . |
| 17 | Psychometric testers have no doubt that they can construct a profile of your personality and aptitudes by asking 1,000 questions during a four-hour session , and by following them with an intensive two-hour interview with an occupational psychologist . |
| 18 | A little later , shows were put on at village fairs and halls by travelling showmen . |
| 19 | They will encounter and come to understand a wide range of feelings and relationships by entering vicariously the worlds of others , and in consequence are likely to understand more of themselves . |
| 20 | The centre complements the work of parishes and schools by providing residential and day courses and religious retreats . |
| 21 | JAPANESE scientists have discovered a new way of dating the fossils of crustaceans and animals by measuring changes in an amino acid called isoleucine . |
| 22 | Of course a well-heeled litigant would still be able to frighten booksellers and newsagents by notifying them of the alleged libel and threatening to join them in the action unless they withdrew the offending publication from sale . |
| 23 | The Rangers will help the area and visitors by advising , guiding and informing them about the Hills and the many interests to be seen and enjoyed . |
| 24 | She had recently killed some of Buddie 's hens and turkeys by gripping their necks between her teeth and shaking them violently from side to side before throwing them into the air . |
| 25 | This was brought home to me recently when the Conservation Officer of the Cumbria Wildlife Trust countered my defence of canoeing and canoeists by accepting that two or three canoeists are no problem in a sensitive area , whereas a large group does cause unacceptable disturbance to wildlife . |
| 26 | Popular Natal Astrology assumes that you can assess a person 's strengths and weaknesses by charting the sky at his exact moment of birth . |
| 27 | Darwin and his followers set out to explain the global distribution of animals and plants by postulating a complex sequence of migrations limited by geographical barriers . |
| 28 | The initial objective of the treaty was to remove within 12 years ( i.e. by 1969 ) all restrictions on the free movement of goods and services and individuals by removing taxation differentials , frontier controls and other forms of restriction . |
| 29 | He was introduced very early in his career to the chemistry of fibres and textiles by working without pay for a year in the London laboratory of C. F. Cross and E. J. Bevan [ qq.v. ] , who had first made rayon in 1892 . |
| 30 | And for once thank goodness he 's split works and bridges by taking the |